MadJohn wrote:
grabec wrote:
Not that I know Dennis Taylor personally, though I did once spy Willie Thorne in Covent Garden
I don't get it

No, no...this is it.
Ahem
One day Patrick was emigrating to England and he called round to say good-bye to Mr and Mrs Dunn, the parents of his friend Neil. Mr and Mrs Dunn were upset because Neil himself had already emigrated to England and they'd heard absolutely nothing from him since he left Cork. Of course Patrick offered to look Neil up and report back to them as soon as he could.
Once off the ferry, Patrick went off to the bog before catching the train to London. There was a very long queue and even when he got to the front of it he was kept waiting ages and ages by the person in the cubicle. At last he got fed up and banged on the door.
'I'm desperate out here,' he shouted. "Are ye nea'ly done?"
"I am," said the bloke inside, but I cannot find any paper."
"To be sure," said Patrick, "that's no excuse for not writing to your parents."