Thursday Special ~ An answer to prayer.
There was a little old lady, who every morning stepped onto her front porch, raised her arms to the sky, and shouted: ‘PRAISE THE LORD!’
One day an atheist moved into the house next door. He became irritated at the little old lady. Every morning he’d step onto his front porch after her and yell: ‘THERE IS NO LORD!’
Time passed with the two of them carrying on this way every day.
One morning, in the middle of winter, the little old lady stepped onto her front porch and shouted: ‘PRAISE THE LORD! Please Lord, I have no food and I am starving, provide for me, oh Lord!
The next morning she stepped out onto her porch and there were two huge bags of groceries sitting there.
‘PRAISE THE LORD!’ she cried out. ‘HE HAS PROVIDED GROCERIES FOR ME!’
The atheist neighbour jumped out of the hedges and shouted: ‘THERE IS NO LORD; I BOUGHT THOSE GROCERIES!!’
The little old lady threw her arms into the air and shouted: ‘PRAISE THE LORD! HE HAS PROVIDED ME WITH GROCERIES AND MADE THE DEVIL PAY FOR THEM!’
With thanks to my Aunt for this one
Nick said,
May 28, 2009 at 10:29 am
Nice one. Maybe there’ll be an atheist next door to our new house and I can get some free groceries? Only catch is I’ll have to pretend to be a fervent believer….
Magpie11 said,
May 28, 2009 at 11:02 am
Is that a “Woman Triumphs” Joke or a Religious joke? I note that the atheist is portrayed as a man. I do know women who are atheists! And men who are consumed by religious fervour!
Annb said,
May 28, 2009 at 11:19 am
The prayer of the long suffering…Dear Lord grant me patience, for if you grant me strength, I’m afraid I’ll beat the @*@* out of him!
cathy said,
May 28, 2009 at 11:27 am
As one who is more likely to jump out of hedges than to raise arms to the sky, I must say I find this quite funny…
Grannymar said,
May 28, 2009 at 12:10 pm
@Nick - Well now you know what to do if you neighbour is the one at top voice in the garden.
@Magpie - Are you trying to cause a row?
@Annb - I heard my mother say that one many a time.
@Cathy - I am trying to picture you jumping out of a hedge!
kenju said,
May 28, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I love that one!!
Magpie11 said,
May 28, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Moi? Cause a row?…never…unless someone wants one, then I might find someone for them to row with
Ann…I like that one…even as an atheist.
chrisb said,
May 28, 2009 at 4:06 pm
That is so funny
Darlene said,
May 28, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Just like a woman - She had to have the last word. Tee Hee!
rummuser said,
May 29, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Thatthaasthu.
Grannymar said,
May 29, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Ramana, as you say So be it!