“We Irish Americans can take it, however, it is ridicule.”
I had an acquaintance in Tennessee fresh over from Ireland. He and his teenage son were all the time telling me Irish drinking jokes.
A lot of golf jokes yes? Wives?
Oh yes. I have some Irish relatives. They know more Irish drinking jokes than anyone. It’s like a reverse pride thing to them.
The Irish have a formidable sense of humor. In an elaborate riff, two visiting Irish cousins insisted that since the Irish had become mostly sober in recent years, their primary distinction was that they were the ugliest people in Europe.