The LÉ William Butler Yeats didn’t go on sea patrol yesterday because it was short a technical specialist
Our forces who serve us at sea
Are currently reckoned to be
Missing so much staff
That it isn’t a laugh
And needs to be fixed rapidly
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Where were they headed?
Don’t tell me;
Byzantium?
Tir na nOg.
I remember reading once that there are only seven (?) jokes in the world; all the others are just variations based on these. This one is an example of a type that often crops up on BS where the joke isn’t actually funny in itself, but it lets the instigator feel smug, and allows the receiver to congratulate themselves for recognising a literary (or other) reference.
Funny thing humour!
I meant my joke, not Sara’s!
I’ve been using the same three jokes my entire life. Just variations on a theme.
could they not program ya for more than three ?
Asimov’s, Three Guffaws of Robotics…
I see the incinerator billowing away, blowing it’s highly poisonous dioxins over the residents of ringsend, irishtown and sandymount..
it’s the humane thing to do really; they’ll be dead by the time the sea level rises and washes away their homes.
Hadn’t thought of that. It’s a virtuous circle really and with the Green Party stamp all over it.
Friggin in the riggin
Captain Pugwash was my favourite show
After school, rushing home excited I’d go
Whether the rude names of the crew: Roger the Cabin Boy, Seaman Staines, Master Bates, and Willy* was a windup
or for real
Perhaps we will never really know.
– The Jason Byrne Collection (2005-2021)
* Pugwash was written by John Ryan. This is a fact.