LAST ONE FOR TODAY
>
> Father O'Malley rose from his bed. It was a fine spring day in his new
> Texas mission parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a
> deep breath of the beautiful day outside. He then noticed there was a
> jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn. He promptly called the
> localpolice station.
> The conversation went like this:
>
> "Good morning. This is Sergeant Jones. How might I help you?"
> "And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O'Malley at St.
> Brigid's. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn. Would ye be so
> kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"
> Sergeant Jones, considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a
> smirk, "Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people
> took care of last rites!"
>
> There was dead silence on the line for a long moment. Father O'Malley
> then replied: "Aye, tis certainly true, but we are also obliged to
> notify the next of kin."
>
> Father O'Malley rose from his bed. It was a fine spring day in his new
> Texas mission parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a
> deep breath of the beautiful day outside. He then noticed there was a
> jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn. He promptly called the
> localpolice station.
> The conversation went like this:
>
> "Good morning. This is Sergeant Jones. How might I help you?"
> "And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O'Malley at St.
> Brigid's. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn. Would ye be so
> kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"
> Sergeant Jones, considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a
> smirk, "Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people
> took care of last rites!"
>
> There was dead silence on the line for a long moment. Father O'Malley
> then replied: "Aye, tis certainly true, but we are also obliged to
> notify the next of kin."
Comments