A man went to a bar in Ireland and asked the bartender for three

beers.  The bartender serves the man the three beers and watches as he

goes to a table by himself and takes a sip out of each beer, one at a

time.  After three weeks of the man coming in and doing the same thing,

the bartender’s curiosity finally got the best of him.

Bartender:  “Laddie, I noticed that every day you come here to this

fine establishment and every day you order three beers and then you go

sit in the same place and sip them one at a time.  Why do you do that

Lad?

Man:   “Well, you see, I have two other brothers, one is in the

U.S., and the other one is in China, and I am here in Ireland, and

every day, we used to go drinkin’.  Now that I am here in Ireland, I

have decided to keep up the tradition of going out for a beer, and

since they can not join me, I have decided to pretend like they are

here with me.

Man:  “Oh, no, no one has died….I just gave up drinkin’ “