Aazure.758 net.jokes utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!C70:ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!tekmdp!azure!johnk Wed Apr 28 11:16:55 1982 another one There once was an old Irish priest named Father O'Malley. Father was the pastor of an small parish in the downtown area of London. This bothered him a lot because, you see, de didn't like the English AT ALL. He often, despite the predominantly English congregation, attacked the English during his weekly sermons, blaming them for all types of woes in the world. If a war broke out, he'd blame the English; if there was an epidemic somewhere, he'd blame the English. He'd blame them for everything he could. One day, the Bishop called him into his office and said, "Father, we've been getting a lot of complaints about you over the years. The good people of your parish have been subjected to your insults too many times. It's got to stop. If you mention the English people in a bad way again, you're going to be banished. Furthermore, to make ammends for the bad things you've said about the English, I want you to mention them in a favorable way in next week's sermon. Maybe include them in a biblical story. Father O'Malley listened impatiently and just said, "I'll try". Next Sunday, it was time for the sermon: "...I want to remind you all about the Last Supper. It was the last night our Lord spent on this earth. You all remember the story well. After the meal, Our Lord said, "One of you is going to betray me". Saint Peter said, "Surely it is not I, Lord". Saint John said, "It will not be I, Lord". Saint Luke said, "Surely, it can not be I, Lord". And then Judas, looked long and hard at the Lord and said, "Blyymee, Govnah, ya caant meeen mee". ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.