"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On 18 Mar 2006 12:43:46 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:57:36 GMT, Patty O'Furniture

wrote:

On 17 Mar 2006 11:54:16 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


JimH wrote:
Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an
important
meeting and couldn't find a parking place.

Looking up to heaven he said, Lord take pity on me. If you find me
a
parking
place I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me life and
give
up me
Irish Whiskey."

Miraculously, a parking place appeared!

Paddy looked up again and said, "No need for you to bother now
Lord, I
just
found one." ;-)

bigot.

Why?

I would guess that was said in jest!

I would guess not. ;-)

I can make it simple, just for you Jim. Why is it an Irishman who's
drunk? Why is this Irishman always called "Paddy" or some such nonsense?

1 - the subject wasn't drunk.

2 - Why not? Would it have made a difference if it were Sean or Jimmy
or Mobutu?

3 - My ethnic second generation Irish wife drinks Jameson 12 year old
Private Stock - neat. Does that make her a drunk?

4 - Stop being an ass.

Being a 2nd generation Irish on my dads side. Most of the family drank. My
grandfather both ran a still and imported alcohol from Canada during
prohibition years. Dad said was the biggest gun he ever saw, when arrested
at 17 for running a whiskey manufacturing plant (still). A lot of the Irish
have a weakness for a little alcohol, some have a weakness for a lot of the
same. But as has been said, the Irish are gods favvorite children, all
their wars are happy and all the songs sad. And I liked the joke when I got
it in an email earlier.