03/17/17 Grif.Net - Mandatory Irish Humor
Robert Griffin
An Irishman walks into a pub in Dublin, ordered three pints of Guinness and sat in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn.
The bartender approached him, reminding that “You know, a pints goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time and I could bring them to you.”
The Irishman replied, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in America, the other is in Australia, and I'm here in Dublin. When we all left home, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days we drank together. So I drink one for each o'me brothers and one for me self."
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. He shares this unique story with others in the establishment who also think it is a good way to remember family.
The Irishman became a regular in the bar, and always drank the same way: ordering three pints and drinking a little from each in turn.
One day, he entered the pub and ordered just two pints. All the other regulars take notice and fall silent. When he was about to leave, the bartender shared, “I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss.”
The Irishman looked quite puzzled for a moment, then the light dawned and he laughed. “Oh, no, everybody's just fine,” he explained. “It's just that me wife had us join that Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking.”
“Thankfully it hasn't affected me brothers, though.”
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"