As a "toast" rather than a "Grace", I like this one: "Here's to the Harp of Ireland, and may she never lack a string as long as there's a gut in the Peeler". Just in case anyone doesn't already know this, "Peeler" is an old term for a policeman (from the politician, Robert Peel; whence also the fairly polite term "Bobbies"). For a "Grace", this one, "The Selkirk Grace" (often attributed to Robert Burns) is humorous and comprehensive: "Some hae meat, and canna eat, And some hae nane that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae, the Lord be thankit" And one he really did make is witty: "Oh Lord, since we hae feasted thus, Which we so little merit, May Jock nou tak awa the Flesh, And Meg bring in the Spirit"
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