Too Many Confessions Of Adultry
An old priest was getting sick and tired of all the people
in his parish who kept confessing adultery. One Sunday in the pulpit
he said, "If I hear one more person confess to adultery, I'll
quit!" Everyone liked him, so the parishioners came up with
a code word. Someone who had committed adultery would say they had
"fallen". This seemed to satisfy the old priest and things
went well, until the priest died at a ripe old age. About a week
later, the new priest visited the Mayor of the town and seemed very
concerned. The priest said, "You have to do something about
the sidewalks in town. When people come into the confessional, they
keep talking about having fallen." The Mayor started to laugh,
realizing that no one had told the new priest about the code word.
The priest shook an accusing finger at the mayor and said, "I
don't know what you're laughing about. Your wife fell three times
this week." |
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