Into a Belfast pub comes Paddy Murphy, looking like he'd just >> been run over by a train. His arm is in a sling, his nose is >> broken, his face is cut and bruised and he's walking with a limp >> 'What happened to you?' asks Sean, the bartender. >> ' Jamie O'Conner and me had a fight,' says Paddy. >> 'That little twerp, O'Conner,' says Sean, >> 'He couldn't do that to you, he must have had something in his >> hand.' >> 'That he did,' says Paddy, 'a shovel is what he had, and a >> terrible lickin' he gave me with it.' >> 'Well,' says Sean, 'you should have defended yourself, didn't >> you have something in your hand?' >> That I did,' said Paddy. 'Mrs. O'Conner's breast, and a thing of >> beauty it was, but useless in a fight.'* >> >> >> **************************************************************************** *** >> An Irishman who had a little too much to drink is driving home >> from the city one night and, of course, his car is weaving >> violently all over the road. >> >> A cop pulls him over. >> 'So,' says the cop to the driver, where have ya been?' >> 'Why, I've been to the pub of course,' slurs the drunk. >> 'Well,' says the cop, 'it looks like you've had quite a few to >> drink this evening.' >> 'I did all right,' the drunk says with a smile. >> 'Did you know,' says the cop, standing straight and folding his >> arms across his chest, 'that a few intersections back, your wife >> fell out of your car?' >> 'Oh, thank heavens,' sighs the drunk. >> 'For a minute there, I thought I'd gone deaf.' >> >> **************************************************************************** ******* >> Brenda O'Malley is home making dinner, as usual, when Tim >> Finnegan arrives at her door. >> 'Brenda, may I come in?' he asks. 'I've somethin' to tell ya'.. >> 'Of course you can come in, you're always welcome, Tim. But >> where's my husband?' >> 'That's what I'm here to be telling ya, Brenda.' There was an >> accident down at the Guinness brewery...' >> 'Oh, God no!' cries Brenda. 'Please don't tell me.' >> >> 'I must, Brenda. Your husband Shamus is dead and gone. I'm sorry. >> Finally, she looked up at Tim... 'How did it happen, Tim?' >> 'It was terrible, Brenda. He fell into a vat of Guinness and >> drowned.' >> >> 'Oh my dear Jesus! But you must tell me truth, Tim. Did he at >> least go quickly?' >> 'Well, Brenda... no. In fact, he got out three times to pee.' >> >> >> **************************************************************************** ****** >> Mary Clancy goes up to Father O'Grady after his Sunday morning >> service, and she's in tears. >> He says, 'So what's bothering you, Mary my dear?' >> She says, 'Oh, Father, I've got terrible news. My husband passed >> away last night.' >> The priest says, 'Oh, Mary, that's terrible. Tell me, Mary, did >> he have any last requests?' >> She says, 'That he did, Father.' >> The priest says, 'What did he ask, Mary? ' >> She says, He said, 'Please Mary, put down that damn gun...' >> >> >> **************************************************************************** *********/_ >> AND_/**/_ T_/**/_HE_/**/_ B_/**/_EST_/**/_ F_/**/_OR_/**/_ >> L_/**/_AST_/** >> A** drunk staggers into a Catholic Church,** **enters >> a confessional booth, sits down, but says nothing.** >> T**he Priest coughs a few times to get his** **attention but the >> drunk continues to sit there. >> **F**inally, the Priest pounds three times on the wall. >> **T**he drunk mumbles, 'ain't no use knockin,** **there's no >> paper on this side either!'* >> >>
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