Mar 15 2008
An Irish Joke
Julia at Happy Catholic (see my blogroll) posted one of my Grandpa O’Rourke’s favourite jokes. Here’s another.
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Two Irish brothers, Pat and Mike, put their money together and bought a fine cow. She was a prodigious milker and always gave birth to twins.
“We’ll split it down the middle,” said Pat. “You choose which half you want.”
Now Mike was sly, so he said, “I choose the back half.”
Pat couldn’t go back on his word, but he soon regretted the bargain. He had to feed and water the front half, but Mike got the milk and the calves from the back half. Pat had to lead the front of the cow to pasture and into the barn, but Mike got the manure for fertilizer.
Finally Pat was fed up, so he went out one morning and killed the cow. Mike was furious and took his brother to court. The judge asked Pat, “Did you slaughter your brother’s cow without his consent?”
“No, Your Honor,” says Pat. “I killed my half. His half died.”
That is hilarious!