Once a Frenchman, an Englishman and an Irishman were sentenced to be whipped 100 times.
They had the option to make it less painful by putting anything they wanted on their backs.
The Frenchman, knowing alchohol eases pain, asked to have French beer on his back.
The Englishman did they same with English beer. But the Irishman asked to put the Frenchman on his back!