A man who was fond of betting at the race tracks would always go out to the stables before the races to check the condition of the horses, and try to pick the winners.
One day, he noticed a priest back in the stables, annointing the head of one of the horses. That horse won the race! The next week when he returned to the tracks, he saw that same priest annointing the head of another horse back in the stables. Sure enough, this second horse went out and won that race! The following week, the man went back to the stables and saw the priest annoint a third horse on its head, its ears, its mane and its hoofs. The man wasted no time in rushing back and putting all his money on that horse for the coming race. Unfortunately, though, the horse slipped and fell during the race, breaking its leg. The man went back to the stables and found the priest. "Hey!" he said. "I saw you annoint those horses the last two weeks, and they won both races. Today I saw you annointed this horse all over, so I put all my money down on it, and it lost the race! What gives?" The priest sighed. "That's the problem with you Protestants," he said. "You don't know the difference between blessings and last rites." To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
