Look out, lads!

Watch out, all y'old bachelor types, you lay-about boyfriends, you unattached eligible males! Today is Leap Day, which also means it's Bachelor's Day:

Bachelor's Day, sometimes known as Ladies' Privilege, is an Irish tradition by which women are allowed to propose to men on Leap Day, 29 February, based on a legend of Saint Bridget and Saint Patrick. It once had legal basis in Scotland and England.

Sometimes confused with Al Capp's Sadie Hawkins Day (which falls on November 13), Bachelor's Day is a way to acknowledge that Irishmen are terrible at getting themselves to the altar. You know the old joke about why Jesus must be Irish:

☘ He turned water into alcohol;

☘ He lived with his mother and never married; 

☘ He spent all his time hanging around with his pals.

Of course, when you consider that Irishmen were mostly surrounded by Irishwomen, who fight harder than the third monkey trying to get on Noah's ark, there may be some reasons for this. (Ha ha! Funny joke, honey! If you're reading this, my wild Irish rose, don't kill me!)

To encourage the straight single Irishmen to reconsider any plans to hide amid the shamrocks until this thing blows over, allow me to remind you of something, courtesy of Gab's AI generator:

Fake gorgeous lassie, you say? Well, I say that it shows that even artificial intelligence, which cranks out bizarre and nightmarish images by the ton, is obliged to make Irish ladies look like the bombshells they are. 

So this year, boys, run a little slower, hide in slightly more obvious places, and give the gals a chance to make an honest man of you, all right? Your mother will get over it.