H/T to wild river! :0)
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 across
the lake
like me father, his father and
his father before him?"
Granny looked deeply into
Paddy's, troubled blue 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 freakin
idiot!"
Yep. Shoulda seen that one coming. :)
ReplyDeletePoor Paddy has to get back into the boat and row over! At least he'll work up a thirst.
DeleteLol..and now you know the rest of the story ;))
ReplyDeleteJust gotta love the Irish!
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