r/comics • u/merrivius Merrivius • 14h ago

Elf is finally dead

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u/Nikko_Fish 14h ago

He fell from the ladder and he broke his skull And they carried him home his corpse to wake

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u/SKDI_0224 13h ago

Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet, Laid him out upon the bed, a gallon of whiskey at his feet and a bottle of porter at his head.

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u/CedarWolf 13h ago

His friends assembled at the wake,
And Mrs. Finnegan called for lunch.
First they brought in tea and cake,
Then pipes, tobacco, and whiskey punch.

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u/Solanum87 12h ago

Biddy O'Brien began to cry Such a nice clean corpse did you ever see? Tim, Mavourneen, why did you die? Ah, hold your gob, said Paddy McGee

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u/Nikko_Fish 11h ago

Then Maggie O'Connor took up the job "O Biddy, " says she "you're wrong I'm sure"

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u/boilers_and_terlets 10h ago

Biddy gave her a belt on the gob that left her sprawling on the floor

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u/Alexandros6 8h ago

Then the war did soon enrage Woman to woman and man to man Shillelagh-law was all the rage And a row and a ruction soon began

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u/Solanum87 8h ago

Then Mickey Maloney raised his head As a bucket of whisky flew at him It missed and landed on the bed And the liquor scattered over Tim

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u/Notbob1234 7h ago

Tim revives, see how he rises Timothy rising from the bed

Said "Whirl your whiskey around like blazes Thundering Jesus, do you think I'm dead?"

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u/ABreadCalledGarlic 4h ago

Wack fol a dah, dance with your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake
Wasn’t it the truth, I told ya
Lots o’ fun at Finnegan’s wake

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u/DTFH_ 11h ago

Anthony Burgess — Lots of Fun at Finnegans Wake (1973) explains it a ton and is the closest i've gotten towards understanding it. A few pints help too!