Clergy with terrible, terrible habits... A Catholic priest, a Methodist pastor, a Baptist minister, and an Episcopalian rector were attending an ecumenical conference. After supper, they were relaxing in the hotel restaurant, talking. The Catholic priest said, ""You know, it's great to get to know one another's theology across sectarian boundaries like this. But I think it would be even better if we shared some of our human side. Don't any of you have any bad habits? You know, confession is good…

Purple People Eater So I'm sitting in class one day when I see a group of kids huddled together a few seats over whispering about something. Now, curiosity has always been wont to get the better of me, and today was no different. With a little bit of discrete eavesdropping, I manage to pick up that they're discussing something called a ""purple people eater."" In an admittedly rash decision, I ask them, ""Hey guys, what's a purple people eater?"" They stiffen up, give me a weird look, and call t…

Sister Mary burst into the office of the principal of Our Lady of Perpetual Motion parochial school in an advanced state of agitation. ""Father!"" she cried ""just WAIT until you hear this!"" The priest led the sister to a chair and said "" Now just calm down and tell me what has you so excited?"" ""Well father"" the nun began ""I was just walking down the hall to the chapel and I heard some of the older boys wagering money!"" ""A serious infraction indeed!"" said the priest. ""But that's not …

There was a boy who grew up in San Francisco and he absolutely loved watching the street cars going up and down the streets. His goal, when he grew up was to eventually drive those things. Before he even graduated high school, he applied to the street car driving school. He got accepted and once he graduated high school he headed off to training. After months of classes and tests, he was off to his first day of work as an apprentice. After a month of supervised driving, he was off on his own. …