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Barry Cryer's favourite swimming pool joke

Blog | By Barry Cryer | By Barry Cryer | Apr 23, 2026

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Barry Cryer's favourite swimming-pool joke

Groucho Marx's daughter wanted to join a swimming club. The club was anti-Semitic - so she couldn't get in.

Groucho wrote to the club and said, 'For your information, my daughter is half-Jewish. Can she go in the pool up to her waist?'


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