[3206] in Humor
HUMOR: Fallen
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Tue May 9 17:15:01 2000
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 15:46:06 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
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>Subject: FW: Fallen
>Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 09:56:42 -0400
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> >Father, I've Fallen
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> >There was an old priest who got sick of all the people in his parish
> >who kept confessing adultery. One Sunday, from the pulpit, he said,
> >"If I hear one more person confess to adultery, I'll quit!"
> >
> >Well, everyone liked him, so they came up with a code word. Someone
> >who had committed adultery would say they had "fallen."
> >
> >This seemed to satisfy the old priest and things went well, until the
> >priest died at a ripe old age. About a week after the new priest
> >arrived, he visited the Mayor of the town and seemed very concerned.
> >
> >The priest said, "You have to do something about the sidewalks in town.
> >
> >When people come to the confessional, they keep talking about having
> >'fallen.'"
> >
> >The Mayor started to laugh, realizing that no one had told the new
> >priest about the code word.
> >
> >Before the mayor could explain, the priest shook an accusing finger at
> >the mayor and said, "I don't know what you're laughing about! Your
> >wife fell three times this week."
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