An Irishman was terribly overweight

An Irishman was terribly overweight, so his doctor put him on a diet. ‘I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, then eat regularly again for 2 days, then skip a day …… And repeat this procedure for 2 weeks.

The next time I see you, you should have lost 5 pounds.’

When the Irishman returned, he shocked the doctor by having lost nearly 60lbs!

‘Why, that’s amazing!’ the doctor said, ‘Did you follow my instructions?’

The Irishman nodded … ‘I’ll tell you though, by jaesuz, I t’aut I were going to drop dead on dat 3rd day.’

From the hunger, you mean?’ asked the doctor. ‘No.