IJMC A Dying Man's Last Request

                 IJMC - A Dying Man's Last Request

Ok, this one's quick...I got a movie to catch. Anyway, the kitchen is 
done (even cooked in it already!), my closet is mostly done (I know, 
tough job), and I've moved most of the stuff where it belongs...I just 
don't have the furniture yet. Soon.                              -dave







  A Dying Man's Last Request
 

  Mr. Finkelstein was lying on his deathbed, with his son at his bedside.

  The old man said,suddenly, "It's time!  Send for the Priest."

  The son said, "The Priest!  Dad, I think you mean the rabbi.  We're
Jewish!" 

  "Get the Priest!  Get the Priest!"  the dying man repeated agitatedly.

  "Dad, your illness must be affecting your mind," the son replied, patting
his father on the shoulder.  "I  will call the rabbi."

  The old man insisted, "If you have ANY love for your  father, you will do
as I have asked."

  So, reluctantly, the son did his father's bidding, and soon thereafter,
the Priest arrived and converted the old man to the Catholic faith.
Moments later, the rabbi knocked on the door.

  The son said, "Rabbi, I am afraid you are too late. The Priest has 
already been here amd converted my Dad to Catholiscism."

  The rabbi rushed over to the old man's beside and he asked in dismay, "
Abe, HOW could you do it?  WHY did you do it?"

  The old man looked up and replied, "Well, Rabbi, I  figured that if
someone had to die, better one of them than one of us."


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