Once a Baptist

[iggy1966]

> Once a Baptist
>
> John Smith was the only Protestant to move into a large Catholic
> neighbourhood.
> On the first Friday of Lent, John was outside grilling a big juicy steak
> on his grill.
> Meanwhile, all of his neighbours were eating cold tuna fish for supper.
> This went on each Friday of Lent.
> On the last Friday of Lent, the neighbourhood men got together and
> decided that something had to be done about John, he was tempting them
> to eat meat each Friday of Lent, and they couldn't take it anymore.
> They decided to try and convert John to be a Catholic.
> They went over and talked to him and were so happy that he decided to
> join all of his neighbours and become a Catholic.
> They took him to Church, and the Priest sprinkled some water over him,
> and said, "You were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, and now
> you are a Catholic."
> The men were so relieved, now their biggest Lenten temptation was
> resolved.
> The next year's Lenten season rolled around.
> The first Friday of Lent came, and just at supper time, when the
> neighbourhood was setting down to their tuna fish dinner, came the
> wafting smell of steak cooking on a grill.
> The neighbourhood men could not believe their noses!
> WHAT WAS GOING ON?
> They called each other up and decided to meet over in John's yard to see
> if he had forgotten it was the first Friday of Lent.
> The group arrived just in time to see John standing over his grill with
> a small pitcher of water.
> He was sprinkling some water over his steak on the grill, saying,
> "You were born a cow, you were raised a cow, and now you are a fish."