My Father's Joke
Jan. 26th, 2010 10:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenA minister was completing a temperance sermon. With great emphasis he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river."
With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river!"
And then finally, shaking his fist in the air, he yelled even louder, "And if I had all the whiskey in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river!"
Sermon complete, the minister sat down, wiping beads of sweat off his brow. The choir leader stood very cautiously and announced, with a smile, nearly laughing, "For our closing song, let us sing Hymn #365, 'Shall We Gather at the River.'"
With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river!"
And then finally, shaking his fist in the air, he yelled even louder, "And if I had all the whiskey in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river!"
Sermon complete, the minister sat down, wiping beads of sweat off his brow. The choir leader stood very cautiously and announced, with a smile, nearly laughing, "For our closing song, let us sing Hymn #365, 'Shall We Gather at the River.'"
