The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PAT AND MIKE JOKE

THERE'S THIS GUY NAMED MIKE (A TYPICAL IRISHMAN) AND HE
COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE COULDN'T EAT SAUSAGE ON
FRIDAY, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T CONSIDER IT MEAT. SO HE
WENT AND TALKED TO THE PRIEST ABOUT IT AND THE PRIEST
TOLD HIM HE JUST COULDN'T GO ALONG WITH HIM. "BY THE
WAY," HE SAID, "WHERE'S THAT LOAD OF WOOD YOU PROMISED
ME?" SO THE NEXT DAY, MIKE DELIVERED A LOAD OF
SAWDUST. THE PRIEST SAID, "WHAT IS THIS? I WANTED
WOOD." MIKE SAID, "IF SAUSAGE IS MEAT, SAWDUST IS
WOOD."

Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER GRANDFATHER WHO LEARNED IT
FROM HIS FATHER WHO WAS FROM IRELAND. SHE SAID THAT
IT IS AN OLD IRISH PAT AND MIKE JOKE.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Date learned: 04-05-1967