Paddy

[dodger]

Paddy had
long heard the stories of an amazing family tradition.


It seems
that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all
been able to walk on water on their 18th birthday. On that
special day they'd each walked across the lake to the
pub on the far side for their first legal
drink.

So when
Paddy's 18th birthday came around he and his pal Mick
took a boat out to the middle of the lake, Paddy stepped out
of the boat...and nearly
drowned! Mick just barely managed to pull him to
safety.

Furious and
confused, Paddy went to see his grandmother.
'Grandma' he asked "Tis me 18th birthday, so
why can't I walk 'cross the lake like me father, his
father and his father before him?" Granny looked deeply
into Paddy's troubled brown eyes and said,

"Because
ye father, ye grandfather and ye great-grandfather were all
born in December when the lake is frozen and ye were born in
August,
ya idiot"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roger

[FlyTexas]

Brian

[Garry Russell]

Oh yes...I think I've met 'im

[Vancouver]

Didn't see that one coming.

[nigelb]

Good old Paddy. He certainly stars in numerous Irish jokes.

Nigel²

[Tomliner]

Good old Paddy!