HUMOR - A CUT ABOVE THE REST

A priest, a  Pentecostal preacher, and a rabbi all
served as chaplains to the
students of  Northern Michigan University in
Marquette . They would get
together two or three times a week  for coffee and
to talk shop.

One day, someone made the comment that  preaching to
people isn't really all
that hard. A real challenge would be to  preach to a
bear. One thing led to
another, and they decided to do an  experiment. They
would all go out into the
woods, find a bear, preach to it,  and attempt to
convert it.

Seven days later, they all came together to  discuss
their experience.

Father Flannery, who had his arm in a sling,  was on
crutches, and had
various bandages on his body and limbs, went first.
"Well," he said, "I went into
the woods to find me a bear. And when I found  him,
I began to read to him from
the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing  to do
with me and began to
slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water,
sprinkled him and, Holy Mary
Mother of God, he became as gentle as a lamb. The
bishop is coming out next
week to give him first communion and  confirmation."

Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a
wheelchair,  had one arm and both
legs in casts, and had an IV drip. In his best
fire-and-brimstone oratory, he
claimed, "WELL, brothers, you KNOW that we  don't
sprinkle! I went out and I
FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to  my
bear from God's HOLY WORD!
But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I
took HOLD of him and we began
to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP  another
and DOWN another until we
came to
a creek. So I quickly DUNKED him  and BAPTIZED his
hairy soul. And just like
you said, he became as gentle as a  lamb. We spent
the rest of the day
praising Jesus."

The priest and the  reverend both looked down at the
rabbi, who was lying in
a hospital bed. He  was in a body cast and traction
with IVs and monitors
running in and out of  him. He was in really bad
shape. The Rabbi looked up and
said ..."Looking back  on it, circumcision may not
have been the best way to  start."