IJMC - Priest At the Track
Some days, some nights, are just meant for slacking off. For having lots
to do and procrastinating anyway. Sleep late, cuddle under a blanket,
watch bad television, eat junk food, whatever. Just take a day off from
the rest of the world, it's mores, and well, just slack. -dave
Charlie was a regular visitor at the race track. 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, and again the
priest went to the stables and performed a similar procedure. Charlie
played a hunch and put a couple of dollars on the blessed horse. Sure
enough, the blessed horse came in by two lengths and Charlie won close
to fifty bucks! The priest continued the same procedure through the
next few races and the horse won each time.
So between races Charlie left the track and went to the bank to
withdraw his life's savings, $20,000. The biggest race of the day was
the last one. Charlie followed the priest and watched carefully which
horse he blessed.
He then went to the betting window and put his whole bundle of cash on
that horse, to win. Then Charlie went out to watch the horses race.
Down the stretch they came and as they crossed the finish line, the
horse Charlie's fortune was bet on was far behind ... dead last!
Charlie was crushed.
He located the priest and told him that he had been watching him bless
the horses which all became winners throughout the day. Charlie then
asked, "What happened to the last horse which you blessed? Because of
your failure on that last horse, I have lost my entire life's savings."
"That's the trouble with you Protestants," sighed the priest, "you
never could tell the difference between a blessing and the Last Rites."
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