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Article 2146 of eunet.jokes:
Path: santra!tut!hydra!hylka!harper
From: harper@cc.helsinki.fi (ROBERT HARPER FINLAND)
Newsgroups: eunet.jokes
Subject: That dear ol' mother o' mine.
Message-ID: <2700@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 10 Mar 89 13:16:09 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki Computing Centre
Lines: 33
I know it is outside the bounds of good taste to take the mickey
out of the Irish, and since it seems to be an unspoken rule that
Scandinavians should only tell jokes about other nordic types, I
may be breaking some ethical code by focusing my attention on the
Irish... but since they may be decendents of the Norsemen, I take
the liberty of enclosing a letter from an Irish mother.
Dear son,
Just a few lines to let you know I'm still alive. I am
writing this letter slowly because I know you you can't read
fast. You won't know the house when you get home - we have
moved. About your father - he has a lovely new job. He has
500 men under him - he cuts the grass at the graveyard.
There is a washing machine at the new house, but it has not
been working well. Last week I put in 14 shirts, pulled the
chain to start the washing machine, and haven't seen the
shirts since. Your sister Mary had a baby this morning, but
I haven't found out if it is a boy or a girl, so I don't
know if you are an uncle or an aunt. Your uncle Patrick
drowned in a vat of whiskey. Some of his workmates tried to
save him but he fought them off bravely. They cremated him
and it took three weeks to put out the fire. I went to the
doctors on Thursday and your father went with me. The doctor
put a small glass tube in my mouth and told me not to talk
for ten minutes. Your father offered to buy it from him.
Your father ate five pounds of potatoes all to himself. He
managed it because the potatoes were only small ones.
Your loving mother
P.S. I was going to send you ten pounds but I have already
sealed the envelope.