A old farmer Paddy had a wife

An Old farmer Paddy had a wife who nagged him unmercifully, from morning ’til night, she was always complaining about something.

The only time he got any relief was when he was out ploughing with his old mule to plant potatoes.

Therefore he ploughed a lot:

One day, when old Paddy was out ploughing, his wife brought him lunch in the field.

He drove the old mule into the shade, sat down on a stump and began to eat his lunch.

Immediately, his wife began nagging him again.

Complain, nag, complain, nag – it just went on and on.

All of a sudden, the old mule lashed out with both hind feet, and caught her smack in the back of the head. Killed her dead on the spot

At the funeral several days later, the minister noticed something rather odd.

When a woman mourner would approach old Paddy, he would listen for a minute, then nod his head in agreement, but when a man mourner approached him, he would listen for a minute, then shake his head in disagreement.

This was so consistent, the minister decided to ask about it.

So after the funeral, the minister spoke to old Paddy and asked him why he nodded his head and agreed with the women, but always shook his head and disagreed with all the men.

Old Paddy said.

“Well, the women would come up and say something about how nice my wife looked, or how pretty her dress was, so I’d nod my head in agreement.:

“And what about the men?” The minister asked.

“They wanted to know if the mule was for sale.”