A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, "I hear you Irish are a bunch of drinkin' fools. I'll give $500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back." The room is quiet, and no one takes of the Texan's offer. One man even leaves. Thirty minutes later the same gentleman who left shows back up and taps the Texan on the shoulder. "Is your bet still good?" he asks. The Texan says yes and asks the bartender to line up 10 pints of Guinness. Immediately the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint glasses drinking them all back-to-back. The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits down in amazement. The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, "If ya don't mind me askin', where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?" The Irishman replies, "Oh...I went to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first." Obviously written by a blonde Texan too, who obviously doesnt realise that they speak English cuz if he had said they were they drinking fools, they would have stuffed him into a barrel! lol. Regards, Mikey. Spectemur Agendo.

Hey, Mikey, don't get us blondes mixed up with those good ol' boys down there in Texas! :-) Great joke. Can't wait to send it to my husband's brother in that other state.:-) Gail the blonde Wisconsinite genereau@vbe.com gcottage@nnex.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Mikey <painter@onetel.net.uk> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 10:57 AM Subject: [NTH-ENG] Texan takes on the Irish. > A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his voice to > the crowd of drinkers. He says, "I hear you Irish are a bunch of > drinkin' fools. I'll give $500 American dollars to anybody in here > who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back." > > The room is quiet, and no one takes of the Texan's offer. > One man even leaves. > > Thirty minutes later the same gentleman who left shows back up > and taps the Texan on the shoulder. "Is your bet still good?" he asks. > > The Texan says yes and asks the bartender to line up 10 pints > of Guinness. Immediately the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint > glasses drinking them all back-to-back. > > The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits down in amazement. > The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, "If ya don't mind me > askin', where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?" > > The Irishman replies, "Oh...I went to the pub down the street > to see if I could do it first." > > Obviously written by a blonde Texan too, who obviously doesnt > realise that they speak English cuz if he had said they were they > drinking fools, they would have stuffed him into a barrel! lol. > > Regards, > > Mikey. > Spectemur Agendo.