SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Chris K. who wrote (11785)9/30/1999 5:16:00 PM
From: John Carragher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 62552
 
The elderly Italian man went to his parish priest, and asked if the priest
>>>would hear his confession. "Of course, my son", said the priest,
>>>"Well, Father, at the beginning of World War Two, a beautiful woman
>>>knocked on my door and asked me to hide her from the Germans.
>>>I hid her in my attic, and they never found her."
>>>"That's a wonderful thing, my son, and nothing that you need to confess",
>>>said the priest.
>>>It's worse, Father. I was weak, and told her that she had to pay for
>>>rent of the attic with her sexual favors", continued the old man.
>>>"Well, it was a very difficult time, and you took a large risk --
>>>you would have suffered terribly at their hands if the Germans
>>>had found you hiding her. I know that God, in his wisdom and mercy, will
>>>balance the good and the evil, and judge you kindly," said the priest.
>>>"Thanks, Father", said the old man. "That's a load off of my mind.
>>>Can I ask another question?"
>>> Of course, my son", said the priest.
>>>The old man asked "Do I need to tell her that the war is
>>>over?"
>>>