( My sainted mother always said that the Irish could be the smartest of people - and also the dumbest. This joke proves her point)

An Irishman is strolling along a beach when he finds a bottle. Out of curiosity he picks it up, unscrews the cap and out pops a genie.

The genie grants the Irishman the traditional three wishes.

The Irishman says: " For my first wish, I want a pint of Guinesses'Stout".

Poof! There is a bottle of stout in the Irishman's hand. He drains it off and is about to heave the empty bottle into the ocean when the genie calls out: " STOP"


The genie tells the Irishman that he should keep this bottle -because it will never get empty, no matter how often he drains the bottle.

The genie now says to the Irishman: " "What do you want for your other two wishes?"

The Irishman says: " I'll be having two more of these".