Nicht viel zu feiern in Irland im Jahr 2010, aber wenigstens ein freier Tag für die meisten von uns. So auch für mich. Und auf den freue ich mich. Happy St. Patricks Day wünsche ich mit diesem Brian-Cowen-Lookalike.

Und hoffentlich wechselt der Kurs in diesem Land bald, sodass der Nationalfeiertag auch wieder mal Grund zum Feiern bietet für die Insel.
Happy Lá Fhéile Pádraig
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> Two Irishmen walk into a pet shop in Dingle, they walk over to the bird
> section and Gerry says to Paddy, 'Dat's dem.'
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> The owner comes over and asks if he can help them.
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> 'Yeah, we'll take four of dem dere little budgies in dat cage up dere,' says
> Gerry.
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> The owner puts the budgies in a cardboard box.
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> Paddy and Gerry pay for the birds, leave the shop and get into Gerry's truck
> to drive to the top of the Connor Pass.
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> At the Connor Pass , Gerry looks down at the 1000 foot drop and says,
> 'Dis looks like a grand place.'
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> He takes two birds out of the box, puts one on each shoulder and jumps off
> the cliff.
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> Paddy watches as the budgies fly off and Gerry falls all the way to the
> bottom, killing himself stone dead.
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> Looking down at the remains of his best pal, Paddy shakes his head and says,
> 'Fook dat. Dis budgie jumping is too fook'n dangerous for me!'
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> THERE'S MORE...
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> Moment's later; Seamus arrives up at Connor Pass.
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> He's been to the pet shop too and walks up to the edge of the cliff carrying
> another cardboard box in one hand and a shotgun in the other.
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> 'Hi, Paddy, watch dis,' Seamus says.
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> He takes a parrot from the box and lets him fly free.
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> He then throws himself over the edge of the cliff with the gun.
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> Paddy watches as half way down, Seamus takes the gun and shoots the parrot.
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> Seamus continues to plummet down and down until he hits the bottom and breaks
> every bone in his body.
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> Paddy shakes his head and says, 'And I'm never trying dat parrotshooting
> either!'
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> IT IS NOT OVER YET...
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> Paddy is just getting over the shock of losing two friends when Sean appears.
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> He's also been to the pet shop and is carrying a cardboard box out of which
> he pulls a chicken.
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> Sean then takes the chicken by its legs and hurls himself off the cliff and
> disappears down and down until he hits a rock and breaks his spine.
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> Once more Paddy shakes his head.
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> 'Fook dat, lads. First dere was Gerry with his budgie jumping, den Seamus
> parrotshooting... And now Sean and his fook'n hengliding!'