Only the Irish........
Jul 26, 2012 18:57:40 #
The Irish are a wonderful people and they have some wonderful and funny jokes on themselves. Here is #1....
A drunk staggers into Catholic Church,entering a confessional booth, sits down, but says nothing. The Priest coughs a few time to get his attention but the drunk continues to sit there. Finally, the Priest knocks three times on the wall. The drunk mumbles,"There ain't no use knockin,there's no paper on this side either".
No. 2 tomorrow
A drunk staggers into Catholic Church,entering a confessional booth, sits down, but says nothing. The Priest coughs a few time to get his attention but the drunk continues to sit there. Finally, the Priest knocks three times on the wall. The drunk mumbles,"There ain't no use knockin,there's no paper on this side either".
No. 2 tomorrow
Jul 26, 2012 19:39:34 #
Jul 26, 2012 23:25:22 #
Jul 27, 2012 06:52:12 #
No Irish need apply!
The time for such insulting nonsense based on the image of drunken, fighting Irish has long past.
My father hailed from Dublin, and my mother from Adare, County Limerick. Accordingly, I'm familiar with Irish people. Few if any match the stereotype you've referred to here.
May you be in heaven long before the divil knows you're dead.
All the best,
Martin
The time for such insulting nonsense based on the image of drunken, fighting Irish has long past.
My father hailed from Dublin, and my mother from Adare, County Limerick. Accordingly, I'm familiar with Irish people. Few if any match the stereotype you've referred to here.
May you be in heaven long before the divil knows you're dead.
All the best,
Martin
Jul 27, 2012 08:59:20 #
Jul 27, 2012 09:17:32 #
VHD-Tex wrote:
I will go away quietly. God bless!
Don't go! All opinions are valued.
Jul 27, 2012 10:09:48 #
VHD-Tex wrote:
I will go away quietly. God bless!
You don't need to go away. I'm Irish and I liked the joke.
Jul 27, 2012 10:42:47 #
I'm Irish, Catholic and not offended. It's a joke and it is funny. My parents and grandparents would have thought the joke was funny too.
Jul 27, 2012 12:33:00 #
I don't understand the joke. Can someone explain it please ?
Is it something to do with an Irish newspaper ?
Is it something to do with an Irish newspaper ?
Jul 27, 2012 12:37:00 #
Jul 27, 2012 12:48:44 #
tsomes wrote:
I'm Irish, Catholic and not offended. It's a joke and it is funny. My parents and grandparents would have thought the joke was funny too.
Faith and begohrah! Do the holy walls tremble when you enter? Does the road rise up to meet your face? Do the Leprechauns snicker when you pass by? And what about the Banshee? Has she started to track ye down?
Not to worry, just go to the shebeen and lay your mitts on a flagon of poteen, and you'll be adequately protected against all charms, spells and other workings of the fairies and furies particular to that stardust sprinkled island. That's a fact.
Be warned however, the tricksters of Ireland don't take well to scatological humor, within or without a confessional. So I've been told.
All the best,
Martin
Jul 27, 2012 12:48:55 #
Jul 27, 2012 13:12:56 #
mvyusmc wrote:
No Irish need apply!
The time for such insulting nonsense based on the image of drunken, fighting Irish has long past.
My father hailed from Dublin, and my mother from Adare, County Limerick. Accordingly, I'm familiar with Irish people. Few if any match the stereotype you've referred to here.
May you be in heaven long before the divil knows you're dead.
All the best,
Martin
The time for such insulting nonsense based on the image of drunken, fighting Irish has long past.
My father hailed from Dublin, and my mother from Adare, County Limerick. Accordingly, I'm familiar with Irish people. Few if any match the stereotype you've referred to here.
May you be in heaven long before the divil knows you're dead.
All the best,
Martin
I just want to point out that the original joke did not mention anyone being Irish. The only mention was in the OP's lead-in. It could have been the priest that was Irish and you just assumed the drunk was the Irishman.
Jul 27, 2012 14:04:44 #
rayford2
Loc: New Bethlehem, PA
mvyusmc wrote:
No Irish need apply!
The time for such insulting nonsense based on the image of drunken, fighting Irish has long past.
My father hailed from Dublin, and my mother from Adare, County Limerick. Accordingly, I'm familiar with Irish people. Few if any match the stereotype you've referred to here.
May you be in heaven long before the divil knows you're dead.
All the best,
Martin
The time for such insulting nonsense based on the image of drunken, fighting Irish has long past.
My father hailed from Dublin, and my mother from Adare, County Limerick. Accordingly, I'm familiar with Irish people. Few if any match the stereotype you've referred to here.
May you be in heaven long before the divil knows you're dead.
All the best,
Martin
Those jokes could fit any nationality.
When I lived in Texas I heard a lot of "okie" jokes.
When I moved to Oklahoma those same jokes were "texan".
There's a lot of European jokes that have a blank space
for selection of a nationality or religion.
Jul 27, 2012 15:19:27 #
Right you are. However hooking up a priest to a drunk in a confessional suggests a common stereotype of the drunken Irish.
Many folks think ethnic or racial jokes like this are are just fine. So be it. Of course that doesn't make it right.
And as far as being hyper-sensitive goes, one word aptly describes that misjudgment: Malarkey!
Civil discourse must begin somewhere, and I've taken my stand for good or no.
All the best,
Martin
Many folks think ethnic or racial jokes like this are are just fine. So be it. Of course that doesn't make it right.
And as far as being hyper-sensitive goes, one word aptly describes that misjudgment: Malarkey!
Civil discourse must begin somewhere, and I've taken my stand for good or no.
All the best,
Martin
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