Showing posts with label British. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British. Show all posts

Monday, September 13, 2010

The British

Many British jokes are about 'An Englishman an Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman'.
They usually begin 'One day an English man, an Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman were at a football match or in a bank... or having lunch...'.
Traditionally Welshmen are fine singers and mad about rugby. Scotsmen are frugal. Irishmen are warm-hearted and funny. Englishmen are cold and formal.
Of course these national stereotypes are ridiculous but they make good jokes.

A British Joke

An Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman were talking to a bishop.
The bishop asked 'What would you do if you won a lot of money?'
The Welshman said 'I would build a new rugby stadium, because rugby is a heavenly sport'.
The Scotsman said 'I would save it because it is a sin to waste money'.
The Englishman said 'I do not discuss my private affairs'.
The bishop turned to the Irishman who said without hesitation 'I would go straight to the church. I would stand in front of the altar. I would throw all the money up to Heaven. What God wanted he would take. What fell to the ground would be for me'.