Wishing you St. Patrick’s Day laughter
The St. Patrick’s Day spirit has arrived, and we sure are in need of Irish levity.
The economy is limping, and inflation is hitting us hard. It reminds me of the laborer who fell off a roof at a construction site:
“Were you hurt by the fall?” asked his supervisor.
“The fall wasn’t so bad,” said the Irishman. “It was the sudden stop that did it.”
In describing the 1930s Depression, humorist Will Rogers said, “If stupidity got us into this mess, then stupidity can get us out of it.” That would appear to be the strategy of the “smart” people now running our government.
Rather than rein in reckless spending and address the real problems facing us all — the massive cost of health care and health insurance comes to mind — they keep spending money we don’t have.
These clever fellows remind me of the time Paddy was being tried for robbing a bank. Paddy was so surprised that the jury declared him “not guilty” that he rushed to the judge and asked, “Does that mean I get to keep the money then?!”
To be sure, our faith in our government leaders is at an all time low. We feel like we’re being conned. That reminds me of a joke my dog, Thurber, likes to tell (see him tell jokes at ThurbersTail.com):
“Why did the Labrador steal the leprechaun’s pot of gold? Because he was a Labra-CON!” (Get it? Lepre-CON? Ah, never mind!)
It would be grand if our government leaders managed our money more frugally, the way one Irish widow manages hers:
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