Be nice to me. I just had to post it.

[roster]

Some friars were behind on their belfry payments, so
they opened up a small florist shop to raise the funds.

Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God,
the rival florist across town suffered
from what he thought was unfair competition.

He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not.

He went back and begged the friars to close.
They ignored him.

He asked his mother to go and ask the
friars to get out of business.
They ignored her, too.

So, the rival florist hired Hugh O'Brien, the roughest
and most vicious thug in town, to "persuade" them to close.

Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd
be back if they didn't close shop.

Terrified, the friars closed the shop.

The moral of the story: Remember, Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars.

[alnhwrd]

Since you posted yours, I get to post mine.

There was an order of Friars that required its members to remain silent for the first 15 yeasr they were in the order. The new monks could only speak two words every five years. A new friar, Brother Ralph, was inducted into the order, and remained silent for the first five years, at which time he uttered the two words he was allowed. He said, "Food cold". Another five years goes by, and he speaks his second two words, "Bed hard". At the end of his last five years he spoke two more words, declaring, "I Quit!". The head of the order looked at Ralph and said, "Well, I'm not surprised, you've done nothing but complain since you got here!"

[roster]

Alnhwrd,

That is still a good one.

It reminds me of something I finally got to have fun with. At our local hs football games, it is tradition with the guys in my redneck section to shout at the refs, "They've been doing it all night," when a flag is thrown against the opposition.

I lay in wait for several games, but finally last week a flag was thrown against the opposition on the first play of the game. Immediately came my, "They've been doing it all night," followed by a lot of ribbing from my friends.

Now my wife did not see the humor and explained to me the illogic of what I said. Females can sure mess up a guy's good one-liner.

[ofarchesandants]

Funny Rooster, I thought you were laying in wait specifically so you could say that on the first play of the game. The fact that it's illogical makes it all the more funny in my book. )
cheers,
gregg )