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Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 12:18 PM Mar 2013

I am part Leprechaun and I wish you all a happy St. Patrick's Day

The problem with being part Leprechaun is that magic is carried in a recessive gene, so I am unable to disappear, shapeshift or make a pot of gold. All I got from my Leprechaun ancestors is the short gene.

On the other hand, I'm cute and adorable, like my full-blooded Leprechaun distant cousin, Aaron Gobraugh.

See you all at Paddy's bar tonight.

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I am part Leprechaun and I wish you all a happy St. Patrick's Day (Original Post) Jack Rabbit Mar 2013 OP
Do you, by any chance, remember the episode of Bonanza where Hoss sees the Leprechauns? hlthe2b Mar 2013 #1
I didn't watch Bonanza very much as a kid Jack Rabbit Mar 2013 #2
It was a cute episode.... Hint they weren't Leprechauns... hlthe2b Mar 2013 #5
I won't be visiting Paddy's Bar tonight. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #3
Paddy may not be visiting the bar tonight, either pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #4
Ouch! Poor Paddy indeed! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #6
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! love_katz Mar 2013 #7
Um, today's a dry holiday in Ireland. It's a drunken orgy in the US. talkingmime Mar 2013 #8
That's because there are more Isrishmen in New York City than in Dublin Jack Rabbit Mar 2013 #9

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
1. Do you, by any chance, remember the episode of Bonanza where Hoss sees the Leprechauns?
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 12:25 PM
Mar 2013

For years my family thought I was imagining that episode, no matter how adamant I was...

'Just got me thinking.. It was a very cute, very "Hoss" episode.
"

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Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
2. I didn't watch Bonanza very much as a kid
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 12:48 PM
Mar 2013

My cousin Aaron says that's the silliest thing he's ever seen. "Why would a Leprechaun bury gold in the earth when we can bury it in the air by making it disappear when there's some shady character about like Legs Dimon or Pretty Boy Lloyd and then make it reappear again when they're not?"

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
3. I won't be visiting Paddy's Bar tonight.
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 12:53 PM
Mar 2013
but sure as the day dawns ... I'd love to kiss a Leprechaun.


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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
4. Paddy may not be visiting the bar tonight, either
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 01:03 PM
Mar 2013

(Best when sung by an Irish singer like Seamus Kennedy)

Dear Boss (Pat Cooksey)

Dear Boss, I write this note to you to tell you of my plight;
At the time of writing I am not a pretty sight;
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly grey,
So I write this note to say why Paddy's not at work today.

While working on the 14th floor, some bricks I had to clear;
To throw them down from off the top seemed like a good idea;
But the foreman wasn't very pleased, he was an awkward sod,
And he said I had to cart them down a ladder in my hod.

Now, to clear away these bricks by hand to me seemed very slow,
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below;
But in my haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me.

So when I had untied the rope, the barrel fell like lead;
Hanging tightly to the rope I started up instead;
I sped off like a rocket, and to dismay I found
That halfway up I met the bloody barrel coming down.

Now, the barrel broke my shoulder as to the ground it sped,
When I reached the top I banged the pulley with my head;
I held on tight, though numb with shock from this almighty blow,
And the barrel spilled out half its load, 14 floors below.

Well, when the bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor,
I then outweighed the barrel, and it started up once more;
I held on tightly to the rope, as I flew towards the ground,
And I landed on the broken bricks that were scattered all around.

As I lay there moaning on the bricks, I thought I'd passed the worst,
But when the barrel reached the top was when the bottom burst;
A shower of bricks came down on me, I didn't have a hope,
And in all of the confusion, I let go the bloody rope.

The barrel again being heavier, it started down once more,
And landed right on top of me as I lay there on the floor;
It broke three ribs and my left arm, and I can only say,
That I hope you understand why Paddy's not at work today.





In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
6. Ouch! Poor Paddy indeed!
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 01:57 PM
Mar 2013

Perhaps I should ask your advise in advance by PM. D'oh!

You have an interesting was of pointing things out to me.

love_katz

(2,578 posts)
7. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
Sun Mar 17, 2013, 03:56 PM
Mar 2013

This sounds like one of the kinds of tales my dad or his friends would tell.

Thanks for the laughs.

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