----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 8:41 AM Subject: A Day at the Races. > > Charlie was a regular visitor at the racetrack. One afternoon he noticed an > unusual sight. Right before the first race, a Catholic Priest visited one of > the horses in the stable area and gave it a blessing. Charlie watched the > horse race very carefully, and, sure enough, the blessed horse came in first. > > Charlie followed the Priest before the next race. Again, the Priest went to > the stables and blessed another horse. Charlie quickly put two dollars on > that horse and won close to fifty bucks! The Priest kept blessing horses and > Charlie kept betting on them and they won! > > The last race of the day was the biggest and Charlie saw the Priest with that > horse, also! He quickly went to his bank and withdrew his life's savings of > $20,000, went back to the racetrack and put it all on that horse! > > He watched the race in certain anticipation of leaving a millionaire. The > horse was last to cross the line and Charlie was dead broke! He couldn't > believe what happened so he went looking for the Priest. He found the man and > asked, "What happened to that last horse you blessed? Because your blessing > didn't work, I've lost all of my money!" > > The Priest said "That's the trouble with you Protestants, you can't tell the > difference between a blessing and the Last Rites!" > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
