A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears
his voice to the crowd of drinkers.

He says,"I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers.
I'll give $500 American dollars to anybody in
here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness
back-to-back."

The room is quiet, and no
one takes up the Texan's offer.

One man even leaves.

Thirty minutes later
the same gentleman who left shows back up
and taps the Texan on the shoulder. "Is your
bet still good?" asks the Irishman.

The Texan says yes and asks the bartender
to line up 10 pints of Guinness.

Immediately
the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint
glasses, drinking them all back-to-back.

The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan
sits in amazement.

The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and
says, "If ya don't mind me askin', where did
you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?"

The Irishman replies, "Oh... I had to go to
the pub down the street to see if I could
do it first."