A man walks into a pub, orders three schooners and, on their receipt, drinks them by taking sips out of each one in turn.
When he finishes, he orders three more schooners which he drinks in the same fashion.
The bartender asks him, “Mate, beer goes flat after I draw it; wouldn’t you rather I draw fresh schooners for you one at a time?”
The man replies: “Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is now in Ireland and the other in Taiwan.
“When we all left home, we promised we’d drink like this to remember the days when we drank together.”
The bartender and all the others in the bar liked this idea and left it at that.
After many years at the pub drinking in this fashion, everyone at the bar was confused when one day the man came in and…