Bear Facts

[alvino]

A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi all served as chaplains to

the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette.

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They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.

One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really

all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear.

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One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment They would

all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it,and attempt to convert it.

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Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience.

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Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has

various bandages, goes first."Well," he says, "I went into the woods to

find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the

Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to

slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and,

Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is

coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation."

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Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and

both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone

oratory he claimed, " WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I

went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from

God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took

HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP

another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him

and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle

as a lamb. We spent the rest of the praising Jesus."

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They both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed. He

was in a body cast and traction with IV's and monitors running in and

out of him. He was in bad shape.

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The rabbi looks up and says, "Looking back on it, circumcision may not

have been the best way to start things out with my bear".

[suegha]

A wonderfully unexpected punch-line!

[Kan Win]

"alvino"

Good one

So how many Skin Divers did it take to rescue the Rabbi from the bear ????

Edited March 22, 2006 by Kan Win

[Chopper]

The same amount it takes to circumcise a whale.