“Where can you find a new friend that has stood by you as long as the ould ones have?”
An Irishman went to England in search of work, and when shown his room in the boarding-house the landlady remarked:
“There’s your bed, Pat, and there are two more to sleep with you, but they won’t be in till late, so don’t be alarmed.”
“They’re welcome,” replied Pat. Before retiring Pat locked his bedroom door and during the night he was awakened by great knocking.
“Whose there?” asked Pat.
“We are the lodgers. Open.”
“No room for ye,” replied Pat.
“How many of you are in the room?” they asked.