Paddy
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:05 am
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 around, 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 across 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, ya dip stick!!!
>
> 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 around, 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 across 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, ya dip stick!!!