Another old Irish story, but still funny:
Into a Donegal Pub comes Paddy looking as if he had been run over by a train.
His arm in a sling, his nose broken, his face cut and bruised, walking with a limp.
"What happened to you" asked Sean?
"Jimmy O'Conner and me had a fight."
"That little...
My old F6F buddy told one of his post war civil flying adventures in a surplus BT-13. He said the seat was mounted on bungee cords and once while landing, cords broke dropping him inside. He still landed without damage.
Another one from Ireland:
A few days before Christmas, Flannigan who had retired to Ireland, calls his son in New York City.
He says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your Mother and I are divorcing. Forty five years is enough."
"Dad, what are you talking about"?
"We...
I would point out to members, I am a believing, practicing Christian and while I find, and have seen, posts I think distasteful, I don't comment or complain.
Asking forgiveness in advance for possibly damaging Irish sensitivities, I offer the following:
Two elderly friends, Colleen and Maureen, hadn't seen each other for a while and met while shopping.
"And how is your husband" Colleen inquired?
"Oh! Paddy died last week. He went out to the garden...
One thing I know is the truth the old ones told us when in our twenties - "I've forgotten more than you have learned." I see it in the photos here when I know I know it but can't remember what it is.