Posted on 04/28/2018 3:09:50 AM PDT by sodpoodle
An Irish Priest was transferred to Texas.
He rose from his bed one fine spring day in his new west Texas mission parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day and noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn.
He promptly called the local police station. The conversation went like this:
"Good morning. This is Sergeant Jones. How might I help you?"
"And the best of the day to yourself. This is Father O'Malley at St. Ann's Catholic Church. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn and 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 and recognizing the accent, thought he would have a little fun with the good Father, replied,
"Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people took care of the last rites!"
There was dead silence on the line for a long moment. Then, Father O'Malley replied,
"Aye, 'tis certainly true; but we are also obliged to notify the next of kin first, which is the reason for me call."
Love ya Sod. Have a great weekend! Sac
Kudos......Loved it!!!
That was cute. Nowadays, though, the priest is likely to be from India.
India, Africa, Southeast Asia.
Back in my old parochial school in the Bronx the priest was often pronounced ‘fodda’. The the nun would hit you with the pointer for A: disrespect toward the representative of Christ on earth
and B: for mispronouncing his title.
HA!
A good one - haven’t laughed at a clean joke in years!
;-)
We had Nigerian and Tanzanian priests in Oklahoma. Nice guys, cute accents.
And a blessing be for ye!
Brings back memories of St. John Chrysostom and the Domican Sisters in the South Bronx. Saintly Sister John Berkman, dreaded Sister Hildegarde and tough as nails Sister Mary Robert.
Went to Our Lady of the Assumption in Pelham Bay, Bronx. And we also had the Dominicans. And the killer nun of killer nuns was Sister Manes. One scary women.
She must have known we called her "Fossil-ette".
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