[1204] in Humor
HUMOR: Good News and Bad News
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Thu Nov 16 10:09:37 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 09:56:18 EST
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 23:35:23 -0500
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
From: katyking@MIT.EDU
From: Betsy King <kingb@freenet.scri.fsu.edu>
The chicken industry was in terrible shape, losing money and laying off
employees. Industry leaders hit upon a plan: They went to see the Pope
and said, "We'll give a million dollars to the Church if you agree to
change the Bible: Where it says, "Give us this day our daily bread,"
change it to "Give us this day our daily chicken."
The Pope was outraged and said, "No!"
The chicken leaders said, "Okay, 10 million dollars."
"Absolutely not! I won't tamper with the Word of God!"
After some consultation, the chicken leaders said, "Okay. 100 million
dollars and that's our final offer!"
The Pope couldn't turn it down. He accepted.
At the next General Council, the Pope announced, "I have some good news
and bad news. The good news is that I've made 100 million dollars for
the Church. The bad news is....we lost the Wonder Bread account...."
