From my Shows stash: Pray hardSubject: Pray hard
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> A lady goes to her parish priest one day and tells him, "Father,
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> I have a problem. I have two female parrots but they only know
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> how to say one thing." "What do they say?" the priest inquired.
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> "They say, 'Hi, we're prostitutes. Do you want to have some
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> fun?" "That's obscene!" the priest exclaimed, "I can see why you
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> are embarrassed." He thought a minute and then said, "You know,
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> I may have a solution to this problem. I have two male parrots
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> whom I have taught to pray and read the Bible.
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> Bring your two parrots over to my house and we will put them in
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> the cage with Francis and Job. My parrots can teach your parrots
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> to praise and worship. I'm sure your parrots will stop saying
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> that...that phrase in no time." "Thank you," the woman
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> responded, "this may very well be the solution."
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> The next day, she brought her female parrots to the priest's
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> house. As he ushered her in, she saw this two male parrots were
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> inside their cage, hold their rosary beads and praying.
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> Impressed, she walked over and placed her parrots in with them.
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> After just a couple of seconds, the female parrots exclaimed out
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> in unison, "Hi, we're prostitutes. Do you want to have some
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> fun?"
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> There was a stunned silence. Finally, one male parrot looked
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> over at the other male parrot and said, "Put the beads away,
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> Francis, our prayers have been answered!"
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