Post by jofromoz on Sept 29, 2008 2:59:54 GMT
Paddy was a youthful and hard working Irishman at a coastal village in Ireland.
Daily he would pole a heavy old punt out to sea then work a heavy iron grapple to bring up the sand oysters which he sold to the local ice works - he was a man of regular habits he always arrived home each day at a certain time .
Sadly Paddy did not realise the heavy grappling was taking a toll on a faulty heart.
One day he failed to come home, his wife contacted the Garda to investigate him missing, they rowed out and found Paddy dead in the punt beside him a huge grapple full of oysters he'd tried to hoist aboard.
Headlines next day in the 'Irish Times Newspaper.....................
OYSTERS KILL PATRICK
Daily he would pole a heavy old punt out to sea then work a heavy iron grapple to bring up the sand oysters which he sold to the local ice works - he was a man of regular habits he always arrived home each day at a certain time .
Sadly Paddy did not realise the heavy grappling was taking a toll on a faulty heart.
One day he failed to come home, his wife contacted the Garda to investigate him missing, they rowed out and found Paddy dead in the punt beside him a huge grapple full of oysters he'd tried to hoist aboard.
Headlines next day in the 'Irish Times Newspaper.....................
OYSTERS KILL PATRICK