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 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 and preach to it.
Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience. Father O'Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has various bandages, goes first.
"Wellll," he says, in a fine Irish brouge, "Ey wint oot into th' wooods to fynd me a bearr. Oond when Ey fund him Ey began to rread to him from the Baltimorre Catechism. Welll, thet bearr wanted naught to do wi' me und begun to slap me aboot. So I quick grrabbed me holy water and, THE SAINTS BE PRAISED, he became as gentle as a lamb. The bishop is cooming oot next wik to give him fierst communion und confierrmation."
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...WE DUNK! I went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to him from God's HOOOOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. I SAY NO! He wanted NOTHING to do with me. So I took HOOOLD of him and we began to rassle. We rassled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we come to a crick. So I quick DUNK him and BAPTIZE his hairy soul. An' jus like you sez, he wuz gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the week in fellowship, feasting on God's HOOOOLY word."
They both look 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.
The rabbi looks up and says, "Oy! You don't know what tough is until you try to circumcise one of those creatures!"
13 comments:
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Funny!!!!! You put a smile on my face this morning...
I love it! A friend of mine sent me the link to your blog because he got a chuckle out of this joke.
Thank you for the morning giggle. :-)
a great one patty ...am still laughing.
hHAAAA........Patty ,this one is a winner.
That's great,Patty! I love it! Thanks for making my day!
Well, he is right there. He had the worst job of the three... sure did!
Love Granny
very funny
Oy Veh, the poor rabbi! Hahahaha. Very funny. I was hoping for a comment from Abe on this. Hahaha.
Have a good evening, Patty.
We have a heat wave. Our temp was 97 today! Oy Veh!
hahaha... lolz... Shared with my colleagues and they are laughing too.
I saw this yesterday and laughed my butt off at the last part about trying to circumsize a bear. Don'cha love them rabbis?
Funny!
I don't think any of those preachers have any sense.
This was a very funny post, I am sure the rabbi was hurt long before he tried to touch the bear.
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