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Some of the most common henway terms are "<noun>way" [[note]]"<noun> weigh", answered with a weight, [[DontExplainTheJoke as is the case]] for the {{Trope Namer|s}}[[/note]], "<noun>fore" [[note]]"<noun> for?" answered with a purpose[[/note]], "<noun>do" [[note]]answered with what the thing does[[/note]], "Grecian urn" [[note]]"Grecian earn" -- answer "<X> drachmas a day"[[/note]] and "yoors" or "yaws" [[note]]"yours"; most often found in scenes taking place in bars -- the question "What's yours?" is a standard way of offering to buy the other person's next drink."[[/note]]

* One strip of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrud_the_Barbarian Thrud the Barbarian]] had the central character (recast against type as a Renaissance fop) taking a barstool in ye medieval tavern and saying to the next guy along:

* The Flying Karamazov Brothers pull this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpUQZh9HjJA during a televised special]];

* [[WebAnimation/HoloLive Gawr Gura]] fell for the buttfor version written into VideoGame/WestOfLoathing, which her chat quickly jumped on.

-->'''Buster:''' I can't marry all three of them, that's bigamy!\\

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' had an old vaudeville line.
-->'''[[PunnyName Henny]] [[InkSuitActor Youngman]]:''' I own a business in Flushing, New York. The Tie-D-Bowl Man was just elected mayor. What do you think of Flushing, New York?\\

** In another episode, where two alligator girls are fighting over Buster, their father uses the "bigamy" joke from ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers''.

* [[BottomOfTheBarrelJoke Groin-based]] henway traps are [[MemeticMutation very popular]] on {{Website/Twitter}} as a way out of an Internet debate that's getting dull. Just find a way to work the setup into the conversation. The obvious counter (or OneTwoPunchline, depending on who's quicker on the uptake) is, of course, another one of them.

* [[MemeticMutation Very popular for a while]] on {{Website/Twitter}}, one way out of an Internet debate that's getting dull is to find a way to work "bofa" into the conversation. Bofa? ''[[BottomOfTheBarrelJoke Bofa deez nuts.]]'' A counter to this (or OneTwoPunchline, depending on who's quicker on the uptake) is to add a mention of "two [=CDs=]". Two [=CDs=]? ''Two [=CDs=] nuts.''
** A new meme has shown up in the same vein: "Ligma." "What's ligma?" "''Ligma balls!''"
*** Yet another more recent tactic involves working in the name Joe. “Who’s Joe?” “[[YourMom Joe Mama]]!”.
*** A lesser known joke involves the mention of something that's Sugondese. "... Sugondese?" "''Sugondese nuts.''"

-> '''Daffy''': Well, Bugs, it's that time of year again: Wabbit Season. I hate to be the bird of bad news, but this certainly isn't your day.
-> '''Bugs''': What are you talking about, Daff? It's ''Nut'' Season.

-> '''Bugs''': "Ligma" nuts! ''[laughs]''
-> '''Daffy''': OOH WAIT A MINUTE! YOU SCREWY RABBIT! That's it, I'm not falling for that bullshit! Not again!
-> '''Bugs''': Oh, Daff, you really got me weiaton.
-> '''Daffy''': E-Wait, is that even a word? What's weiaton?
-> '''Bugs''': My nuts "weiaton." Mind if I drop 'em in your mouth? ''[laughs]''
-> '''Daffy''': OOOOOHH, YOU SCREWY RABBIT!! All right, I'm not falling for nothing! Don't even give me that lip, I don't wanna hear it!
-> '''Bugs''': That's too bad, Daff. Guess I'm gonna have to tell Candice.
-> '''Daffy''': Wait, who's Ca-
-> ''[two {{beat}}s]''
-> '''Daffy''': Oh no. Not again. This conversation is ''over'', Bugs. I am ''out of here.''
-> '''Bugs''': All right, Daff, you got me. I know when I'm beat. You certainly got me caught.
-> '''Daffy''': Yeah! You're right, Bugs, I sure got you caught!
-> '''Bugs''': Yeah...Caught choking on my nuts-
-> '''Daffy''': '''''[[RageBreakingPoint NOW YOU LISTEN HERE!!! I]]''''' ''[[[{{Angrish}} unintelligible]]]'' '''''YOU''''' ''[[[{{Angrish}} unintelligible]]]'' '''''FUCKING''''' ''[[[{{Angrish}} unintelligible]]]'' '''''BASTARD-''''' ''[[[{{Angrish}} unintelligible]]]''

* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', between Palmer and Ducky, bordering on a combo with WhoseOnFirst?

* On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', between Palmer and Ducky, bordering on a combo with WhoseOnFirst
-->'''Palmer''': It wasn't sand sand, like good sand. It was bad sand. Very bad sand. It made me break out in red welts.
-->'''Ducky''': It wasn't the sand, Mr. Palmer, but the sand mite.
-->'''Palmer''': The sand might what?
-->'''Ducky''': The sand mite bit you.
-->'''Palmer''': Sand bites?
-->'''Ducky''': Well, sand mites might bite.
-->'''Palmer''': I'm grammatically lost.

-> '''Daffy''': OOH, YOU SCREWY RABBIT! That's it, I'm not falling for that bullshit! Not again!

