Friday Funnies......

CATHOLIC HORSES-

One day while he was at
the track playing the ponies and all but losing his shirt, Mitch noticed a priest who stepped out onto the track and blessed the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the 4th race. Lo and behold, that horse - a very long shot won the race..Before the next race, as the horses began liningup, Mitch watched with interest the old priest step onto the track. Sure enough, as the 5th race horses came to thestarting gate thepriest made a blessing on the forehead of one of the horses. Mitch made a beeline for a betting window and placed a small bet on the horse. Again, even though it was anotherlong shot, the horse the priest had blessed won the race. Mitch
collected his winnings, and anxiouslywaited to see which horse the priest would bless for the 6th
race.The priest again blessed a horse. Mitch bet big on it, and it won. Mitch? was elated.
As the races continued the priest kept blessing long shothorses, and each one ended up coming in first. Bye and bye, Mitch was pulling in some seriousmoney. By the last race, he knew his wildest
dreams were going tocome true. He made a quick dash to the ATM, withdrew all his savings, and awaited the priest's blessing that would tell him which horseto bet on. True to his pattern, the priest stepped onto the track for the last race and blessed the forehead of an old nagthat was
the longest shot of the day. Mitch also observed the priest blessing the eyes, ears, and hooves of the old nag. Mitch knew he had a winner and bet every centhe owned on the old nag. He then watched dumbfounded as the old nag comein dead last. Mitch, in a state of shock, made hisway down to thetrack area where the priest was. Confronting the old priest he demanded,'Father! What happened? All day long you blessed horses and they all won. Then in the last race,
the horse you blessed lost by a Kentucky mile. Now, thanks to you I've lost every cent of my savings - all of it!'. The priestnodded wisely and with sympathy. "Son," he said, "that's the
problem with you Protestants, you can't tell the difference between a simple blessing and last rites."