OT: Catholic Horses

[Guest guest]

Make sure you know the difference now when you go to the track.

 

Bubba was from Alabama and was a hard-shell Southern Baptist. He loved

to sneak away to the race track. One day he was there betting on the

ponies and losing his shirt when he noticed a priest step out onto the

track and bless the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the

4th race. Lo and behold, this horse -- a very long shot -- won the

race.

 

Bubba was most interested to see what the priest did in the next race.

Sure enough, he watched the priest step out onto the track as the horses

for the fifth race lined up, and placed a blessing on the forehead of

one of the horses. Bubba made a beeline for the window and placed a

small bet on the horse. Again, even though another long shot, the horse

the priest had blessed won the race. Bubba collected his winning and

anxiously waited to see which horse the priest bestowed his blessing on

for the 6th race.

 

The priest showed, blessed a horse, Bubba bet on it, and it won! Bubba

was elated! As the day went on, the priest continued blessing one of the

horses, and it always came in first. Bubba began to pull in some serious

money, and by the last race, he knew his wildest dreams were going to

come true.

 

He made a quick stop at the ATM, withdrew big money and awaited the

priest's blessing that would tell him which horse to bet on. True to his

pattern, the priest stepped out onto the track before the last race and

blessed the forehead, eyes, ears and hooves of one of the horses.

 

Bubba bet every cent, and watched the horse come in dead last. He was

dumbfounded. He made his way to the track and when he found the priest.

 

He demanded, " What happened, Father? All day you blessed horses and they

won. The last race, you blessed a horse and he lost. Now I've lost my

savings, thanks to you!! "

 

The priest nodded wisely and said, " That's the problem with you

Protestants you can't tell the difference between a simple blessing and

the Last Rites. " ;-)