This was pased on to me by an Irish friend.

THE IRISH DIET

> An Irishman was terribly overweight, so his doctor put him on a diet.

> "I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, and repeat

> this procedure for 2 weeks. The next time I see you, you should have

> lost at least 5 pounds.

> When the Irishman returned, he shocked the doctor by having lost

> nearly 60lbs!

> "Why, that's amazing!" the doctor said, "Did you follow my instructions?"

> The Irishman nodded... "I'll tell you though, by jaesuz, I t'aut I

> were going to drop dead on dat tir'd day."

> "From the hunger, you mean?" asked the doctor.

> "No, from the f**n' skippin".