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Got this from mich2brian at Ascifi.com:


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A priest wanted to raise money for his church and
on being told that there was a fortune in horse
racing, decided to purchase one and enter it in
the races. However, at the local auction the
going price for a horse was so high that he ended
up buying a donkey instead. He figured that since
he had it, he might as well go ahead and enter it
in the races. To his surprise, the donkey
came in third. The next day the local paper
carried this headline:

PREACHER'S ASS SHOWS

The preacher was so pleased with the donkey that
he entered it in the race again, and this time it
won. The paper read:

PREACHER'S ASS OUT FRONT

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of
publicity that he ordered the preacher not to
enter the donkey in another race. The next paper
headline read:

BISHOP SCRATCHES PREACHER'S ASS

This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered
the preacher to get rid of the donkey. The
preacher decided to give it to a nun in a nearby
convent. The paper headline the next day read:

NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN

The bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she
would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold
it to a farmer for ten dollars. The next day the
paper read:

NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.00

This was too much for the bishop, so he ordered
the nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the
plains where it could run wild. The next day the
headlines read:

NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE

The bishop was buried the next day.