St Patrick?s Day celebrations around the world are facing an uncertain future following today?s announcement by the Irish Government that it has sold the popular saint, and his associated festival day, to Germany in a desperate bid to reduce Ireland?s crippling national debt.
Saint Patrick, who has been Ireland?s national saint for over 1500 years and who is believed to be the only Irish cleric in history not to have been implicated in a child sex abuse scandal, was sold at an EU auction last night for the sum of ?7.3 million, according to Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.
?I understand that people might be upset about this, but Saint Patrick has not exactly done a lot of good for us over the years,? said the Taoiseach. ?Okay, so he got rid of the snakes for us, but quite frankly if it was a choice between no snakes or saving the country from being repeatedly invaded and ravaged, having half the population die in a famine and then the nation being left virtually bankrupt from a global financial crisis, then I, for one, would happily be arse-deep in anacondas right now.?
Early reports suggest that Saint Patrick will be relaunched as a new German folk character, ?Der Leprakaun Fuhrer?, a vagabond who once ruled a faraway land which based its entire economy around transactions of magic beans which subsequently disappeared and left the country in economic ruin.
German?minister, Franz Hagen, has told those who have planned St Patrick?s Day events?not to worry. ?St Patrick?s Day, or Heinzellmannchanfest as it will be called from now on, will be going ahead almost as normal this year, except that it will now be used to teach the world about the importance of efficiency and economic responsibility. As such,?there will be no alcohol allowed,? he added.
Following the success of the sale, the Irish Government is considering?selling more of its?national assets to further reduce its debt woes. The Netherlands have already expressed an interest in purchasing some of the Donegal mountains in an effort to make their country less flat and prone to flooding, while North Korea is said?to be interested in?buying County Leitrim to prove to its citizens that there are actually worse places on Earth to live. However, the Irish Government is?still?struggling to find a potential buyer for Bono after the U2 singer failed to reach his reserve price of nearly ?5 at last night?s auction.
Click to send this story to a friendPosted: Mar 16th, 2013 by jamsieoconnor
Source: http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2013/03/16/irish-government-sells-saint-patrick-to-reduce-national-debt/
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