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<font size=4>A colleague just sent me this e-mail. I found it so funny I
thought it might entertain a few readers on this list.<br>
<br>
Sali.<br>
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>THE RACING DONKEY<br>
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>><br>
><br>
>>A priest wanted to raise money for his church. When told
that there was<br>
><br>
>>a fortune in horse racing, he decided to purchase a racehorse and
enter<br>
><br>
>>it in the races. However, at the local auction, the going
price for<br>
><br>
>>horses was so high that he ended up buying a donkey
instead. He figured<br>
><br>
>>that since he had it, he might just as well go ahead and enter it
in the<br>
><br>
>>races. To his surprise, the donkey came in third! The
next day the<br>
><br>
>>local paper carried this headline:<br>
><br>
>><br>
><br>
>>PRIEST'S ASS SHOWS The priest was so pleased with the donkey that
he<br>
><br>
>>entered it in the race again, and this time it won. The
paper read:<br>
><br>
>><br>
><br>
>>PRIEST'S ASS OUT IN FRONT The Bishop was so upset with this kind
of<br>
><br>
>>publicity that he ordered the priest not to enter the donkey in
another<br>
><br>
>>race. The paper headline read:<br>
><br>
>><br>
><br>
>>BISHOP SCRATCHES PRIEST'S ASS This was too much for the Bishop,
so he<br>
><br>
>>ordered the priest to get rid of the donkey. The priest
decided to give<br>
><br>
>>the donkey to a nun in a nearby convent. The paper headline
the next<br>
><br>
>>day read:<br>
><br>
>><br>
><br>
>>NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN The Bishop fainted. He informed
the nun she<br>
><br>
>>couldn't keep the donkey. She sold the donkey to a farmer
for $10.00.<br>
><br>
>>Next day the headline read:<br>
><br>
>><br>
><br>
>>NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.00 This was too much for the Bishop, so he
ordered<br>
><br>
>>the nun to buy back the donkey, lead it to the plains where it
could run<br>
><br>
>>wild and free. Next day, the headline in the paper
read:<br>
><br>
>><br>
><br>
>>NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE The Bishop was buried the
next<br>
><br>
>>day.<br>
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1010 East 59th Street<br>
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