A friend of mine shared a butch of networking jokes. I am going to copy them all here, for historical purposes. Make sure to visit the site for a full version
A pair of jumper cables walks into a bar. Bartender says: “I’ll serve you, but don’t start anything.” – Matthew Norwood
A dhcp packet walks into a bar and asks for a beer. Bartender says , “here, but I’ll need that back in an hour!” @brandoncarroll:
An LSA Type 6 packet walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a drink. The bartender ignores him. – @someclown
An LSA Type 2 packet walks into a bar and asks for a beer. Bartender say’s “here, but don’t leave the area with it.” @someclown
ICMP packet walks into a bar from warehouse and announces – “no more beer” – @fsmontenegro
Sometimes I feel like a multicast packet. Ask 10 differenet people how to get somewhere and get 10 different answers. @jodylemoine
An RTP packet walks into a bar through the wrong entrance. The barman says “You’re not getting any special treatment” – @xchewtoyx
A multicast packet walks into a bar and leaves by four different exits at the same time – @xchewtoyx
“Knock Knock” “who’s there?” “Denial of Service Attack” “Den…?” “Sn(kRzIhAw]BoKaoOv0liZPhl~FaLoaSa*AgSeaLp|ExleT…” – @MattGordonSmith
A BGP Update walks into a CRS-1. He walks back out with a corrupt optional transitive attribute. – @xchewtoyx
A DNS packet walks into a liquor store – where do I find beer “ABC”?. Clerk: aisle 4, top row on the right. @fsmontenegro
An IPv6 packet walks into a bar. Nobody talks to him. @fsmontenegro
A tcp packet walks in to a bar and says “I want a beer”, barman says “you want a beer?” and tcp packet says “yes, a beer” @stevie_chambers
Dhcp pkt stands on a dark street and shouts “does anyone have a beer!?” A bartender of a nearby bar says “sure come on in, lets see the menu. You can have this beer. Patron says “can I have this beer?” Bartender “Aye. But I will need the glass back..er unless you still want it! – anonymous
A Network Engineers tell a joke in a full bar. One man laughs. They start talking about NX-OS and have a blast. @icemarkom
Q. How do you catch an Ether Bunny.
A. With an Ethernet!!
@etherealmindQ. What did the OSPF router say to the other OSPF router ?
A. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello.Five routers walk into a bar. Who gets the car keys? The Designated Router. @scottrobohn
DNS is the root of all problems – @jimbofx
IP packet with TTL=1 arrives at bar. Bartender: “Sorry, can’t let you leave…and you don’t get any beer either…” @fsmontenegro
And some more unpublished jokes from comments
I’d tell you a UDP joke, but you might not get it.
An IPv4 address space walks into a bar and says to bartender: “One strong CIDR please I’m exhausted!”
A class default packet walks into a bar. Barman knocks him down and serves next customer.
An NTP packet calls ahead to make sure the bar’s open. By the time he gets there, it’s closed.
An ICMP Redirect walks into a bar. Everybody moves next door.
A bunch of TCP packets go into a bar, until it’s overcrowded. The next day, half as many go in.
A packet walks into an 802.3x bar. The bartender says, “Be with you in a second.”
An ARP request goes to McDonald’s and asks for a Big Mac.
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@mfratto A runt packet walks into a bar, the bartender says “You could use a byte.” –
@samj: OH: “A UDP packet walks into a bar. The bartender doesn’t acknowledge him.”
@etherealmind TCP packet tries to get past the firewall on the way to the bar. Firewall says “hey, you’re out of order”.
@pello FTP-data packet tries to get past the checkpoint firewall when someone changed the bar policy. “Hey, first packet is not SYN”
_johnmcmanus_ a broadcast walk into the bar, everyone stops what they are doing to look
RT @BartSwinnen An IPv4 address space walks into a bar: “A strong CIDR please. I’m exhausted.” #ipv6
@networkingnerd
An IPv6 NS packet walks into a bar and yells, “Is anyone in here named John Smith?”. When no one answers, he sits down and orders a beer.@xme an IPv4 packet walks on a bar and orders a CIDR and says “I’m exhausted” ^_^
Brandon Carroll @brandoncarroll talking about the Last of the Bogons.
A Bogon walks into a bar. The Bartender says… Youíre not supposed to be here!
A Bogon walks into a bar. The Bartender says….. I thought you were extinct !
A Bogon walks into a bar and says to the Bartender… Take me to your leader!
And some from me.
MTU oversized train enters a tunnel, but gets annihilated