> I would be grateful if you could reserve purile Irish jokes for a more > appropriate mailbase i.e. morons anonymous > I was thinking much the same thing, but my choice of word was "offensive" rather than peurile. > > > At 10:27 24/10/97 +0100, you wrote: > >AARGH! Obviously I'm gaff-ridden these days. Somehow my last message did > >not forward very well. It SHOULD have had the following: > > > > > >A farmer named Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside except for a > >pet dog he doted on. The dog finally died, and Muldoon went to the parish > >priest, saying "Father, the dog is dead. Could you possibly be saying a > >mass for the poor creature?" > > > >Father Patrick told the farmer "No, we can't have services for an > >animal in the church, but I'll tell you what, there's a new denomination > >down the road apiece, and no telling what they believe in, but maybe > >they'll do something for the animal." > > > >Muldoon said "I'll go right now. By the way, do you think $50,000 is > >enough to donate for the service?" > > > >Father Patrick replied, "Why didn't you tell me the dog was Catholic?" > >-- > >Evan Morris > >[log in to unmask] > >http://www.word-detective.com > >Welfare & Information Officer, King's College London, Macadam Bldng, > >London WC2R 2LS Tel: 0171 873 2530 Fax: 0171 873 2754 > >Produced using voice activated software; apologies for uncorrected errors. > > > > > PATRICK MULCAHY > Disability Co-ordinator > Academic Services > Registrar's Division > University College London > Gower Street > London WC1E 6BT > Tel: (0171) 391 1343 [voice or minicom] > Fax: (0171) 380 7327 > E-Mail: [log in to unmask] > > Mel Nichol Welfare Manager University of Bath Students' Union Tel. 01225 826906 E-mail [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%