Big Gordy
21st October 2004, 09:53 PM
A priest, a preacher and a rabbi all served as chaplains to the student
body of a large university. 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 each go into the woods, find a bear, and preach to it. A week
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. "Well," he says, in a fine Irish brogue,
'Ey wint oot into th' woods to find me a bear. Oond when Ey
fund him Ey began to read to him from the Baltimorre Catechism. Well,
that bear wanted naught to do with' me and begun to slap me aboot. So I
quick grabbed 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. 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 is lying in a hospital bed. He's
in a body cast and traction, with IV's and monitors running in and out
of him. The rabbi looks up and says, "Oy! Preaching to the bear was
easy, but he got a bit touchy about the circumcision."
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body of a large university. 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 each go into the woods, find a bear, and preach to it. A week
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. "Well," he says, in a fine Irish brogue,
'Ey wint oot into th' woods to find me a bear. Oond when Ey
fund him Ey began to read to him from the Baltimorre Catechism. Well,
that bear wanted naught to do with' me and begun to slap me aboot. So I
quick grabbed 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. 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 is lying in a hospital bed. He's
in a body cast and traction, with IV's and monitors running in and out
of him. The rabbi looks up and says, "Oy! Preaching to the bear was
easy, but he got a bit touchy about the circumcision."
:p:D:approve: