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An elderly priest invited a young priest over for dinner. During
the meal, the young priest couldn't help noticing how attractive
and shapely the housekeeper was. Over the course of the evening he
started to wonder if there was more between the elderly priest and
the housekeeper than met the eye. Reading the young priest's
thoughts, the elderly priest volunteered, "I know what you must
be thinking, but I assure you, my relationship with my
housekeeper is purely professional."
About a week later the housekeeper came to the elderly priest and
said, "Father, ever since the young Father came to dinner, I've
been unable to find the beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't
suppose he took it do you?"
The priest said, "Well, I doubt it, but I'll write him a letter
just to be sure." So he sat down and wrote:
"Dear Father, I'm not saying that you 'did' take a gravy ladle
from my house, and I'm not saying you 'did not' take a gravy
ladle. But the fact remains that one has been missing ever since
you were here for dinner."
Several days later the elderly priest received a letter from the
young priest which read:
"Dear Father, I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with your
housekeeper, and I'm not saying that you 'do not' sleep with your
housekeeper. But the fact remains that if you were sleeping in
your own bed, you would have found the gravy ladle by now."
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