{"id":9570,"date":"2018-03-13T07:49:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T11:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=9570"},"modified":"2022-03-16T20:03:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T00:03:33","slug":"a-little-irish-humour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=9570","title":{"rendered":"A little Irish humour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Question &#8211; Why are Irish jokes so simple? \u00a0Answer &#8211; So the English can understand them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The late Bishop Sheen stated that the reason the Irish fight so often among themselves is that they&#8217;re always assured of having a worthy opponent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Definition of an Irish husband:\u00a0 He hasn&#8217;t kissed his wife for twenty years, but he will kill any man who does.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Murphy told Quinn that his wife was driving him to drink.\u00a0 Quinn thinks he&#8217;s very lucky because his own wife makes him walk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An American lawyer asked, &#8220;Paddy, why is it that whenever you ask an Irishman a question, he answers with another question?&#8221; &#8220;Who told you that?&#8221; asked Paddy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reilly went to trial for armed robbery.\u00a0 The jury foreman came out and announced, &#8220;Not guilty.&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;That&#8217;s grand!&#8221; shouted Reilly. &#8220;Does that mean I can keep the money?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Irish lass customer: &#8220;Could I be trying on that dress in the window?&#8221;\u00a0 Shopkeeper: &#8220;I&#8217;d prefer that you use the dressing room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Feeney shouted from the kitchen, &#8220;Is that you I hear spittin&#8217; in the vase on the mantle piece?&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;No,&#8221; said himself, &#8220;but I&#8217;m gettin&#8217; closer all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Q. What do you call an Irishman who knows how to control a wife?\u00a0 A. A bachelor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finnegan: My wife has a terrible habit of staying up &#8217;til two o&#8217;clock in the morning.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t break her of it.\u00a0 Keenan: What on earth is she doin&#8217; at that time?\u00a0 Finnegan: Waitin&#8217; for me to come home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slaney phoned the maternity ward at the hospital.\u00a0 &#8220;Quick!&#8221; he said.\u00a0 &#8220;Send an ambulance, my wife is goin&#8217; to have a\u00a0baby\u201d!\u00a0 &#8220;Tell me, is this her first baby?&#8221; the intern asked.\u00a0 &#8220;No, this is her husband, Kevin, speakin&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;O&#8217;Ryan,&#8221; asked the druggist, &#8220;did that mudpack I gave you improve your wife&#8217;s appearance?&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;It did surely,&#8221; replied O&#8217;Ryan, &#8220;but it keeps fallin&#8217; off!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_clover.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did you hear about the Irish newlyweds who sat up all night on their honeymoon waiting for their sexual relations to\u00a0arrive?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_laughing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_laughing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_laughing-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_laughing-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Irish_laughing.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George provides reliable PR &amp; GR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? Call 613-983-0801 @<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question &#8211; Why are Irish jokes so simple? \u00a0Answer &#8211; So the English can understand them. The late Bishop Sheen stated that the reason the Irish fight so often among themselves is that they&#8217;re always assured of having a worthy opponent. Definition of an Irish husband:\u00a0 He hasn&#8217;t kissed his wife for twenty years, but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9570"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14653,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9570\/revisions\/14653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}