Irish Joke for the Day

Declan shows up at a building site looking for a job. The foreman tells him that he will have to undertake a brief intelligence test.

'Fine,' says the Irishman.

'Right, then,' says the foreman. 'First up, can you tell me the difference between a joist and a girder?'

'That's easy,' the Irishman replies. 'Joyce wrote Ulysses and Goethe wrote Faust.'