At the risk of offending someone somewhere - I offer this joke with some trepidation. But I still think it's funny.
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A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi all served as university chaplains.
They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.
One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear.
One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment They would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert it.
Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience.
Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has various bandages, goes first. "Well," he says, "I went into the woods to find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation."
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone oratory he claimed, "Well brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising Jesus."
They both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction with IVs and monitors running in and out of him. He was in bad shape. The rabbi looks up and says, "Looking back on it, circumcision may not have been the best way to start."
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Update - there've been a whole lotta films being watched lately. In order of entertainment value they were:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - at the Troc with several SGPhilly members and their friends & relatives - including geekgurl, Karma, Nyssa, SleepingDeath,
TobasElly, XToonGrLx and apologies to those of you whose names I'm spacing out on. What a cool (and perhaps slightly warped) group of people - I'm looking forward to hanging out more often.
Ice Age 2 - which wasn't quite as good as the first one.
Friends with Money - was talky and depressing, but still pretty good.
Other news concerns my little brother, who's finally managed to make me jealous after all these years. He works in the State Health lab in Wisconsin and is now in Bangkok for two weeks supervising training for the local hospital staff on the new bird flu testing methods. So this year I actually know where some of my tax dollars are going. I just can't believe he got a trip to Asia before me.
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A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi all served as university chaplains.
They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.
One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear.
One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment They would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert it.
Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience.
Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has various bandages, goes first. "Well," he says, "I went into the woods to find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation."
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone oratory he claimed, "Well brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising Jesus."
They both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction with IVs and monitors running in and out of him. He was in bad shape. The rabbi looks up and says, "Looking back on it, circumcision may not have been the best way to start."
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Update - there've been a whole lotta films being watched lately. In order of entertainment value they were:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - at the Troc with several SGPhilly members and their friends & relatives - including geekgurl, Karma, Nyssa, SleepingDeath,
TobasElly, XToonGrLx and apologies to those of you whose names I'm spacing out on. What a cool (and perhaps slightly warped) group of people - I'm looking forward to hanging out more often.
Ice Age 2 - which wasn't quite as good as the first one.
Friends with Money - was talky and depressing, but still pretty good.
Other news concerns my little brother, who's finally managed to make me jealous after all these years. He works in the State Health lab in Wisconsin and is now in Bangkok for two weeks supervising training for the local hospital staff on the new bird flu testing methods. So this year I actually know where some of my tax dollars are going. I just can't believe he got a trip to Asia before me.
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