Happy St. Patrick’s day! OK, I’m late. But I don’t want you to be “late,” so I’m going to share one of my Devine-ly Irish dad’s favorite “Pat and Mike” jokes.
Pat and Mike are on top of the Empire State Building. Pat says to Mike, “I’ve half a mind to jump down.”
Mike says to Pat, “No, Pat! ‘Tis such a long way, and ye’ll surely get hurt.”
Pat says to Mike, “Ye great coward, just watch me.” Pat jumps off the ledge. A minute goes by. Then Pat calls back up, “It’s like flying! Come try it.” So Mike jumps. They’re both flying down and having a great time together, until Pat hits the ground. And he calls out, “Mikey, go back! It hurts now, go back, go back!”
The people now claiming that mask time is over, we’ve all had a very mild omicron which didn’t hurt us — those people remind me of the high-flying Pat. I’m not going to join Pat, and I hope you won’t either.