An Irishman Comes To America
Nov 22, 2012 15:14:30 #
There once were three brothers who lived in Ireland, and they were the closest of brothers.
One day it came to pass that one of the brothers was heading to the Americas to live and work.
The three all bowed their heads and said a little something, they nodded, and the youngest brother went off to America.
When the brother reached America, he immediately sought out his neighborhood bar.
When he approached the bartender, he proceeded to order three Guinness pints.
As the bartender looked around for the "other two", he shook his head and poured the pints.
The foreigner sat down with his three pints and drank from them one sip at a time in a clockwise circle.
This went on for many weeks, until one day, pressed by the local patrons, the bartender asked the man, "Why is it you order three pints of Guinness and drink them in a circle?"
The brother replied in a thick, Irish brogue, "When I left Ireland, me brothers and I made a pact that we would always drink a pint of Guinness for the brothers who were not there!"
The bartender took this news back to the locals, and the crowd was pleased.
But one day, the Irishman walked into the bar and ordered but two Guinness pints.
The entire bar went silent as the bartender poured the beer.
As he handed the pints to the man they had come to know, he bowed his head and said, "I want you to know that we are sorry for your loss."
The Irishman looked at the bartender with a confused look, and the bartender explained, "Well, you know...we assumed since you had only ordered two pints that one of your brothers had passed."
But the Irishman just looked at him and said in the most serious of tones, "Sure now, it's not what yur' thinkn.
I met meself a fine American lass and we're getting married.
But she made me convert and become a Baptist so, I'v stopped drinking!"
One day it came to pass that one of the brothers was heading to the Americas to live and work.
The three all bowed their heads and said a little something, they nodded, and the youngest brother went off to America.
When the brother reached America, he immediately sought out his neighborhood bar.
When he approached the bartender, he proceeded to order three Guinness pints.
As the bartender looked around for the "other two", he shook his head and poured the pints.
The foreigner sat down with his three pints and drank from them one sip at a time in a clockwise circle.
This went on for many weeks, until one day, pressed by the local patrons, the bartender asked the man, "Why is it you order three pints of Guinness and drink them in a circle?"
The brother replied in a thick, Irish brogue, "When I left Ireland, me brothers and I made a pact that we would always drink a pint of Guinness for the brothers who were not there!"
The bartender took this news back to the locals, and the crowd was pleased.
But one day, the Irishman walked into the bar and ordered but two Guinness pints.
The entire bar went silent as the bartender poured the beer.
As he handed the pints to the man they had come to know, he bowed his head and said, "I want you to know that we are sorry for your loss."
The Irishman looked at the bartender with a confused look, and the bartender explained, "Well, you know...we assumed since you had only ordered two pints that one of your brothers had passed."
But the Irishman just looked at him and said in the most serious of tones, "Sure now, it's not what yur' thinkn.
I met meself a fine American lass and we're getting married.
But she made me convert and become a Baptist so, I'v stopped drinking!"
Nov 22, 2012 15:35:41 #
Nov 22, 2012 20:24:21 #
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