About That Donkey

"Dead Mule In The Churchyard"

A Pastor went to his church office on Monday morning
and discovered a dead mule in the church yard. He
telephoned the police. Since there did not appear to
be any foul play, the police referred the Pastor to
the Health Department. They explained, "Since there
was no health threat you'll need to call the Sanitation
Department."

When the pastor called the Sanitation Department,
the Manager of the Sanitation Department said, "I can't
pick-up the dead mule without authorization from the
mayor." The Pastor was not too eager to call the mayor,
who possessed a very bad temper and was always
extremely unpleasant and hard to deal with, but,
eventually, the Pastor called the mayor anyway.

The mayor did not disappoint the Pastor. The mayor
immediately began to rant and rave. After his continued
rant at the pastor, the mayor finally said, "Why did you
call me any way? Isn't your job to bury the dead?"

The pastor paused for a brief prayer, and asked the
Lord to direct his response. The Lord led the pastor
to the words he was seeking, "Yes, Mayor, it IS my
job to bury the dead, BUT I always like to notify the
next of kin first!"

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"About That Donkey"

An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town.
The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked.
As they went along they passed some people who
remarked it was a shame the old man was walking
and the boy was riding. The man and boy thought
maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions.

Later, they passed some people that remarked,
'What a shame, he makes that little boy walk.'
They then decided they both would walk.

Soon they passed some more people who thought
they were stupid to walk when they had a decent
donkey to ride. So, they both rode the donkey.

Now they passed some people that shamed them
by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor
donkey. The boy and man said they were probably
right, so they decided to carry the donkey. As they
crossed the bridge, they lost their grip on the animal
and it fell into the river and drowned.

The moral of the story? If you try to please everyone,
you might as well kiss your ass good-bye.
Received on Sat Dec 20 22:30:43 2003