Friday, May 4, 2007

What's a 'Specimen'?

Young Mary O'Reilly thought she was a bit pregnant, and it being the first time she went to see the doctor, to see if all was right. Coming home to her husband Paddy, she explained the doctor said he needed a specimen. Not wanting to seem ignorant of such things she had waited to ask Paddy what "a specimen" was. Paddy not knowing either said: "Go see the widow O'Malley, next door, she had eighteen children, she is bound to know.

So young Mary wanders off to the widow O'Malley's. She comes back about ten minutes later, her dress all torn, her hair a shambles, her face all scratched. Paddy asks: "What happened to you?" And Mary answers: "Well I went to the widow O'Malley and asked her what a specimen was. 'Pee in a bottle,' she says. 'Shit in your hat,' I say. And the fight was on..."

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