Irish Bobbie

Ilene's son was in a Dublin pub
When someone gave his leg an rub 
"A copper to spare?" 
"There's one over there
But he looks a bit like Beezlebub!"
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Faulkner Avatar
November 26, 2022 at 11:22 AM
Makes me want to visit an Irish pub now~
Cunningham Avatar
November 22, 2022 at 2:42 PM
Sampling the guinness I heard and enjoying the craic, what happens in Dublin stays in Dublin lol. Tom
Leffanta Avatar
November 23, 2022 at 9:56 AM
Imagine all the treats he will be returning to New York with for Thanksgiving! Aloha!
Bauer Avatar
November 22, 2022 at 12:59 PM
ha! you do pay attention, rico! very funny! (aren't our "cops" named after "coppers?" i think both are called that after the copper buttons on their uniforms.)
Leffanta Avatar
November 23, 2022 at 9:54 AM
The old Irish penny was a medallion-sized hunk of medal, so thank you for giving me a last opportunity to use it! Aloha!
Hankins Avatar
November 22, 2022 at 10:50 AM
(chuckling) So, I'm supposing an Irish bobbie is called a "copper?"
Leffanta Avatar
November 23, 2022 at 9:55 AM
If you are American . . . Aloha!
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