"It's completely ridiculous, he said, but the old men have discovered that Joe doesn't like ale. He's done his best to hide this, but it somehow slipped out, and they begun right away picking on him about it, whereupon he got his back up and told them that he not only doesn't like the taste of ale, he doesn't like the smell of it. In fact, he said that the smell of it sometimes gives him a headache. Well, as I said, it sounds ridiculous, but the old men are acting as if they have found out something about Joe that is shocking beyond belief. And I know them—they're not going to let this die down. And furthermore, to add to everything else, a number of them have suddenly become very sensitive and touchy—the situation in general has brought back to the surface differences between them that they thought they had buried and forgotten long ago, and they have stopped speaking to each other, only sometime they can't exactly remember why they stopped speaking, and they go around avoiding each other and at the same time looking puzzled." - Joseph Mitchell @yanksband 11-7-15 at @mkeirishfest #gigposter #illustrated #posterdesign #mke_blue #ceolwind #mke_irish #theyanks #irishfest #mcsorleys #josephmitchell (at Milwaukee Irish Fest School of Music)
