Guidebook Of Best-loved Sayings: How Irish Talk English Lesson 8: Philosophy and Music: The language of the Pubs Much of today’s culture is the result of too much noise in a pub. Take, for example, the time in 487 A.D. when St. Patrick was sitting at the bar with a short, fat fella who talked a lot, and a 5th Century vacuum cleaner salesman. Well, the time finally came after four or five pints each that Patrick became tired of listening to the short, fat fella talking about the importance of being able to hear one hand clapping, and said “If ye dunna have something important ta say, just shut the fekk up already.” The short fat fella misunderstood. Instead of realizing that Patrick was annoyed, he thought Patrick was in agreement with his world view and had brought the philosophy to its natural, inevitable conclusion. He asked Patrick what this school of thought was called. Patrick, ignoring the fella, said to the bartender, “Sean, pour us another one.” It was at this exact point in history that yer man, there, feeling his liquor, started blowing into the end of the vacuum cleaner hose, creating a God-awful noise. In the confusion, the short, fat fella thought Patrick had said “Zen Buddhism.” Thus, in one fell swoop, both the Bagpipes and a major world religion came into existence. No, really. I found this story in the Library at Maynooth University. You could look it up.
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