The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THE BOY STIRRING SHIT

THERE WAS THIS LITTLE BOY SITTING ON A CURB STIRRING
A BIG BUCKET OF SHIT. A PROTESTANT MINISTER PASSED AND
ASKED THE LITTLE BOY WHAT HE WAS DOING. THE LITTLE BOY
ANSWERED, "I'M MAKING A PROTESTANT MINISTER." THE
MINISTER WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED SO HE WENT A BIT DOWN
THE STREET AND WATCHED THE BOY. A LITTLE WHILE LATER
A JEWISH RABBI PASSED AND HE ASKED THE LITTLE BOY WHAT
HE WAS DOING. THE BOY ANSWERED, "I'M MAKING A JEWISH
RABBI." THE RABBI WAS SHOCKED AND WALKED OVER AND
JOINED THE MINISTER IN HIS WATCH. A LITTLE WHILE LATER
A CATHOLIC PRIEST WAS WALKING BY AND WHEN HE SAW THE
LITTLE BOY HE SAID TO HIM, "LITTLE BOY WHY ARE YOU
STIRRING THAT BIG BUCKET OF SHIT?" THE LITTLE BOY SAID,
"I DON'T KNOW." THE PRIEST SAW THE RABBI AND THE
MINISTER, SO HE JOINED THEM. THEY STARTED TO TALK
ABOUT THE LITTLE BOY AND THEY WONDERED WHY THE BOY TOLD
THE PRIEST THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS MAKING.
THEY WENT UP TO THE BOY AND SAID, "LITTLE BOY, YOU TOLD
THE MINISTER THAT YOU WERE MAKING A PROTESTANT
MINISTER AND YOU TOLD THE RABBI THAT YOU WERE MAKING
A JEWISH RABBI. HOW COME YOU DIDN'T TELL THE PRIEST
THAT YOU WERE MAKING A CATHOLIC PRIEST?" THE BOY
ANSWERED, "BECAUSE I AIN'T GOT ENOUGH SHIT."

Submitter comment: I DO NOT KNOW WHERE I HEARD THIS JOKE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 04-16-1965