Posted by Anne Ward on May 19, 1999 at 16:53:15:
This is a good priest joke!
3 priests met to discuss the goings on in their respective churches. As they talked it became apparent that they all had similar problems.
FIRST PRIEST: I have bats all over the place...can hardly ring the bells for the bats. Any ideas on how I can get rid of them?
SECOND PRIEST AND THIRD PRIEST: both concurred with the first priest as they also had bat problems in the belfry of their church. After talking for awhile about what to do about bats and other things canonical, they decided to meet in one week and see if anyone came up with a solution to the bat problem.
< 1ST PRIEST: well, I decided to take drastic measures and fired off a few rounds of my shotgun....only problem is I think I damaged the bells but did not damage to the bats!!! 2ND PRIEST: well, I knew I couldn't kill them as they are God's creatures...so, I took a box up and caught them. Then went way out in the country and let them go! Derned if they weren't waiting for me when I got back! 3rd PRIEST: I did the same as you [indicating 2nd priest], I went up into the belfry, caught them in a box, and off to the country we went. I only did one thing differently: I baptized and confirmed every single one of them and haven't seen any of them since. _____________
hehehehehehehehe....and that is about the truth, eh?