An Irishman in England, fed up with anti-Irish jokes, starts taking English elocution lessons. After a few successful weekshe goes to the shops to try it out. “I'll have an Observer, a Telegraph and a Times, please Sir, he says to the shop-keeper. "Are you Irish? asks the shop-keeper “How did you know? replies the shocked Irishman. "Well, this is a fish and chip shop, mate.”