-> '''Daffy''': OOOOOHH, YOU SCREWY RABBIT!! That's it, I'm not falling for nothing! Don't even give me that lip, I don't wanna hear it!

-> '''Daffy''': Wait, who's Candi-

* Episode 303 of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' has a Pollosaurus Henway. Sam falls for it.

* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare'', an unnamed SAS member performs a henway in the mission [[SexComedy "Mile High Club"]].
-->'''Romeo One-One:''' We're going deep, and we're going hard.\\
'''Charlie One-One:''' Surely you can't be serious.\\
'''Romeo One-One:''' I'm serious - and don't call me Shirley.

* In chat rooms:
-->'''Person A''': What does idk mean?\\
'''Person B''': I don't know.\\
'''Person A''': No one knows!
** And:
--->'''Person A''': What does stfu mean?\\
'''Person B''': Shut the fuck up.\\
'''Person A''': Sor-ry, I was just asking...
** A few unintentional examples of this with idk [[http://parentsshouldnttext.com/?s=idk are catalogued on Parents Shouldn't Text]].
* In a similar vein as the IDK joke, with a bit of BilingualBonus
--->'''Bob''': He had a certain ''je ne sais quoi''\\
'''Alice''': What does ''je ne sais quoi'' mean?\\
'''Bob''': "I don't know what"\\
'''Alice''': Then why did you say it?
* More BilingualBonus:
--->'''Carol''': How do you say "horses" in Dutch?\\
'''Ted''': ''Paarden''\\
'''Carol''': HOW DO YOU SAY "HORSES" IN DUTCH?

** Another example comes in one of the short series, ''Around the World with Timon and Pumbaa''.
--->'''Timon:''' (holding up an empty coat-hanger) Here, hold this sarong.\\

* There's a RunningGag like this in ''Film/{{Airplane}}''.
** ''Film/{{Airplane}}''? What is it?
*** It's a machine that can carry passengers or cargo through the air, but that's not important right now.
** And a [[UpToEleven fully-loaded example]] from ''Film/AirplaneIITheSequel'':

* ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' is fond of this one.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'', Buster gets caught by three southern belle gators and all of them insist on marrying him. The father obliges, leading to:

** [[DontExplainTheJoke For those who don't get it]], "[[{{Mondegreen}} Sirius]]" is the name of another character.

(The Djinn laughs hysterically and everyone else joins in.)

* Cole's Law: [[spoiler:Thinly sliced cabbage, with mayonnaise and carrots]].

-->'''Snot''': "Plus, it's a Mitzvah".
-->'''Steve''': "What's a Mitzvah?"
-->'''Snot''': ''(holding Fozzie Bear puppet)'' "A Mitzvah catching a baseball! Yucka yucka yucka!"

-->'''Buster:''' I can't marry all three of them, that's bigamy!
-->'''Big Daddy:''' No, that's big-a me!
-->'''{{rimshot}}'''

--> '''Egon:''' This isn't hail. This is hominy grits!
--> '''Ray:''' Okay, boss, I'll-a bite. How-many-grits a' you think-a we see?

--->'''Bart''': Wait, here comes the "mykeeyah".
--->'''Groundskeeper Willie''': What's a "mykeeyah"?
--->(tree stump crash lands on Skinner's car)[[note]]a Kia[[/note]]
--->'''Principal Skinner''': My Kia!

--> '''[=McWolf=]''': "Eh, you guys got cooking on your uniforms."
--> (''guards let go of [=McWolf=] and proceed to pat themselves down'')
--> '''Guards''': Cooking!? What's cooking!?
--> '''[=McWolf=]''': (''already away from the guards'') "Nuthin'! What's COOKING WITH YOU!?"

-->'''Officer Flume''': Anyway, go up to the ski lodge and talk to him.\\

-->'''Ringo:''' I was practicing the exercise in this book. It teaches you how to pronunciate good like an Englishman should.
-->'''Paul:''' (''agitated'') The word is "''e''nunciate!" "E!" "E!" "E!!" Don't you know the King's English?
-->'''Ringo:''' I know the Queen is!

-->'''Ringo:''' You said to bring out something that's got lots of mood. Well, that's exactly what she did...she ''mooed''!

-->"What's updog?"
-->"Not much. What's up with you?"

-->'''Shrieko:''' Did ya look in the updock?
-->'''Freako:''' Updock? What's 'updock?'
-->'''Shrieko:''' Nuttin'! What's up with you?!

-->'''Professor:''' Ah, perfect timing. I just turbo charged the ship's matter compressor.
-->'''Fry:''' What's the matter compressor?
-->'''Professor:''' Nothing's the matter, Fry, now that I've turbo charged the matter compressor.

-->'''Nightwing:''' There's no English word for it. The nearest translation is...'metagene.'
-->'''Robin:''' What's a metagene?
-->'''Gar:''' (''elbows him playfully'') Never met-a-gene I didn't like!

-->'''Bullwinkle:''' (''pointing to a pair of [[TankGoodness tanks]]'') Uh-oh. What are those things, Rock?
-->'''Rocky:''' Tanks, Bullwinkle. ({{Beat}}). I said ''tanks'', Bullwinkle.
-->'''Bullwinkle:''' Oh, [[LamePunReaction do I]] ''[[LamePunReaction have]]'' [[LamePunReaction to say it]]?