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THE MISSING COCK "
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> >> >The priest in a small Irish village
> >> >loved the cock and ten hens
> >> >he kept in the hen house behind the church.
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> >> >But one Saturday night the cock went missing!
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> >> >The priest knew that cock fights happened
> >> >in the village so he started to question his parishioners in
> >>church the
> >> >next morning.
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> >> >During Mass, he asked the congregation,
> >> >"Has anybody got a cock?"
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> >> >All the men stood up.
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> >> >"No, no," he said, "that wasn't what I meant.
> >> >Has anybody seen a cock?"
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> >> >All the women stood up.
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> >> >"No, no," he said, "that wasn't what I meant.
> >> >Has anybody seen a cock that doesn't
> >> >belong to them?"
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> >> >Half the women stood up.
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> >> >"No, no," he said, "that wasn't what I meant.
> >> >Has anybody seen MY cock?"
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> >> >All the nuns, three altar boys, two priests and a goat stood up.
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