Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

On 18 Mar 2006 15:26:11 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:

unk.

But the subject was OBVIOUSLY addicted to alcohol, or else the punch
line would have been moot.


But the punch line was:

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."

I thought it was funny because of the going to Mass thing.

Why did you zero in on the alcoholism aspect?

Jack

Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

JimH wrote:
"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
...
basskisser wrote:
." ;-)
bigot.
Why?
You know what they say about folks who can't take a joke.......;-)
No, what do "they" say?

Bassy,
I have no problem with ethnic humor, nor do most people, including every
ethnic group know to man. Have you ever seen an Irish comedian, a Jewish
comedian or a Black Comedian? They will poke fun at themselves and
everyone else.

I only have a problem with ethnic humor that isn't funny. This joke was
not funny.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."



Go find yourself a sense of humor Reggie. You obviously don't have one.


Humor is very subjective. One can have a great sense of humor and not
find a joke funny.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

RCE wrote:
"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
...
basskisser wrote:
." ;-)
bigot.
Why?
You know what they say about folks who can't take a joke.......;-)
No, what do "they" say?

Bassy,
I have no problem with ethnic humor, nor do most people, including every
ethnic group know to man. Have you ever seen an Irish comedian, a Jewish
comedian or a Black Comedian? They will poke fun at themselves and
everyone else.

I only have a problem with ethnic humor that isn't funny. This joke was
not funny.

--
Reggie

Humor snob.



I am not a humor snob, I just know good humor when I hear it. ; )
This joke would not have been a good joke on a CD, a DVD or IPOD. It
would not have improved the quality of the joke if you wired the speaker
with a monster cable or you recorded it in mp3 or mpg.

This was not good humor. Anyone who thinks this is good humor is the
equalization of someone who believes McDonald's is gourmet food. For
now on we need to have a moderator to review all jokes before they are
submitted for our approval. I am ashamed that this joke made it into
rec.boats.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On 18 Mar 2006 12:42:27 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


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?

If you don't know why, I'd guess it would be a difficult proposition
for someone to get you to understand.....

That's a cop out Bassy and you know it. In other words, you don't
have an explanation.

So I'll ask again - specifically - why is that a bigoted comment?

From the Yahoo! dictionary:
Bigot: One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or
politics and is intolerant of those who differ.

I'm not sure that bigot was the best word choice. Maybe insensitive would
have been a better word choice. Just my $0.02 'cause I'm surprised (not
really) that this discussion is still progressing.

As an American with a bit of Irish blood in me veins, I did recognize the
use of a negative stereotype, alcohol, still I did find the joke mildly
amusing. It would have been funny, but it's such a played out predictable
story line that it only rates a mildly amusing.

This group is full of bigots, and by the definition I offered, I am one, but
I don't see the joke supportive of the claim that the OP is a bigot.

Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

Bryan wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message

As an American with a bit of Irish blood in me veins, I did recognize the
use of a negative stereotype, alcohol, still I did find the joke mildly
amusing. It would have been funny, but it's such a played out predictable
story line that it only rates a mildly amusing.

This group is full of bigots, and by the definition I offered, I am one, but
I don't see the joke supportive of the claim that the OP is a bigot.


As a humor snob, for a joke to be funny it really should not have a
predictable punch line. As far as the Irish, we all know they are
drunks who are very rarely sober.

On a serious note, how did "Paddy" become a name for the Irish?


Now for some good Irish Drinking jokes:

1. O'Connell was staggering home with a small Paddy in his back pocket
when he slipped and fell heavily. Struggling to his feet, he felt
something wet running down his leg.

"Please, God," he implored, "let it be blood!"


