Paddy
had long heard the stories of an amazing family tradition. It seems that his
father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been able to walk on water on
their 18th birthday.
On
that special day, they'd each walked across the lake to the pub on the far side
for their first legal drink.
So
when Paddy's 18th birthday came 'round, he and his pal Mick took a boat out to
the middle of the lake. Paddy stepped out of the boat and nearly drowned. Mick
just barely managed to pull him to safety.
Furious
and confused, Paddy went to see his grandmother.
"Grandma,"
he asked, "It's my 18th birthday, so why can't I walk 'cross the lake like my
father, his father, and his father before him?"
Granny
looked deeply into Paddy's troubled brown eyes and said, "Because your father,
your grandfather and your great grandfather were all born in December when the
lake is frozen, and you were born in August, you dip stick"
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