Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married. She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all. One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea. As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the young minister noticed a  cut -glass bowl sitting on top of it.
 
The bowl was filled with water, and in the water floated, of all things, a condom.
 
When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat.

The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and he could no longer resist."Miss Beatrice", he said, "I wonder if you would tell me about this?" pointing to the bowl.
 
"Oh, yes," she replied, "Isn't it wonderful? I was walking through the Park a few months ago  and I found this little package on the ground.  The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease. Do you know, I haven't had the flu all winter."

I'm a strong Christian, and I thought it was funny. Good one Paulo!

spacey
I may not be "proper" but in the US a jackass is a male ass or donkey and a female is usually referred to as a jenny.
"jackass" takes the question of  what genre is that ass out of it...."jenny"....talking about Jennys' ass could ones proper ass kicked....or is that arse?
 
 

My wife is called Jenny and I find you talking about her backside offensive, not just for myself, but also on behalf of the Amish people, of which I am not one, but I hear they like donkeys and you shouldn't mention them in a thread about backsides. ;)

 
Don't push it mate
 
But I am intrigued...
 
This 'Amish bod - I didn't know you lived in Scotland
 
 
 
 

 Well Paulo I thought it was a slight on Catholics. I guess there are no holds barred here.  I don't see how it can't be taken for a slight, but that's just the way I see it. I can't help how I feel. I'm not the type to hold any kind of grudge for any length of time. I am not mad really I thought it was in bad taste maybe you don't agree and that's ok.
 
 Maybe the main thing I take from this is that nothing is really sacred in some peoples minds.
 
 I know I kid a lot and say things that are probably offensive to people at times. Only you know what you mean't by it. Maybe I jumped in too fast to judge here. It just rubbed me wrong that's all. I don't feel ashamed that I stated my opinion.

SteveStrummerUK
 
Don't push it mate
 
But I am intrigued...
 
This 'Amish bod - I didn't know you lived in Scotland
 
 
 
 

Nah, I don't live there.  He's a mate of my friend 'Arry.

 
Coincidentally, while cleaning out the attic earlier today, I came across the trigger mechanism from a toy ray-gun that was given to me years ago by the priest at my childhood Sunday school...

That's a bit of a blaster from the pastor.
 
 

SteveStrummerUK
 
Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married. She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all. One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea. As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the young minister noticed a  cut -glass bowl sitting on top of it.
 
The bowl was filled with water, and in the water floated, of all things, a condom.
 
When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat.

The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and he could no longer resist."Miss Beatrice", he said, "I wonder if you would tell me about this?" pointing to the bowl.
 
"Oh, yes," she replied, "Isn't it wonderful? I was walking through the Park a few months ago  and I found this little package on the ground.  The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease. Do you know, I haven't had the flu all winter."

 
 

Starise
 Well Paulo I thought it was a slight on Catholics. I guess there are no holds barred here.  I don't see how it can't be taken for a slight, but that's just the way I see it. I can't help how I feel. I'm not the type to hold any kind of grudge for any length of time. I am not mad really I thought it was in bad taste maybe you don't agree and that's ok.
 
 Maybe the main thing I take from this is that nothing is really sacred in some peoples minds.
 
 I know I kid a lot and say things that are probably offensive to people at times. Only you know what you mean't by it. Maybe I jumped in too fast to judge here. It just rubbed me wrong that's all. I don't feel ashamed that I stated my opinion.

I'm not really interested either in falling out with people I don't know and will almost certainly never meet and won't be losing any sleep either. There was no intention to cause offence by posting this and for the life of me I honestly can't see how it could/would. What does rub me up the wrong way is the hypocrisy of being reported for violating the TOS by someone who has been willingly and repeatedly violating them in another thread. Don't get me wrong, I personally have no problem with the thread in question, it has been quite interesting to read at times, and I happen to think that there is nothing wrong with a healthy discussion about any subject at all, but you can't have it both ways. Either stick to "the rules" or don't.
 
 

I thought it was humorous, Paulo, but I'm an agnostic so what the hell do I know?