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CAT BURIAL JOKE
A WOMAN BROUGHT HER DEAD CAT TO THE LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH AND
ASKED THE PRIEST TO HAVE A BURIAL SERVICE FOR HIM. THE PRIEST
SAID, "WE DO NOT BURY CATS. YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO ANOTHER
CHURCH." SHE SAID, "I WAS GOING TO SPEND $35,000 ON THE
FUNERAL." THE PRIEST SAID, "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOUR CAT WAS
CATHOLIC."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
Keyword(s): CAT ; CATHOLIC CHURCH ; FUNERAL PREPARATION ; HUMOR ; PRIEST ; RELIGION ; SURPRISE ENDING
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF MERCENARY CATHOLIC PRIESTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-09-1971
YOU CAN'T SEW A GARMENT THAT IS ON YOUR BODY UNLESS YOU CHEW
SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU ARE ALIVE, SINCE THE ONLY TIME CLOTHES
SEWED ON YOUR BODY IS WHEN YOU ARE DEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): FUNERAL PREPARATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Daily Life BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-22-1969