[lit-ideas] Re: Escaped from Ursula's home for old jokes...
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:45:11 +0900
Very nice. Are you, by the way, aware of the site
http://oldjewstellingjokes.com/
It's hysterical.
John
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> An old man lived alone in Ireland. He wanted to spade his potato garden,
> but it was very hard work.
>
> His only son, who would have helped him, was in Long Kesh Prison.
>
> The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his predicament.
>
> Shortly, he received this reply, "For HEAVEN'S SAKE Dad, don't dig up that
> garden, that's where I buried the GUNS!"
>
> At 4 A.M. the next morning, a dozen British soldiers showed up and dug up
> the entire garden, without finding any guns.
>
> Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what
> happened, and asking him what to do next.
>
> His son's reply was: "Now plant your potatoes, Dad; It's the best I
> could do from here."
>
>
> (This was sent to me by a colleague here at Nipissing, but I have a
> niggling feeling that I saw it once on Lit-Id as well.)
>
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