The word “ricochet” is sometimes punned into the Irish name “Ric/Rick O’Shay/O’Shea.” “What do you call an Irishman who always returns? Rick O’Shay” was posted on the newsgroup net.jokes on April 14, 1983. “AN IRISHMAN who bounces off walls? RICK O’SHEA” was printed in The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) on March 18, 1989.
   
   
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4/14/83
Status: RO
What do you call an Irishman who always returns?
Rick O’Shay
 
18 March 1989, The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL), Toby McDaniel column, pg. 7, col. 1:
AN IRISHMAN who bounces off walls?
RICK O’SHEA.
(Andy Sullivan, Halifax Herald Ltd.)
 
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irish jokes
NOGBAD THE BAD!
4/7/94
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Q. What do you call an Irishman haed-butting a wall?
A. Rick O’Shea
     
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9/1/94
What do you call an Irishman who bounces of walls?
Rick-O-Shay
   
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I need Irish jokes.
Stephen Rose
11/13/95
What do you call an Irishman bouncing off the walls?
>> Rick O’Shea
     
12 March 2003, Palm Beach (FL) Post, “It’s no blarney, this Irishman holds no grudges” by Mike Tighe, Neighborhood Post (Royal Palm Beach-Loxahatchee) sec., pg. 6, cols. -45:
What’s green and bounces off the walls?
Ric O’Shea.
 
Google Books
Bloopers, Blunders, Jokes, Quips & Quotes
By Jim Kraus
Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers
2005
Pg. 224:
Q: What do you call an Irishman who keeps bouncing off walls?
A: Rick O’Shea.
   
Google Books
Catcall
By Linda Newbery
New York, NY: David Fickling Books
2008
Pg. 65:
(Rick O’Shea — ricochet — har bar!)
   
Google Books
A Knife Edge
By David Rollins
New York, NY: Bantam Books
2009
Pg. 46:
“What do you call an Irishman who bounces off walls?” I asked.
 
“Ric O’Shea,” Durban replied promptly.
 
28 February 2009, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), “Artjam mastermind found colourful way to banish the blues” by Betty Cheung, pg. 5:
My science teachers were also memorable, as they were charmers and comedians. They must’ve spent hours trying outdo one another with jokes such as “What do you call an Irishman who bounces off the wall? - Rick O’Shea”.
 
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What do you call an Irishman bouncing off the wall? Rick O’Shea! (via @Garret_Turley)
2:30 PM - 19 May 2009
 
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What do you call an irishman who bounces off walls?  Rick O’Shea
12:11 AM - 14 Jun 2011
   
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Buster_Nutt May 24, 2015
What do you call an Irishman who bounces off of walls?
Rick O’Shea.
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/The_Real_Bill_Jones September 22, 2015
I used to work with a guy named Rick O’Shea
But he bounces from job to job.
   
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/only1allowed March 24, 2016
What do you call a bulletproof Irishman?
Rick O’Shea
   
Twitter
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@ShitJokes
What do you call a bulletproof Irishman?
Rick O’Shea.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/sburke0708 April 7, 2019
What do you call an Irishman that won’t stop bouncing off the walls?
Rick O’Shea