Reminds me of a fairy tale (Brothers Grimm?), where a traveller, too poor to buy his dinner, is nevertheless charged for it, because he'd *smelled* it (being in the same room). So, he "pays" the innkeeper by dropping a coin on the floor and pocketing it again -- the inkeeper *heard* the clink of it... :)

From: R.P.

A married man goes into the confessional and says to his priest "I had an
affair with a woman... almost."


The priest says, "What do you mean, almost?"

The man says, "Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, but then I
stopped."

The priest says, "Rubbing together is the same as putting it in. You're not
to see that woman again. For your penance, say 5 Hail Mary's and put $50 in
the poor box."


The man leaves the confessional, says his prayers, then walks over to the
poor box. He pauses for a moment and then starts to leave. The priest, who
was watching, runs after him saying, "I saw that you didn't put any money in
the poor box!"


The man replies, "Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and apparently
that's the same as putting it in.

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Tamara P Duvall
Lexington, Virginia,  USA
Formerly of Warsaw, Poland
http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/

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