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Priest & Rabbi

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:50 pm
by $parechange
A priest and a rabbi were sitting next to each other on an airplane.
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> After a while, the priest turned to the rabbi and asked, 'Is it still
> a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?'
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> The rabbi responded, 'Yes, that is still one of our laws.'
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> The priest then asked, 'Have you ever eaten pork?'
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> To which the rabbi replied, 'Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to
> temptation and tasted a ham sandwich.'
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> The priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading.
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> A while later, the rabbi spoke up and asked the priest, 'Father, is it
> still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?'
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> The priest replied, 'Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith.'
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> The rabbi then asked him, 'Father, have you ever fallen to the
> temptations of the flesh?'
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> The priest replied, 'Yes, rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke
> with my faith.'
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> The rabbi nodded understandingly and remained silent, thinking, for
> about five minutes.
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> Finally, the rabbi said, 'Beats the $h1t out of a ham sandwich,
> doesn't it?'
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