Sister Bridgette, badly needing to use the restroom, walked into a pub in Tralee. The place was quite lively with music and loud conversation and every once in a while the lights would turn off. Each time the lights would go out, the place would erupt into cheers. However, when the revelers saw the nun, the room went dead silent. She walked up to the bartender, and asked, 'May I please use the restroom?"
The bartender replied, “Of course Sister, but I should warn you that there is a statue of a naked man in there wearing only a fig leaf."
”Well, in that case, I'll just look the other way,” said the good Sister.
So the bartender showed the nun to the back of the pub. After a few minutes, she came back out, and the whole place stopped just long enough to give the nun a loud round of applause.
She went to the bartender and said, “Sir, I don't understand. Why did they applaud for me just because I went to the restroom?”
''Well, now they know you're one of us,” said the bartender, “Would you like a drink?”
''No thank you, but, I still don't understand,” said the puzzled nun.
“You see,” laughed the bartender, “every time someone lifts the fig leaf on that statue, the lights go out. Now, how about that drink?”
There was a pub in St Helier, Jersey in the early 70’s with exactly the same statue but when the fig leaf was lifted it rang a bell. Had so many laughs in there but unfortunately can’t remember the name of the pub.