"Three Pints"
An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of
Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in
turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.
The bartender approaches and tells him, "You know, a pint goes
flat after I draw it, and it would taste better if you bought one at a
time."
The Irishman replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One
is in America, the other is in Australia, and I'm 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.
The Irishman becomes a regular in the bar, and always drink the
same way: He orders three pints and drinks them in turn.
One day, he comes in and orders two pints. All the other
regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the
second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief,
but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss."
The Irishman looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light
dawns and he laughs. "Oh, no, everybody's just fine," He explains, "It's
just that me wife had us join that Baptist Church and I had to quit
drinking. Hasn't affected me brothers though."
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