re: Did You Know There Are Two Irelands? (European Smugness Anecdote)

Four Irishmen are playing poker. Shamus has a good hand and bets everything he's got...$500. He loses. He clutches his chest and dies of a heart attack.
His friends continue playing for a half hour and then call it a night.
'Someone has to go to Shamus' house and tell his wife.'
Sean: "I'll go."
They warn him to be discreet.
Sean: "Discreet is me middle name."
Sean goes to the house and knocks on the door. Shamus' wife answers.
Sean: "Bad news, ma'am, Shamus lost $500 at poker tonight."
The wife becomes furious: "Tell that bastard to drop dead!"
Sean, walking away: "Consider it done, ma'am."