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- IRISH JOKES
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- Sorry to everyone in Ireland - I'm sure you can see the funny side !
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- 1. How do you make an Irishman laugh on Monday ?
- Tell him a joke on Friday.
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- 2. A ventriloquist is telling Irish jokes in a pub, when an irate
- Irishman stands up: "You're makin' out we're all dumb and stupid. I
- oughtta punch you in the nose."
- "I'm sorry sir, I..."
- "Not you," says the Irishman, "I'm talking to that little fella on
- your knee."
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- 3. "Hey," said a new arrival in the pub, "I've got some great Irish
- jokes."
- "Before you start," said the big bloke in the corner, "I'm warning
- you I'm Irish."
- "Don't worry," said the newcomer, "I'll tell them slowly."
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- 4. Paddy and Mick shared first prize of 500,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes
- and were celebrating their winnings over a jar of stout.
- "But Paddy, Oi've been thinking," said Mick with a worried frown,
- "what will we do with all them beggin' letters? "
- "Shure," said Paddy, "we'll go on sending 'em out."
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- 5. At the party they threw to celebrate, Paddy played his famous party
- trick. He extends his hands to an unsuspecting bystander and says:
- "Pick a thumb, any thumb at all."
- When the bystander complies, the Irishman puts his hands behind his
- back for a moment, then holds out his clenched fist. "Okay, now
- which hand is it in ? "
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- 6. It's revolutionary Paris, 1789, and three spies from across the
- channel are about to be guillotined.
- "Do you want to be beheaded on your back or on your front ? " the
- executioner asked Smith. "On my back," said Smith. "I'm not
- afraid of death.
- So Smith was layed out on his back under the knife. The executioner
- pulled the lever. Schlick.....and the knife jammed. Smith was
- reprieved because no man can be sentenced to death twice.
- Hoskins was next. He too chose to face the knife. Again the blade
- jammed and Hoskins was reprieved.
- Murphy was third. "Back or front ? "
- "If it's good enough for Smith and Hoskins, it's good enough for
- me," and so Murphy was laid on his back under the blade.
- "Begorrah," he said. "Just a minute. I think I can see why it
- jams."
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- 7. An airman had to bail out, and landed battered and bruised in a
- field just outside Belfast. A crowd had gathered round, and one
- of them said to the airman, "What happened ? " He said, "My
- parachute wouldn't open." The Irishman said, "Ye should have
- known. Nothing opens here on Sunday."
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- 8. Have you heard about the Irish sky diver who was killed when his
- snorkel and flippers failed to open ?
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- 9. Then there's the one about the new Irish parachute. It opens on
- impact.
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- 10. Two Irishmen were sitting in a four-engined plane flying back
- from a shopping trip to Paris when the captain's voice came over
- the loudspeaker. "Ladies and gentlemen, one of the engines
- appears to have failed. There's nothing to worry about, but we
- will be fifteen minutes late in landing at Gatwick."
- Five minutes later he said, "Nothing to worry about ladies
- and gentlemen, but one of the other engines has failed, and
- we will be an hour late."
- A moment later, "Er...sorry about this ladies and gentlemen,
- but the third engine has also given up the ghost and we will now
- be two hours later than expected."
- One of the Irishmen tapped his friend on the shoulder. "Good
- heavens, Patrick, do you realise that if the other engine
- fails, we'll be up here all night ? "
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