And now for something completely different

[Ravenstorm]

(Is this a funny joke? Not being Protestant nor Catholic, I need an explanation of the punch line please.)



Charlie was a regular visitor at the racetrack. One afternoon he noticed an unusual sight. Right before the first race, a Catholic priest visited one of the horses in the stable area and gave it a blessing. Charlie watched the horse race very carefully, and sure enough the blessed horse came in first!

Charlie followed the priest before the next race, and again he went to the stables and performed a similar procedure. Charlie played hunch and put a couple of dollars on the blessed horse. Sure enough the blessed horse came in by two lengths and Charlie won close to fifty bucks!

The priest continued the same procedure through the next few races and Charlie won each time. He was now ahead $1,000, so between races Charlie left the track and went to the bank and withdraw his life's savings $20,000.

The biggest race of the day was the last one. Charlie followed the priest and watched carefully which horse he blessed. He then went to the betting window and put his whole $21,000 bundle of cash on that horse to win.

Then Charlie went out to watch the horses race. Down the stretch they came, and as they crossed the finish line, the horse Charlie's fortune was bet on was dead last!

Charlie was crushed. He located the priest and told him that he had been watching him bless the horses all day, and they all became winners except the last horse on which he had bet his life savings. Charlie then asked, "What happened to the last horse which you blessed? Why didn't it win like the others?"

"That's the trouble with you Protestants," sighed the priest. "You can never tell the difference between a blessing and the last rites."


Raven

[Latrinsorm]

The Last Rites are what you get when you're dying.

It's funny because Protestants are stupid.







;)

[Ravenstorm]

I was aware of what last rites were: I watched M*A*S*H after all. :)

But that's it? I was hoping for something a little more profound than 'Protestants were stupid'. Maybe something involving their ceremonies that was different from Catholicism that would have caused the confusion.

I guess it loses something in the translation.

Raven

[Artha]

It's funny because it has the word Priest following the word Catholic, and does not have the word Child, Children, or Boy.

[Satira]

I found it amusing.

[Ravenstorm]

Having had some of the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism explained to me...

That is rather amusing. Though Artha's comment was even more so. In a horrible, completely politically incorrect, you're going to burn in Hell, kind of way.

Raven

[Artha]

In a horrible, completely politically incorrect, you're going to burn in Hell, kind of way.

No, no, no! I mean because it wasn't one of those jokes!

:saint:

[DeV]

Originally posted by Lady Satira
I found it amusing. Same here.

[Nakiro]

I understand some of the differences between Catholics and Protestants, but the joke still isn't funny to me.

Catholics are screwy. What power or authority does a saint have?

[Latrinsorm]

Originally posted by Nakiro
Catholics are screwy. What power or authority does a saint have? If that's an actual question, read on:

None, in the sense of "get me a car" or "make me happy". However, like anyone else, they're capable of lending a helping hand.

[Myshel]

Saints are inspirational, as they were ordinary people who lived inordinary lives for their faith.

[Nakiro]

Originally posted by Latrinsorm

Originally posted by Nakiro
Catholics are screwy. What power or authority does a saint have? If that's an actual question, read on:

None, in the sense of "get me a car" or "make me happy". However, like anyone else, they're capable of lending a helping hand.

I was referring to those whom are dead. I've heard of Catholisim teaching prayer to dead saints.

[Artha]

I was referring to those whom are dead. I've heard of Catholisim teaching prayer to dead saints.

You can't be a saint until you've died. So he was referring to the dead ones too.