Great joke, but definitely hard to tell in text.
this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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Really? "Irish" is there to help you even more than necessary.
especially since the ar in "farty" is more like a "ahr"
That's why Irish is in the pretext. Makes it very obvious how it should be pronounced and that the similarities between farty and forty are greater than "normal".
Add two more to that and it'll be too farty, too
I've heard this joke a thousand times growing up and "Irish" was never used. I think it's even better when you don't try to explain the forced pronunciation. More groan inducing as a terrible dad joke and no weird stereotyping.
Well it worked for me :)
Also, irish stew doesn't have beans.
Okay, but if it’s fewer than 239, then even with one more it will be fewer than 240.