# Do you have Prince Albert in a can? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 29, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702 "2002-03-29T04:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stimpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Stimpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stimpson)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/1 "2002-03-29T04:19:20Z")
I am familiar with the joke that goes like this: > [@](#): > > Jerk: “Is your refrigerator running?” > Poor Sap: “Yes… why?” > Jerk: “Better go catch it!” {cackle} But I must ask: What is the punchline to “Do you have Prince Albert in a can?” Oh, and if you know the answer, I won’t assume you’re a jerk.😛 ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/2 "2002-03-29T04:20:52Z")
“Let him out” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/3 "2002-03-29T05:51:21Z")
As for why “do you have Prince Albert in a can?” would be considered a reasonable question, I direct you to this link. [http://pages.tias.com/4328/PictPage/1060466.html](http://pages.tias.com/4328/PictPage/1060466.html) Bear in mind this crank call could only be pulled off when calling a smoke shop of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/4 "2002-03-29T07:13:53Z")
Back when I was working my way through college at a QuikTrip convenience store, my two favorites that we got were… 1. Do you have salted nuts? 2. Do you have cotton balls? Who’s going to be first to post the obligatory comeback after the store clerk would affirm that we had that product? E3 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/5 "2002-03-29T08:02:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enright3 \* > 2) Do you have cotton balls? What do you think I am, a rag doll? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/6 "2002-03-29T08:30:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flowbark \* > \*\*What do you think I am, a rag doll? \*\* Close… I always heard: “What are you, a f\*cking Teddy Bear?” ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/7 "2002-03-29T12:02:19Z")
[Kenny Everett] A little boy with a toy gun goes into a milkbar… “I’d like an ice cream.” “Would you like crushed nuts?” “Do ya want yer tits blown off?” [Kenny Everett] ---
**Author:** ![Wisest\_Novel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wisest_novel/32/13329_2.png) [@Wisest\_Novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisest_Novel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/8 "2002-03-29T12:19:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > \*\*Bear in mind this crank call could only be pulled off when calling a smoke shop of some sort. \*\* That’s probably true, although many years ago I worked after school as night manager of an all-night supermarket. We’d get the refrigerator and Prince Albert calls from time to time and it was usually Beavis & Butthead on the other line, about 8 years old and giggling so hard at their comedic genius they could barely get the straight line out. If we weren’t so sick of the prank as to hang up, we’d generally tell the callers that the Prince was working back in the deli that night. Can’t remember anyone asking if my nuts were salty, though. What’s the punchline for that? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/9 "2002-03-29T12:29:19Z")
Me: Hello? Kid: Is Mr. Wall there? Me: Sorry. You have the wrong number. Kid: Is _Mrs._ Wall there? Me: There are no walls here. I live in a tent. Kid: Uh… Uh… Well-if-there-are-no-walls-there-how-does-your-roof-stay-up? _click_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/10 "2002-03-29T15:39:40Z")
Shoot. Consider some ignorance fought here. I always thought Prince Albert referred to a brand of canned sardines. I had no idea it referred to tobacco! …I live in a tent…good one! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/11 "2002-03-29T17:02:35Z")
To a bowling alley: “Do you have 16-pound balls?” To a fancy restaurant: “Do you have frog legs?” ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/12 "2002-03-29T17:13:36Z")
Related to the frog legs thing – I was in a show some years ago where one character was supposed to prank-call the grocery store, ask if they had pigs’ feet, and then say, “Then how do you get your shoes on?” Unfortunately, the actor had a tendency to say “Do you have _any_ pigs’ feet?” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/13 "2002-03-29T22:51:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wisest Novel \* > \*\* Can’t remember anyone asking if my nuts were salty, though. What’s the punchline for that? \*\* Jerk: Do you have salted nuts? Clerk: Sure do. Jerk: Man, doesn’t your girlfriend get thirsty? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/14 "2002-03-29T23:20:53Z")
“Waiter, do you serve crabs here?” Now that Prince Albert of Monaco has retired from bobsledding, he no longer has to smile politely every time he’s asked about being in a can. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/15 "2002-03-29T23:58:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scout1222 \* > \*\* > > I always thought Prince Albert referred to a brand of canned sardines. I had no idea it referred to tobacco! > \*\* I think it was **King Oscar** sardines. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/16 "2002-03-30T00:56:31Z")
My older brother, then age 13, found a man named Peach in the phone book and called. GARY: Is this the Apple residence? PEACH: No, this is Mr. Peach. GARY: Sorry, wrong fruit… _(hangs up)_ ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/17 "2002-03-30T02:54:56Z")
Am I the _ONLY_ one who correlated “Prince Albert” with a certain type of genital piercing?? It really put a whole new slant to that whole “Prince Albert in a can” thing! 😃 Max ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/18 "2002-03-30T07:02:13Z")
My favourite one of these… **Waiter in Snooty Restaurant:** Do you have reservations? **Customer:** Yes, we nearly didn’t come. Okay, so it’s old… ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/19 "2002-03-30T07:55:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > \*\*“Waiter, do you serve crabs here?” > \*\* Sir, we serve everybody. OR Yes, sir, what would you like to eat? ---
**Author:** ![galen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@galen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702/20 "2002-03-30T14:44:16Z")
One time I was calling around looking for pickled pork hocks. People on the other end could not believe that I would actually eat pickled pork cocks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-prince-albert-in-a-can/100702.md?page=2)