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Barry Cryer's Favourite Banking Joke

Blog | By Barry Cryer | Feb 06, 2025


A man walks into a bank on Monday morning and asks to see the bank manager.

'I'm afraid he's passed away,' says the clerk.

The man leaves - and then comes back again the next day and asks to see the manager again.

The clerk tells him again, 'I'm afraid he's passed away.'

The man comes in again on Wednesday and asks the same question – and again on Thursday.

He then comes in on Friday and asks the assistant manager the same question.

'Look, we've told you every day - your bank manager has died,' the assistant manager says. 'Why do you keep on asking the same question?'

And the man says, 'I want to hear the news again and again and again...'