It isn't just the staff at Halfords

[Peter88]

A customer asked, "In what aisle could I find the Irish sausage?" The clerk asks, "Are you Irish?" The guy, clearly offended, says, "Yes I am. But let me ask you something. If I had asked for Italian sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian? Or if I had asked for German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German? Or if I asked for Polish sausage, would you ask if I was Polish?" The clerk says, "No, I probably wouldn't." The guy says, "Well then, because I asked for Irish sausage, why did you ask me if I'm Irish?" The clerk replied, "Because you're in Halfords."

 

[JamesAC]

A customer asked, "In what aisle could I find the Irish sausage?" The clerk asks, "Are you Irish?" The guy, clearly offended, says, "Yes I am. But let me ask you something. If I had asked for Italian sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian? Or if I had asked for German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German? Or if I asked for Polish sausage, would you ask if I was Polish?" The clerk says, "No, I probably wouldn't." The guy says, "Well then, because I asked for Irish sausage, why did you ask me if I'm Irish?" The clerk replied, "Because you're in Halfords."

A viola player goes into a shop and asks for a new viola.

"You can't have one!" says the proprietor.
"Why not?" says the viola player.
"Because this is a chip shop!"

(I'm told that viola players are the butt of many orchestral jokes. I don't know why. If they were Altos in a choir, who only ever sing "A", I'd understand.

 

[vernon]

A viola player goes into a shop and asks for a new viola.

"You can't have one!" says the proprietor.
"Why not?" says the viola player.
"Because this is a chip shop!"

(I'm told that viola players are the butt of many orchestral jokes. I don't know why. If they were Altos in a choir, who only ever sing "A", I'd understand.

Funnily enough, Viola jokes featured on Front Row on Radio Four this evening. Here's a web page full of them.