Barty was trapped in a bog and seemed a goner when Big Mick O’Reilly wandered by.
“Help!” Barty shouted, “Oi’m sinkin’!”
Don’t worry,” assured Mick. “Next to the Strong Muldoon, Oi’m the strongest man in Erin, and Oi’ll pull ye right out o’ there.”
Mick leaned out and grabbed Barty’s hand and pulled and pulled to no avail.
After two more unsuccessful attempts, Mick said to Barty, “Shure, an’ Oi can’t do it. The Strong Muldoon could do it alone, mebbe, but Oi’ll have to get some help.”
As Mick was leaving, Barty called “
Mick! Mick!
D’ye think it will help if Oi pull me feet out of the stirrups?
Irishman went to a pet shop and asked how many budgies were in stock.
“We have 99” replied the shop owner
“Give us the lot” said the Irish man, paid for them and left. He went to a tailors shop and had 99 pockets sewn into a jacket, put a budgie in each pocket, went up to the Post Office Tower and jumped off. He hit the ground with an almighty smack and lay there groaning until a passer-by came and asked him what had happened. “I don’t know sur” he replied
“but that’s the last time I try that budgie jumping”