Some Mid-Week Fun

A trial starting Tuesday and which was originally supposed to take three days was concluded this morning. So it's time for a little relaxation. Just when I needed it, I got forwarded to me a little joke about the benefits of various religions which I think may lighten up a little any mid-week blues. Here it is:

A Catholic Priest, a Hindu Guru, and a Taliban Mullah all served as religious advisers to the theological students at Harvard University.  They would get together two or three times a week for tea for discussions and strategies.

 

One day, they agreed that preaching to people was not really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to animals, like a bear. One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go out into the jungles of the world, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert it.

A month later they all met to discuss their experience in the jungle.

The Catholic Priest had his arm in a sling, was on crutches, and had various bandages on his body and limbs,  was the first to speak. 

 

"Well," he says, "I went into the  jungle to find a bear. When I found one I began to read to him from the Holy Book. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began growl and slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, holy Mary Mother of Christ, he became as gentle as a lamb. The Pope is coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation."

The Hindu Guru spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an IV drip in his arm and both legs in casts.

 

In his best fire and brimstone oratory, he exlaimed: "Vell, brothers, I vent out the the jungle of India. As you know vee don't sprinkle vater. I vent out and I found a bear. And then I began to read to the bear from our Hindu Holy Book. But that bear vanted nothing to do vith me. So I took hold of him and vee began to wrestle. Vee wrestled down one hill, up another and down another until vee came to the River Ganges. So I quickly dunked him and his hairy soul in the vater. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. Vee spent the rest of the day praising Lord Shiva."

The Priest and the Guru both looked down at the Taliban Mullah, who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction with monitors and IV's running in and out of him. He was in really bad shape.

 

The Mullah looked up and said: "Looking back on it, I don't think it was a very good idea to start by first circumcising the bear ...."