A
nun walks into Mother Superior's office and sits down in the chair. She
lets out a sigh heavy with frustration.
What troubles you, Sister ? asked
the Mother Superior. I thought this was the day that you spent with
your family.
It was, sighed the Sister.
And later in the day I went to play golf with my brother. We try to play
golf as often as we can. You know I was quite a talented golfer before
I devoted my life to Christ.
I seem to recall that,' the
Mother Superior agreed. 'So I take it your day of recreation was not
relaxing?'
Far from it,' said the
Sister. 'In fact, I even took the Lord's name in vain today !
Goodness me, Sister!' gasped
the Mother Superior, astonished. 'You must tell me all about it !
Well she began, we were on
the fifth tee... it's a very long hole Mother Superior in
fact it's the longest hole on the course -
Oh my !!! commiserated the
Mother. How unfortunate! But surely that didn't make you blaspheme, Sister!'
No, that wasn't it,
admitted Sister. While I was still trying to fathom what had happened, when
this squirrel runs out of the woods, grabs my ball and runs off down
the fairway with it ,
Oh, that would have made me
blaspheme!!!! sympathized the Mother.
But I didn't, Mother !!!
said the Sister. I was so proud of myself, but while I was
pondering whether this was a sign from God, this large hawk swoops out of
the sky and grabs the little squirrel and flies off with it in his claws,
with my ball still clutched in the squirrels paws!'
So is that when you took the lords
name in vain, said the Mother .
Nope,
that wasn't it either, said the Sister, anguished, because as the
hawk started to fly out of sight, the squirrel started to struggle,
and the hawk dropped him right on the green of the hole we
were playing, the ball popped out of the squirrels paws and
rolled to about
Mother Superior sat back in
her chair, folded her arms across her chest, fixed the Sister with a
baleful stare and said...
god be damed, ??? You are
not going to tell me that missed the bloody putt .
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