alafadaykeepsthebluesaway

And we think dealing with kids is hard work...


A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi all served as chaplains
to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette. 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 a seven-day
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 quick grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him
and, Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle as 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 proclaimed, "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 him from God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to
do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to rassle. We rassled
down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a crick.
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 week in
fellowship, feasting on God's Holy Word, and 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 IV's and monitors running in
and out of him. He was in bad shape.

The rabbi looks up and says, "You fellows don't know what trouble is
until you try to circumcise a bear"
--
If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?