From: Griswold, Nancy
Date: Thursday, November 06, 1997 11:27 AM
An elderly parish priest became unhappy with the things he was
hearing during Saturday confessions. After his sermon one Sunday
morning, he said to his congregation, "I'm tired of hearing so many
people tell me in confession that they have cheated. For thirty years,
people have been saying to me 'I have cheated with Anthony...I have
cheated with Mary...I have cheated with Frankie.' I am sick and tired
of hearing this word. From now on, when you come into my
confessional, you will say 'I have fallen with Anthony, or with Mary,
or with Frankie.' No more the word CHEAT. It will be FALL." About a
year later, the old priest retired and was replaced by a younger man.
No one thought to tell the new priest about the change of words in the
confessional.
After hearing his first round of Saturday confessions, the young
priest went to the mayor of the town and said to him, "Mr. Mayor, you
are going to have to do something about the deplorable condition
of the streets and sidewalks in this town. Everybody is telling me
they are falling all over the place."
The mayor immediately understood the problem, and he leaned
back in his chair and laughed. The priest was puzzled, and said,
"Mr. Mayor, you shouldn't be laughing! Your wife told me that just
last week she fell three times.!"
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One day soon after the birth of their new baby the mother had
to go out to do some errands. So the proud papa got to stay home
and watch his wonderful new son. Soon after the mother left the
baby started to cry. The father did everything he thought he could
do but the baby wouldn't stop crying. Finally dad got worried and
decided to take the infant to the doctor. They see the doc and he
starts his exam after hearing that the father did all he could do.
He looks in the babys ears etc. and goes to the diaper area. The
doc undoes the diaper and finds that the diaper is indeed full.
Here's the problem says doc. He needs a change. The father looks
perplexed and states "but the package says it is good up to 10 lbs.
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