# Explain the 'Prince Albert in a can' joke to me, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 11, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017 "2005-07-11T16:43:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/41 "2005-07-12T16:24:22Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > I’m surprised that no-one has addressed the OP’s question: > > It was a brand of tobacco sold in both pouches and cans. You better let him out, he’s suffocating! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/42 "2005-07-12T17:04:00Z")
x-ray vision: > [@](#): > > Do you like it in the can? Certainly did - considering that I had just come through Saskatoon, where no gas stations seemed to have an available one. > [@](#): > > IMHO, that’s the best place to spend time in PA, Saskatchewan. Nah, there are two little museums there that were kind of fun to visit. That took about 30 minutes, and then we were on the road south to Regina. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/43 "2005-07-12T19:51:53Z")
Kudos to **Dr Paprika** for his eloquent erudition of that timeless telephone tomfoolery regarding a king’s offspring and his exigency for unimpeded respiration. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/44 "2005-07-12T19:52:52Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > “Hello, Kentucky Fried Chicken? How large are your breasts?” “Is this the bowling alley? Do you have 10 pound balls?” ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/45 "2005-07-12T21:19:32Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > I have a collection of joke names, and one is Anita Nothershot. A friend was sitting at the end of the bar, and she cellphoned the bartender to ask if Anita Nothershot was there. The bartender paged Anita Nothershot, and several folks at the bar raised their hands. The phone book ( remember those? ) here used to have a listing for “Henoder Titsoff”. I later heard that the number belonged to a frat house. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/46 "2005-07-12T22:33:23Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > I’m surprised that no-one has addressed the OP’s question: Aside from posts #5 and #18. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/47 "2005-07-12T23:01:30Z")
You people all belong in the witless protection program. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/48 "2005-07-12T23:11:18Z")
Too bad Superman had to kill that Innocent Tobaconnist. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/49 "2005-07-12T23:13:16Z")
Which reminds one of the old joke about the Canadian psychologist administering the word association test: “Knife?” “Fork.” “House?” “Garage.” "Tree? “Leaf.” “Vagina?” “Saskatchewan.” Thank you, I’ll be here all week. Try the Grey Owl. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/50 "2005-07-13T01:16:08Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > The phone book ( remember those? ) here used to have a listing for “Henoder Titsoff”. I later heard that the number belonged to a frat house. Which frat was that? I Phelta Thi or Tappa Kegga Bru? ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/51 "2005-07-13T01:53:55Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister Among other things, they mentioned that Prince Albert tobacco would no longer be sold in cans. (1 - too expensive and 2 - pouch keeps the tobacco fresher than the can). And of course with the tobacco no longer in cans, the Boston Globe mentioned that the old phone prank was no longer practical. Sadly, another part of our culture fading into the past. :([/QUOTE] Yeah, but at least Dr Pepper still comes in a bottle!!! Forgot that one, didn’t ya? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017/52 "2005-07-13T02:14:05Z")
**bizzwire** It’s nice to see that folks such as yourself will carry on the culture of Western Civilization. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-prince-albert-in-a-can-joke-to-me-please/312017.md?page=2)