An Irish priest was transferred to Texas.Father O'Malley rose from his bed one morning. It was a fine spring day in
his new Texas mission parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get
a deep breath of the beautiful day outside. He then noticed there was a
jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn. He promptly called the
local police station.
The conversation went like this:
"Good morning. This is Sergeant Jones. How might I help you?"
"And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O'Malley at St. Ann's
Catholic Church. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn and would ye
be so kind as to send a couple o'yer lads to take care of the matter?"
Sergeant Jones, considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a smirk,
"Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people took care of
the last rites!"
There was dead silence on the line for a long moment.................................. .........
Father O'Malley then replied: "Aye, 'tis certainly true; but we are also
obliged to notify the next of kin."
