First there were the Scots, who kept the Sabbath - and everything else they could lay their hands on;

Then there were the Welsh, who prayed on their knees - and on their neighbours;

Thirdly there were the Irish, who never knew what they wanted - but were willing to fight for it anyway;

Lastly there were the English, who considered themselves self-made men - thus relieving the Almighty of a terrible responsibility...

Wow, this is deep...

It also doesn't feel finished or complete!

Edited July 7, 200620 yr by suegha

Wow, this is deep...

It also doesn't feel finished or complete!

That's how I felt on reading it. I was expecting something else like "But now most of them have emigrated to the colonies, especially to America and Australia!"

Yep, well im afraid that went way over my head

Its obviously a joke writen by a Jock. God does not have to take responsibility for creating the English.

IMHO Not funny though.

First there were the Scots, who kept the Sabbath - and everything else they could lay their hands on;

Then there were the Welsh, who prayed on their knees - and on their neighbours;

Thirdly there were the Irish, who never knew what they wanted - but were willing to fight for it anyway;

Lastly there were the English, who considered themselves self-made men - thus relieving the Almighty of a terrible responsibility...

and when all this was over, st peter was clearing up and behind a door he found a heap of anuses and a pile of ears, Oh lord what shall I do with these left overs he asked God, where in God replied Glue to ears on each anus and we will call them French!! and so it came to pass Nignoy (or was it Australian )

First there were the Scots, who kept the Sabbath - and everything else they could lay their hands on;

Then there were the Welsh, who prayed on their knees - and on their neighbours;

Thirdly there were the Irish, who never knew what they wanted - but were willing to fight for it anyway;

Lastly there were the English, who considered themselves self-made men - thus relieving the Almighty of a terrible responsibility...

and when all this was over, st peter was clearing up and behind a door he found a heap of anuses and a pile of ears, Oh lord what shall I do with these left overs he asked God, where in God replied Glue to ears on each anus and we will call them French!! and so it came to pass Nignoy (or was it Australian )

Nope. Definately French

dunno, could be the portuguese

Looks like I missed off the punchline so here is an update:

There are four kinds of people in the UK -

First, there were the Scots who kept the Sabbath - and everything else they could lay their hands on;

Then there were the Welsh - who prayed on their knees and their neighbours;

Thirdly there were the Irish who never knew what they wanted - but were willing to fight for it anyway.

Lastly there were the English who considered themselves self-made men, - thus relieving the Almighty of a terrible responsibility.

Courtesy of:

http://www.rampantscotland.com/humour/blhumeng.htm

Looks like I missed off the punchline so here is an update:

There are four kinds of people in the UK -

First, there were the Scots who kept the Sabbath - and everything else they could lay their hands on;

Then there were the Welsh - who prayed on their knees and their neighbours;

Thirdly there were the Irish who never knew what they wanted - but were willing to fight for it anyway.

Lastly there were the English who considered themselves self-made men, - thus relieving the Almighty of a terrible responsibility.

Courtesy of:

http://www.rampantscotland.com/humour/blhumeng.htm

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The coffin joke - very good LOL

Johnb