Not entirely true, OCM. You and I first heard this one from Fred Flintstone. Don’t you remember our wild youth in Bedrock? YABBA-DABBA-DOO ....
A nun at Saint Naugahyde school asked her students what they want to be when they grow up.
Little Suzy declares, “I want to be a prostitute.”
“What did you say?!” asks the nun, totally shocked.
“I said I want to be a prostitute,” Suzy repeats.
“Oh, thank heavens,” says the nun. “I thought you said ‘a Protestant!’”
Funny post Allan, And funny comment Oink.
Actually, I thought mine was better. I was in an inter-faith group with Protestants, Catholics ( ) Baha’is, Moslem, Jews. It was OK to tell religious jokes, but only about your own religion. I heard some Jewish jokes I dare not repeat!
OCM: Old Lennie Bruce bit—the Southern Lawyer addressing the NY jury. He starts off with a joke to warm them up, “This big buck and this jewboy ... “ Screams coming from the defendant ..
After Ruth and I converted (to OneTrueChurch ) she made some off-hand comment about “The Mackerel Snappers” to her Catholic boss. He paused and said softly, “That’s right, you can say that now, can’t you.”