I think it's just playing on the general stereotype of the (apologies to all, I hate this phrase) 'thick Mick', isn't it? It doesn't have to be Homebase, it could just as easily be...a shoe shop, say?

(Or am I missing some deeper meaning??!)

I have a great Irish joke but its one you show not tell so it really wouldn't work on here. 

I remember the days of knowing loads of There was an Englishman, an Irishman and Scotsman jokes.  Now I don't know many.  Although I do have one that springs to mind and it goes like this ...


There was an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman and they were all trying out for the army.  They each had to go into a room one at a time where there was a beam of light shining from the ceiling onto the floor.  The General called the Englishman in first and said "I want you to climb up this beam of light" and the Englishman said "thats not possible, I can't climb a beam of light" and the General said "right your in".  The General called the Scotsman and said "I want you to climb up this beam of light" and the Scotman said "I can't do that, its climb a beam of light!" and the General said "right your in".  The General called the Irishman and said "I want you to climb up this beam of light" and the Irishman said "I can't do that ... I'll get half way up and you'll turn it off!!".



And not being too mean against the Irish I have this one ....

There was an Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman and an Amercian man and they where all standing on the cliffs of Dover.  The American man said to the Englishman "I bet you can't do this ..." and he jumped off the climb, went down, and came back up again and landed back on the cliff.  So the Englishman jumped off and ... splat!!  The American man said to the Irishman "I bet you can't do this ..." and he jumped off the climb, went down, and came back up again and landed back on the cliff.  So the Irishman jumped off and ... splat!!  Then the American man said to the Scotsman "I bet you can't do this ..." and he jumped off the climb, went down, and came back up again and landed back on the cliff.  So the Scotsman jumped off and ... splat!!  Then an Amercian woman came along and said "Superman, are you playing jokes on the British again?!"

My apologies, should I have said Northern Irishman?  Talk about political correctness

Fine, I've leave it the way it is

Am currently reading my many many pages of notes on the strategy of the Provisional IRA. I take a break, come on here, and what do I find? IRISH POLITICS!! Nooooo!

A Scotsman goes into a brothel in Amsterdam one night and finds himself a pro$titute.

He asks her, "How much do yee charrrge forrrr an hourrr?"

" £100," she replies.

So he asks, "Okay, do yee do Scottish style?" She says "No!"

He then asks her, "I'll pay you £200 to do it Scottish style?"

She then says no, not knowing what Scottish style was!

So he then offers her £300.

Again she declines his offer.

So finally he says, "I'll give yee £500 to go Scottish style with me!"

Finally she agrees thinking, "Well, I've been in the game for over 10 years
now, I've been there and done that, had every kind of request from weirdo's from every corner of the world.

How bad could Scottish style be?"

So she goes ahead and has $ex with him, doing it in every kind of way and in every possible position.

Finally, after several intense hours......... they finish.

Exhausted, the hooker turns to him and says,

"That was fantastic!! I've never enjoyed it so much!!

But I was expecting something perverted and disgusting!! Where does the
'Scottish style' come in?"

The Scotsman replies... "I'll pay ye next week!"

I dont get this one again

Its because Scots are stereotyped at being tight arses.

A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink.

"Why, of course," comes the reply.

The first man then asks, "Where are you from?" "I'm from Ireland," replies the second man.

The first man responds, "You don't say, I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland."

"Of course," says the second.

Curious, the first asks, "Where in Ireland?" "Dublin," comes the reply. "I can't believe it, me too! Lets have another round of drinks to Dublin."

"Of course." The second man can't help himself so he asks, "What school did you go to?"

"Saint Mary's", replies the first man. "I graduated in '62."

"This is becoming unbelievable!!!" the second man said.

About that time, in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. "What's up?" he asks the bartender.

"Nothing much," replied the bartender. "The O'Malley twins are drunk again!"

Dave that is pure genius!

What's the difference between The Rolling Stones and an Aberdeen sheep farmer? The Rolling Stones say: "Hey you, get off of my cloud." And an Aberdeen sheep farmer says: "Hey McLeod, get off of ma ewe."


A Glasgow man - steaming and skint - is walking down Argyle Street when he spots a guy tinkering with the engine of his car. "What's up, Jimmy?" he asks. "Piston broke," he replies. "Aye, same as masel..."