Maybe it was a bad batch of Guinness...

... but Thursday night, after I finished my corned beef and cabbage and was nursing a pint of the Black Stuff, within five minutes I heard "Hey, Jude" performed on the bagpipes and "The Lumberjack Song" from Monty Python sung by an Irish tenor.

My dinner was eaten at a pub featuring "Black and Tan stew," which is about the equivalent of celebrating Jewish New Year by featuring cold Gestapo soup.

Just sayin'.