An Englishman, a Frenchman and an Irishman were in a pub talking about their children."My son was born on St George's Day," remarked the Englishman, "So we obviously decided to call him George.""That's a real coincidence," observed the Frenchman, "My daughter was born on Valentine's Day, so we decided to call her Valentine.""That's really incredible," drawled the Irishman, "Exactly the same thing happened with my son Pancake.
Footnote 1: In the United Kingdom we have a 'Pancake Day', otherwise known as Shrove Tuesday. This marks the start of lent. During lent one is supposed to fast, hence a day of eating up all the eggs prior to 40 days of deprivation. Unlike St Patrick's day which is always on March 17th, Pancake day varies in line with Easter. In 2006, Pancake day is on Tuesday 28th of February.
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