Father O'Malley rose from his bed. 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
>> Flaherty.
>> How might I help you?"
>> "And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O'Malley at
>> St.Brigid's. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn. Would ye be
>> so
>> kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"
>> Sergeant Flaherty, 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 last rites!"
>> There was dead silence on the line for a long moment. Father O'Malley
>> then
>> replied: "Aye, that's certainly true, but we are also
>> obliged to notify the next of kin."
>>
>> 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
>> Flaherty.
>> How might I help you?"
>> "And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O'Malley at
>> St.Brigid's. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn. Would ye be
>> so
>> kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"
>> Sergeant Flaherty, 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 last rites!"
>> There was dead silence on the line for a long moment. Father O'Malley
>> then
>> replied: "Aye, that's certainly true, but we are also
>> obliged to notify the next of kin."
>>
