A Jamaican, an Englishman and a Scotsman
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A Jamaican, an Englishman and a Scotsman are all waiting outside the maternity ward. All of their wives are in labour. The doctor comes out and says 'Lads, there's been a bit of a mix-up. We don't know whose child is whose. We need you to come help identify them.'
The Englishman bounds up and races to the ward, and points to the darkest-skinned, curliest-haired child he can see and cries 'That's him! That's him!' The Doctor is somewhat bemused and says 'Sir, I would have thought that was the Jamaican gentleman's child.'
The Englishman says 'Probably. But one of the others is Scottish, and I just can't take the risk…'