The Preacher's Son.
>
> One day, while the boy was away at school, his father,
> the Preacher,
> decided to try an experiment.
>
> He went into the boy's room and placed on his study
> table these three
> objects: a Bible, a silver dollar, and a bottle of
> whiskey..
>
> "Now then," the old preacher said to himself, "I'll
> just hide behind
> the door here, and when my son comes home from school
> this afternoon,
> I'll see which of these three objects he picks up.
>
> If he picks up the Bible,he's going to be a preacher
> like me, and what
> a blessing that would be! If he picks up the dollar,
> he's going to be a
> businessman, and that would be okay too. But if he
> picks up the bottle,
> he's going to be adrunkard - a no-good drunkard and
> Lord, what a shame
> that would be."
>
> The old man was anxious as he waited, and soon he
> heard his son's
> footsteps. As he came in the house whistling and
> headed back to
> hisroom.He deposited his books on the bed, as a matter
> of routine, and
> as he turned around to leave the room he spotted the
> objects on the
> table.With a curious set in his eye, he walked over to
> inspect them.
>
> Finally he picked up the Bible and placed it under his
> arm. He picked
> up the silver dollar and dropped it into his pocket. He
> uncorked the
> bottle and took a big drink..."Lord have mercy," the
> old man whispered,
> "He's gonna be a politician!"
>
LOL!
That's good!