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06-11-2013, 01:47 PM
Nescafe manages to arrange a meeting with the pope at the
Vatican.
After receiving the papal blessing, the Nescafe official
whispers, "Your Holiness, we have an offer for you. Nescafe is prepared to
donate $100 million to the church if you change the Lord's Prayer from 'give
us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily coffee.'"
The pope responds, "That is impossible. The prayer is the
word of the Lord. It must not be changed."
"Well," says the Nescafe man, "we anticipated your
reluctance. For this reason we will increase our offer to $300 million."
"My son, it is impossible. For the prayer is the word of
the Lord, and it must not be changed."
The Nescafe guy says, "Your Holiness, we at Nescafe
respect your adherence to the faith, but we do have one final offer... We will
donate $500 million - that's half a billion dollars - to the great Catholic
Church plus 1 % of our world wide revenues for life if you would only change
the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day
our daily coffee.' Please consider it." And he leaves.
The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals.
"There is some good news," he announces, "and some bad
news. The good news is that the Church will come into $500 million."
"And the bad news, your Holiness?" asks a Cardinal.
"We're losing the Wonderbread account."
Vatican.
After receiving the papal blessing, the Nescafe official
whispers, "Your Holiness, we have an offer for you. Nescafe is prepared to
donate $100 million to the church if you change the Lord's Prayer from 'give
us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily coffee.'"
The pope responds, "That is impossible. The prayer is the
word of the Lord. It must not be changed."
"Well," says the Nescafe man, "we anticipated your
reluctance. For this reason we will increase our offer to $300 million."
"My son, it is impossible. For the prayer is the word of
the Lord, and it must not be changed."
The Nescafe guy says, "Your Holiness, we at Nescafe
respect your adherence to the faith, but we do have one final offer... We will
donate $500 million - that's half a billion dollars - to the great Catholic
Church plus 1 % of our world wide revenues for life if you would only change
the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day
our daily coffee.' Please consider it." And he leaves.
The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals.
"There is some good news," he announces, "and some bad
news. The good news is that the Church will come into $500 million."
"And the bad news, your Holiness?" asks a Cardinal.
"We're losing the Wonderbread account."