An Irishman is sitting at the end of a bar. He sees a lamp at the end of the table. He walks down to it and rubs it. Out pops a genie. It says, “I will give you three wishes.”The man thinks awhile. Finally he says, “I want a beer that never is empty.”
With that, the genie makes a poof sound and on the bar is a bottle of beer. The Irishman starts drinking it and right before it is gone, it starts to refill. The genie asks about his next two wishes.
The man says, “I want two more of these.”
It seems to have gone unnoticed that St Patrick’s Day was in fact held on Saturday. You can’t have a feast day during Holy Week so according to convention and Church law it was held two days early this year.
Well I noticed, and I’m sure a majority of observant Catholics noticed as well. But if you think the marketing juggernauts of Guinness, Hallmark, et.al., were going to let an inconvenience of church law alter their marketing efforts, you’re crazy.