Oh dear. You know that when you need to asure the jokee that, yes, you have heard the joke; that was it!, you know the joke failed. You really didn't like it? I laughed out loud a lot when I heard it. It's simple, neat; precise and yet plays on all that long tradition of stereotypical/ racist jokes. You know the ones: An Irishman, an American and an Australian are.... etc etc. That generally end with the Irishman doing something stupid!