Mrs Donovan was walking down O'Connell Street in Dublin when she met up with Father Flaherty.
The Father said, 'Top o' the mornin' to ye! Aren't ye Mrs Donovan and didn't I marry ye and yer Hoosband two years ago?'
She replied, 'Aye, that ye did, Father.'
The Father asked, 'And be there any wee little ones yet?'
She replied, 'No, not yet, Father.'
The Father said, 'Well now, I'm going to Rome next week and I'll light a fertility candle for ye and yer hoosband.'
She replied, 'Oh, thank ye, Father...’they then parted ways..
Some years later they met gain. The Father asked, 'Well now, Mrs Donovan, how are ye these days?' She replied, 'Oh, very well, Father!'
The Father asked, 'And tell me, have ye any wee ones yet?'
She replied, 'Oh yes, Father! Two sets of twins and six singles, ten in all!'
The Father said, 'That's wonderful! And how is yer loving hoosband doing?'
She replied, 'E's gone to Rome to blow out yer bloody' candle
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Complete or Finished?
No dictionary has ever been able to satisfactorily define the difference between "COMPLETE" and "FINISHED“.
However, recently Linguistics Conference was held in London and attended by some of the best linguists in the world.
At this conference, Samsundar Balgobin, a Guyanese linguist, was the presenter and was asked to make just that very distinction.
The question put to him by a colleague in the erudite audience was this: "Some say there is no difference between 'Complete' and 'Finished'. Please explain the difference in a way that is easy to understand.“
Mr. Balgobin's response was this: "When you marry the right woman, you are 'Complete'. When you marry the wrong woman, you are 'Finished'. And, if the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are 'Completely Finished‘.
His answer received a five minute standing ovation.
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