A preacher wanted to raise money for his church and on
being told that there was a fortune in horse racing,
decided to purchase one and enter it in the races.
However at the local auction, the going price for horses
was so high that he ended up buying a donkey (also called
an ass) instead.
He figured that since he had it, he might as well go ahead and
enter it in the races. To his surprise, the donkey came in
third. The next day the local paper carried this headline:
PREACHER'S ASS SHOWS
The preacher was so pleased with the donkey that he entered
it in the race again, and this time it won. The paper read:
PREACHER'S ASS OUT IN FRONT
The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered
the preacher not to enter the donkey in another race. The
paper headline read:
BISHOP SCRATCHES PREACHER'S ASS
This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the
preacher to get rid of the donkey. The preacher decided to
give it to a nun in a nearby convent. The paper headline
the next day read:
NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN
The Bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she would have
to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for
$10.00. Next day the headline read:
NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.00
This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back
the donkey, lead it to the plains where it could run wild
and free.Next day, the headline in the paper read:
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE
The Bishop was buried the next day.
