A little old lady is walking down the street, dragging two large plastic garbage bags with her, one in each hand. Unfortunately, There is a rip in one of the bags,and every once in a while a €20 bill Falls out onto the pavement. Noticing this, a garda stops her. ‘Missus, there are €20 bills [...]

Altogether, 10,435 new buyers drew down mortgages in the first half of the year, compared with 15,802 between January 1 and June 30 last year — a drop of 5,367, or almost 30pc.
Pat Farrell, chief executive of the Irish Banking Federation which produced the figures, said many first-time buyers were getting loan approvals but were [...]

A man is at work one day when he notices that his co-worker is wearing an earring.
This man knows his co-worker to be a normally conservative fellow and is curious about his sudden change in ‘fashion sense.’
The man walks up to him and says, ‘I didn’t know you were into earrings.’
‘Don’t make such a big [...]