Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!wuarchive!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: vm0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent Paul Mulhern) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Jokes Message-ID: Date: 12 Dec 90 03:30:15 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu An ad agent from Budweiser called up the Vatican one day with a hot new idea for selling the company's beer. "Hello...is John Paul II there?" the ad man asked. "hold on (amazing grace in the background)" John Paul II...can I help you?" The bud man said, "Hi ! I represent Budweiser, and we'd like to offer you a $1,000,000.00 contract. We'll give you a million dollars if you'll have the Lord's prayer changed to 'give us this day our daily BREW...'." "BLASPHEMY!" the pope yelled into the phone, and hung up. Time passed, and offerings dropped, and one day the man called back. "Hello...John Paul II?" "Yes...can I help you?" "I'm the man from Budweiser...we'll pay $5,000,000.00 if you'll change the Lord's prayer to '...our daily BREW'." "Well, I wonder if...NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!" the pope decided. He hung up. More time passed, the US entered a recession, offerings dropped more, and the bud man called once more. "Hello...Budweiser calling for John Paul II..." "Hello again...what do you want?" "My company is prepared to give you $10,000,000.00 if you'll have the Lord's prayer to '...our daily BREW. We know the church is strapped right now...please consider our offer." "Well, hold on a minute," the pope said. "ALTAR BOY!" he summoned. "Yes, your Holiness?" the boy arrived. "How much time is left on that contract we have with WONDER?"