Propelled Marine
05-06-2004, 12:21 PM
An Irishman is new to town and heads to a quite little pub on the edge of town. Seeing he likes the place he decides to make it his new watering hole. He wanders to the bar and orders 3 pints of Guinness. The barman happily serves him and watches as the Irishman drinks them at a normal rate one after the other.
The Irishman calls the barman over and orders another round of 3 pints. Politely the barman says "Look sir, I'll just get you one pint, watch your glass and when it gets low I'll pour the second one." The Irishman replies, "No thank you. You see its a tradition my brothers and I have, we always used to drink together on a Friday afternoon. Now that we have gone our seperate ways, we always buy 3 pints at a time, as though we are drinking together. I can tell you my brothers will do the same where ever they are in the world." Not being one to mess with tradition the barman gets the three pints.
After a few months of this, the Irishman heads to the bar on a Friday, as usual and orders only 2 pints. The barman pours the pints, walks over and says, "I'm sorry for your loss, they are on the house." Confused the Irishman looks up, "Loss? What loss"?
The barman trying not to be rude explains. "Well, I remember what you said about your tradition with your brothers. Since you ordered only 2 pints I assumed that one of your brothers has died. I'm sorry." "No no no." says the Irishman, "Both my brothers are fine.......I just quit drinking."
The Irishman calls the barman over and orders another round of 3 pints. Politely the barman says "Look sir, I'll just get you one pint, watch your glass and when it gets low I'll pour the second one." The Irishman replies, "No thank you. You see its a tradition my brothers and I have, we always used to drink together on a Friday afternoon. Now that we have gone our seperate ways, we always buy 3 pints at a time, as though we are drinking together. I can tell you my brothers will do the same where ever they are in the world." Not being one to mess with tradition the barman gets the three pints.
After a few months of this, the Irishman heads to the bar on a Friday, as usual and orders only 2 pints. The barman pours the pints, walks over and says, "I'm sorry for your loss, they are on the house." Confused the Irishman looks up, "Loss? What loss"?
The barman trying not to be rude explains. "Well, I remember what you said about your tradition with your brothers. Since you ordered only 2 pints I assumed that one of your brothers has died. I'm sorry." "No no no." says the Irishman, "Both my brothers are fine.......I just quit drinking."