A Dubliner proposed to his girlfriend on St. Patrick’s Day and offered her a ring with a synthetic diamond.

“You cheapskate!” she yelled at him. “This isn’t even real.”

“I know,” he replied. “But in honor of St. Patrick, I thought I’d buy you a sham rock.”

— Submitted by the Wiggins, Coeur d’Alene

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Send your groaners to Maureen Dolan, mdolan@cdapress.com.

Keep ’em clean, and don’t be mean.