Reminds me of a joke I once heard.
An Irish man always went into a bar every Friday and ordered 3 beers. When asked about it, he said that he and his two brothers made a pact that even though they were hundreds of miles away from each other, every Friday they will get themselves a beer and a beer in remembrance of each of the two missing brothers. One day the Irish man came inside with a sad look on his face and ordered only two beers. Everyone at the bar knew of his pact so they all went to offer their condolences to the fact that one of his brothers died. He looked up at them and told them that none of his brothers died, he just gave up beer for lent.
"Funny because it's true" Once again, a stereotype that lives up to reality!
On my dad's side of the family -- where I get my Irish last name from -- no one under 21 (probably no one under 18) failed to make liberal use of beer. Most of them smoked too. And this is a 4th generation Irish family -- at least. They loved to party. But even after generations in America, they acted like they just got off the boat. VERY down-to-earth; mostly blue-collar jobs. In fact, 2 of the boys inclined towards law enforcement! How Irish is that? They used a lot of Irish slang and everything -- the only thing they were missing was the accent.
Half of them had all the Irish traits -- taller, red hair, freckles, less hairy, etc. and the other half took after my Grandma (maiden name: Nelson) who had dark hair, as did my father. A lot of German on that side of the family.
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