Richard of Oz
07-20-2005, 10:48 PM
Jimmy went out for a day at the races. Early in the day, just before a race, he saw a Catholic priest in the enclosure blessing one of the horses. In the subsequent race, the horse that was blessed won.
Jimmy thought this was interesting, so he watched the priest carefully as he went into the enclosure before the next race and blessed a horse. Jimmy went straight to the tote and put $50 on that horse, and sure enough it won. Jimmy kept on following the priest around and every horse the priest blessed, Jimmy backed it and it won its race.
Towards the end of the day, Jimmy went off to the bank and withdrew his life savings. On the last race, Jimmy watched the priest carefully, put his life savings on the horse he'd seen being blessed, and... the horse came in last.
Jimmy was devastated, and approached the priest. "That horse you blessed in the last race," he said, "it came last. What went wrong?"
"That's the trouble with you Protestants," said the priest. "You can't tell the difference between a blessing and the Last Rites."
Jimmy thought this was interesting, so he watched the priest carefully as he went into the enclosure before the next race and blessed a horse. Jimmy went straight to the tote and put $50 on that horse, and sure enough it won. Jimmy kept on following the priest around and every horse the priest blessed, Jimmy backed it and it won its race.
Towards the end of the day, Jimmy went off to the bank and withdrew his life savings. On the last race, Jimmy watched the priest carefully, put his life savings on the horse he'd seen being blessed, and... the horse came in last.
Jimmy was devastated, and approached the priest. "That horse you blessed in the last race," he said, "it came last. What went wrong?"
"That's the trouble with you Protestants," said the priest. "You can't tell the difference between a blessing and the Last Rites."