Diner—"Confound you! How slow you are."
Waiter—"Fault of the soup, sir. Ox-tail is always behind."
An Irishman was planting shade trees when a passing lady said:
"You're digging out the holes, are you, Mr. Haggerty?"
"No, mum. Oi'm diggin' out the dirt an' lavin' the holes."
Irish foreman, to gang of men in a sewer: "How many men is down in that hole?"
Voice from the sewer: "Three, sorr."
Irish foreman: "Then lave half of yez cum up."