Category: Death Jokes
 

      An American, an Englishman and an Irishman were due to face a firing squad. The American was first to be lined up against the wall. As the soldiers raised their rifles and took aim, he suddenly shouted "Avalanche!" The soldiers instinctively turned round to look and by the time they realised it was a hoax the American had escaped.
      
      The Englishman then prepared to meet his doom. Just as the soldiers raised their rifles and took aim, he shouted "Flood!" Again they turned round to see what the problem was, and by the time it dawned on them that they have been duped, the Englishman had escaped.
      
      Finally it was the turn of the Irishman who had been greatly impressed by his colleagues' cunning ruses and was determined to come up with a similar diversion. So just as the soldiers raised their rifles and took aim, he shouted "Fire!"