Father O'Malley rose from his bed one morning. It was a Fine spring day in his new Texas mission parish.
He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day outside.
He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn.
He promptly called the local police station......
The conversation went like this:
''Good morning This is Sergeant Jones . How might I help you?''
''And the best of the day to yerself.. This is Father O'Malley at St. Ann 's Catholic Church. There's a jackass lying dead on me front lawn "
Sergeant Jones , considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a smirk,''Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people took care of the last rites!''
There was dead silence on the line for a moment............................................. Then Father O'Malley replied: "Aye, 'tis certainly true; but we are also obliged to notify the next of kin.''
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I must be a binge thinker. I do it a lot at times, then, not much at all.