2. An Irish man walks into a pub. The bartender asks him, "what'll you
have?" The man says, "Give me three pints of Guinness please."
So the bartender brings him three pints and the man proceeds to
alternately sip one, then the other, then the third until they're gone.
He then orders three more. The bartender says, "Sir, I know you like
them cold. You don't have to order three at a time. I can keep an eye on
it and when you get low I'll bring you a fresh cold one."
The man says, "You don't understand. I have two brothers, one in
Australia and one in the States. We made a vow to each other that every
Saturday night we'd still drink together. So right now, my brothers have
three Guinness Stouts too, and we're drinking together.
The bartender thought that was a wonderful tradition.
Every week the man came in and ordered three beers. Then one week he
came in and ordered only two. He drank them and then ordered two more.
The bartender said to him, "I know what your tradition is, and I'd just
like to say that I'm sorry that one of your brothers died."
The man said, "Oh, me brothers are fine----I just quit drinking."

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
...
RCE wrote:
"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
...
basskisser wrote:
." ;-)
bigot.
Why?
You know what they say about folks who can't take a joke.......;-)
No, what do "they" say?

Bassy,
I have no problem with ethnic humor, nor do most people, including every
ethnic group know to man. Have you ever seen an Irish comedian, a
Jewish comedian or a Black Comedian? They will poke fun at themselves
and everyone else.

I only have a problem with ethnic humor that isn't funny. This joke was
not funny.

--
Reggie

Humor snob.



I am not a humor snob, I just know good humor when I hear it. ; )
This joke would not have been a good joke on a CD, a DVD or IPOD. It
would not have improved the quality of the joke if you wired the speaker
with a monster cable or you recorded it in mp3 or mpg.

This was not good humor. Anyone who thinks this is good humor is the
equalization of someone who believes McDonald's is gourmet food. For now
on we need to have a moderator to review all jokes before they are
submitted for our approval. I am ashamed that this joke made it into
rec.boats.

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

ROTF.......a real joke snob.

Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:45:37 GMT, Jack Goff wrote:

On 18 Mar 2006 15:26:11 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:

unk.

But the subject was OBVIOUSLY addicted to alcohol, or else the punch
line would have been moot.


But the punch line was:

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."

I thought it was funny because of the going to Mass thing.

Why did you zero in on the alcoholism aspect?

Because he made an assumption that all Irishmen who drink alcohol are
drunks.

Kinda bigoted don't 'cha think?

Yep.

Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
...
Bryan wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message As an
American with a bit of Irish blood in me veins, I did recognize the use
of a negative stereotype, alcohol, still I did find the joke mildly
amusing. It would have been funny, but it's such a played out
predictable story line that it only rates a mildly amusing.

This group is full of bigots, and by the definition I offered, I am one,
but I don't see the joke supportive of the claim that the OP is a bigot.
As a humor snob, for a joke to be funny it really should not have a
predictable punch line. As far as the Irish, we all know they are drunks
who are very rarely sober.

On a serious note, how did "Paddy" become a name for the Irish?


Now for some good Irish Drinking jokes:

1. O'Connell was staggering home with a small Paddy in his back pocket
when he slipped and fell heavily. Struggling to his feet, he felt
something wet running down his leg.

"Please, God," he implored, "let it be blood!"


2. An Irish man walks into a pub. The bartender asks him, "what'll you
have?" The man says, "Give me three pints of Guinness please."
So the bartender brings him three pints and the man proceeds to
alternately sip one, then the other, then the third until they're gone. He
then orders three more. The bartender says, "Sir, I know you like them
cold. You don't have to order three at a time. I can keep an eye on it and
when you get low I'll bring you a fresh cold one."
The man says, "You don't understand. I have two brothers, one in Australia
and one in the States. We made a vow to each other that every Saturday
night we'd still drink together. So right now, my brothers have three
Guinness Stouts too, and we're drinking together.
The bartender thought that was a wonderful tradition.
Every week the man came in and ordered three beers. Then one week he came
in and ordered only two. He drank them and then ordered two more.
The bartender said to him, "I know what your tradition is, and I'd just
like to say that I'm sorry that one of your brothers died."
The man said, "Oh, me brothers are fine----I just quit drinking."

--
Reggie

"That's my story and I am sticking to it."

Get a life Reggie.

Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

Reggie Smithers wrote:


On a serious note, how did "Paddy" become a name for the Irish?

snip..


Someone named them after the police 'paddy wagon'?

Some St. Patrick's Day Humor
 

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
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.