JOKE OF THE DAY
This will make you laugh whether you’re Catholic or not:
The CEO of Tyson Foods manages to arrange a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican. After receiving the papal blessing, he whispers, “Your eminence, we have an offer for you. Tyson Foods is prepared to donate $100 million dollars to the church if you change the Lord’s Prayer from “give us this day our daily bread” to “give us this day our daily chicken.’”
The Pope responds, “That is impossible. The Prayer is the word of the Lord - it must not be changed.”
“Well,” says the Tyson man, “We anticipated your reluctance. For this reason, we will increase our offer to $300 million dollars. All we require is that you change the Lord’s Prayer from ‘give us this day our daily bread’ to ‘give us this day our daily chicken.’”
Again, the Pope replies, “That, my son, is impossible. For the prayer is the word of the Lord and it must not be changed.”
Finally, the Tyson guy says, “Your Holiness, we at Tyson Foods respect your adherence to your faith, but we do have one final offer. We will donate $500 million dollars - that’s half a billion dollars - to the great Catholic Church if you would only change the Lord’s Prayer from ‘give us this day our daily bread’ to ‘give us this day our daily chicken.’ Please consider it.” And he leaves.
For the punchline, you must go and visit my friends at Maggies Farm. While you’re there, the Bird Dog of the Week post is up. And since it’s Thursday, that means it’s Dylan Lyrics and Download day on the Farm.
I’ve often reflected that I’m so grateful that Holy Communion is a commemoration of the Last Supper and not the miracle of the loaves and fishes. I can’t imagine nibbling trout early in the morning…
Comment by goddessoftheclassroom — 4/20/2006 @ 4:16 pm
Since I used to be an altar boy for the 6:30 AM mass, I heartily agree!
Comment by Rick Moran — 4/20/2006 @ 4:18 pm