For some reason, Irish people have a reputation for being good drinkers. My family has some Irish blood, and none of us are good drinkers. Of course, you’d have to define “good drinker,” but I think it usually means a person who can drink and “hold their liquor.” In other words, people who can drink without falling down and getting sloppy drunk. The fact is, no one in my family that I’m aware of can drink this way. We all get tipsy after one glass of wine or a margarita. However, I do know one young Irish man who is a friend of my daughter, and he seems to be able to drink at all hours and still function well, even at work! So I guess it depends on the person. If you’re proud of your Irish heritage, as I am, you’ll enjoy the hilarious joke below.
A Texan walks into an Irish pub and clears his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, “I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. 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 up the Texan’s offer. One man even leaves. Ten minutes later the same gentleman who left shows back up and taps the Texan on the shoulder.
“Is your bet still good?” asks the Irishman.
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 in amazement. The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, “If ya don’t mind me askin’, where did you go for that 10 minutes you were gone?”
The Irishman replies, “Oh…I had to go to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first.”
