Hi Peter,
Thanks so much for the chuckles. A good laugh is always a special treat, however during the Tax Season it seems especially refreshing.
Knowing that the Irishmen hold the Englishmen in such high esteem, LOL, I simply couldn't resist these two...
An Irishman, an Englishman and a Scotsman were playing Russian roulette.
The Englishman used a gun with six chambers and no bullets;
The Scotsman used a gun with six chambers and one bullet;
The Irishman used a gun with six chambers and six bullets - but he put the gun to the Englishman's head.
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An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman were reading a newspaper article about which nationalities' brains were for sale for transplant purposes. An Irishman's or a Scotsman's brain could be bought for £500 but an Englishman's brain cost £10,000. That proves,' said The Englishman, 'that Englishmen are much cleverer than Irishmen or Scotsmen.'
'No it doesn't,' said The Irishman, 'it just means that an Englishman's brain has never been used.'
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Seems the Economy is bad everywhere, even in Ireland, and so it happened that the Maquire brothers were out together looking for work...
While being interviewed for a job, the personnel manager said to the brothers:
'We're going to give you a written examination. Ten questions. Whoever gets most right we'll hire.'
Papers were produced and the boys set to work answering the general knowledge questions. When the time was up the personnel manager collected and marked the papers.
'Well,' said he, 'you've both got nine out of ten, but I'm giving Mick the job.'
'Why's that?' asked Pat.
'Well,' said the manager, 'you both got the same question wrong but he had written 'I don't know this' ,and you had written 'Neither do I!'.
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This last one has always been a favorite of mine, and you may have heard it before, however since I quite understand Shawn's sentiments, I felt that it deserved one more read...
Two Irishmen, Patrick Murphy and Shawn O'Brian grew up together and were lifelong friends. But alas, Patrick developed cancer, and was dying. While on his deathbed, Patrick called to his buddy, Shawn, "O'Brian, come 'ere. I 'ave a request for ye." Shawn walked to his friend's bedside and kneels.
"Shawny ole boy, we've been friends all our lives, and now I'm leaving 'ere. I 'ave one last request fir ye to do."
O'Brian burst into tears, "Anything Patrick, anything ye wish. It's done."
"Well, under me bed is a box containing a bottle of the finest whiskey in all of Ireland. Bottled the year I was born it was. After I die, and they plant me in the ground, I want you to pour that fine whiskey over me grave so it might soak into me bones and I'll be able to enjoy it for all eternity."
O'Brian was overcome by the beauty and in the true Irish spirit of his friend's request, he asked, "Aye, tis a fine thing you ask of me, and I will pour the whiskey. But, might I strain it through me kidneys first?"
Have A Bright & Beautiful Weekend,
Phil