A local prison introduced an English Literature course... .. during the inmates' free time. The thought behind it was that if the prisoners had lessons on great writers such as Joyce, Hemingway, or Poe it would help them express themselves as well as helping with their rehabilitation back into society. Unfortunately, the program failed. It seems that when choosing where to spend their time, the prisoners preferred the cons to prose.

Paddy's first day on the job A bunch of Englishmen see that it's an Irishman's first day on a construction site. Deciding to mess with him, they go ""Hey, Paddy, since it's your first day, we want to know if you know your stuff. What's the difference between a joist and a girder?"" Paddy thinks for a moment before saying, ""Ah, sure, I know that. 'Twas Joyce who wrote Ulysses and Goethe who wrote Faust.""