Pat Heenan, Ireland’s defence minister phones Putin….
“Mr Putin, Pat here and just to let you know we are considering invading your country”
“Is that so Pat, how many troops do you have?”
“300 but we have cards in shop windows and hope to increase that number”
“Pat, in Russia we have 2 million of the finest fighting troops in the world”
Pat says, “I’ll call you back in 10 minutes”
“Mr Putin, we have decided against the idea”
“Why’s that Pat, because we have too many troops?”
“Not at all Mr Putin, it’s just that we have nowhere to put 2 million prisoners”.