reading today from the book of jiffy
chapters: Human and Disappointments
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Two young nuns having just been ordained were on a
holiday in New York City and were standing in front of
the gorilla cage at the Bronx Zoo. The gorilla took
one look at this beautiful young nun, bent the bars,
leapt to the ground and ravished her. Then he went
back into his cage, straightened the bars and resumed
thumping on his massive chest.
The young nun got up off the ground, straightened and
dusted her clothes, turned to her companion and said,
"We shall never talk about this, agreed?" The other
young nun consented.
Twenty five years later the two nuns, who had stayed
close friend, were out having coffee, when all of the
sudden, the second nun asked her friend," I know I
agreed never to talk about the event at the zoo but I
have one question."
The other nun stared and said, "Okay, one question."
The other nun stammered, then asked, "Did it hurt?"
"Did it hurt? Oh yes it hurt! He never called, he
never phoned, and he never sent flowers!"
***
During a Papal audience, a business man approached the
Pope and made this offer: Change the last line of the
Lord's prayer from "Give us this day our daily bread"
to "Give us this day our daily chicken," and KFC
(Kentucky Fried Chicken) will donate $10,000,000 to
Catholic charities. The Pope declined.
Two weeks later, the man approached the Pope again -
this time with a $50,000,000 offer. Again, the Pope
declined. A month later, the man upped the price to
$100,000,000, and this time the Pope accepted.
At a meeting of the Cardinals, the Pope announced his
decision in the good news/bad news format. "The good
news is: We have $100,000,000 for charities. The bad
news: We lost the Wonder Bread account."
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