An Englishman, a Welshman and an Irishman are being chased by Farmer Giles with a shotgun.

After 10 minutes of running they spot a barn and run inside. Once inside they each hide in sacks lined up against the barn wall.

The farmer enters the barn, looks around, sees nobody, and is about to leave when he notices one of the sacks twitching.

He goes to that sack and prods it with his shotgun. The Englishman hiding inside says: “Meow.”

“Just cats,” the farmer thinks, proceeds to another sack, and prods it with his weapon.

The Welshman inside does the same thing that the Englishman just did. He says: “Woof.”

“Just dog,” the farmer figures, and goes to the third sack.

The Irishman has already worked out what to say. As soon as the farmer prods the sack, he says: “Potatoes!”