irish

A guy walks into a pub in Dublin, goes up to the bar and orders three pints
of Guinness. He takes his 3 pints and finds a table in the corner all by
himself. He then proceeds to take a sip out of each pint, continuing to
drink the beer like this until all 3 are finished. He then walks up to the
bar and orders 3 more beers, the barman looks at him strangely and tells him
that the pints will be more enjoyable and fresher if he drinks them one at a
time. The gentlemen thanks the bartender for the advice, but explains that
there is a reason he drinks like this. He tells the barman that he has two
brothers, one lives in Australia, one lives in Canada, and every week they
all go to a bar in their country order 3 pints, and this is how they share a
"long distance" drink together. The barman thinks about this, and says "Fair
Enough", and pours the man 3 more pints.

So for the next couple of months the man continues to come into this pub
once a week, and have his "long distance" drink with his brothers.

One day he walks in and goes up to the bar and orders two pints, takes his
usual seat and goes about drinking the two beers. He then goes up to the bar
and orders two more. The barman pours the pints. He then gives the man his
condolences for the lose of his brother. The man looks quizzically at the
bartender, then smiles. He says, "Oh, you've got it wrong, both my brothers
are just fine", he then goes on to explain - "I just quit drinking!".