# 1,000 year old Irish joke

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-year-old-irish-joke/644514>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 19, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-year-old-irish-joke/644514 "2012-12-19T12:09:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-year-old-irish-joke/644514/21 "2012-12-20T07:04:35Z")

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> [@K364](#):
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> You’re not telling it right!

Some people just don’t know how to tell a joke. 😃

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**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-year-old-irish-joke/644514/22 "2012-12-20T08:01:40Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Hmm… I’m pretty sure we had a thread here years ago that linked to pictures of such ancient graffiti jokes, and their translation. Some of the humour was quite bathroomish if I recall.

T[his one?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631643)

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**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-year-old-irish-joke/644514/23 "2012-12-20T13:09:57Z")

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Thanks for the link. The guy who put up that site, Dennis King, knows his stuff (not that he needs my validation, but for what it’s worth). It’s astoundingly awesome that a joke can survive a thousand years, and even more astounding to find evidene of it.

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**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-year-old-irish-joke/644514/24 "2012-12-20T14:53:35Z")

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Geeez **Cat’s** I heard that one like a thousand years ago.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-year-old-irish-joke/644514/25 "2012-12-20T14:54:22Z")

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> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#):
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> 37!

Yawn. :o

> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#):
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> 62!

Old. :rolleyes:

> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#):
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> 19!

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Never heard that one before!

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