"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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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.

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."

"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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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.

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'?

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:57:39 -0500, Reggie Smithers
wrote:

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."

*That one* qualifies as funny! LMAO!
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'Til next time,

John H

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JohnH wrote:
r.
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."

*That one* qualifies as funny! LMAO!
--
'Til next time,

John H

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***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
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I am glad I could bring some joy to your life, with ethnic humor that is
funny. ; )
--
Reggie

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

Try this ethnic-free version instead; still funny?

A 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, my brothers are fine----I just quit drinking."

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:35:26 GMT, "Bryan" wrote:

Try this ethnic-free version instead; still funny?

A 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, my brothers are fine----I just quit drinking."


Not nearly so. Maybe if you used Budweiser instead?
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'Til next time,

John H

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