Throughout Game of Thrones Tyrion attempts to tell a joke about walking into a brothel with honeycomb and a jackass but never gets to finish it. I know of a similar joke but wondered if there is a canonical answer/punchline to his joke?
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As far as I know Tyrion only tries to tell the joke thrice and each time is interrupted almost as soon as he begins. In season 1 episode 6, "A Golden Crown", at his trial he barely gets the opening line out of the way:
Tyrion: I once brought a jackass and a honeycomb into a brothel...
Much later on in season 6 episode 8, "No One", he doesn't get much further:
Tyrion: I once walked into a brothel with a honeycomb and a jackass. The madam says...
Lastly, in season 8 episode 6, "The Iron Throne", the scene ends with him starting it.
Tyrion: I once brought a jackass and a honeycomb into a brothel.
So, the answer to is there a canonical answer is no. If you want some possibilities of what it could be, I know of a few; here are a couple from this reddit thread.
Tyrion walks into a brothel with a honeycomb and a jackass.
Madame: What can we do for you?
Tyrion: I need a woman to lay with, for mine has left me.
Madame: Whatever for? And what's with the honeycomb and the mule?
Tyrion: My woman found a genie in a bottle, and he granted her three wishes. The first was for a house fit for a queen, so he gave her this damn honeycomb. The second wish was that she have the nicest ass in all the land, so he gave her this damn donkey...
Madame: And what about the third wish?
Tyrion: Well... she asked the genie to make my cock hang down past my knee.
Madame: Well that one's not so bad eh?
Tyrion: Not so bad!? I used to be six foot three!
I once took a honeycomb and a jackass into a brothel, and the madam asked me what I wanted. I said I would like to trade the honeycomb for a meal, and the jackass for a night with the most beautiful woman.
She asked me why I did not simply eat the honeycomb. I said the same reason I want to trade the jackass, I'm tired of having the same thing every night.
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6Heard the 'used to be 6'3"' one before. Any idea if the joke will be completed this coming season or is Tyrion to somber now to joke anymore? – Seamusthedog Mar 05 '19 at 19:25
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3We will have to wait and see. – TheLethalCarrot Mar 05 '19 at 19:27
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@Seamusthedog you mean somber or sober? – GuilleOjeda Mar 05 '19 at 22:06
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4@Blueriver somber, don't think he's on the wagon. – Seamusthedog Mar 05 '19 at 22:13
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7It seems as though this joke is a Noodle Incident. – chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- Mar 05 '19 at 22:38
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@chrylis that's a new term to my but exactly what I think, nice one! – Seamusthedog Mar 06 '19 at 05:28
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3https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident – Holger Mar 06 '19 at 08:33
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1@Holger Oh wow I didn't realize it had a name. It reminds me of the time the (Christopher Nolan) Joker explained how he got that scar, but he kept telling people different stories - further showing how much of a sociopath he is. That was (one of) the best part(s) of his character. – Chloe Mar 06 '19 at 21:51
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@Seamusthedog looks like you got your answer to both. No; not completed but referenced again. – Erin B May 20 '19 at 12:35