The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

HYDE PARK

TEXT KEYPUNCHED IN NOVEMBER, 1972--ALSO IN 5X8 FILE CABINET
THERE WERE THESE TWO MEN WHO USED TO COME TO HYDE PARK ALL THE TIME.
ONE WAS A FUNDAMENTALIST, AND THE OTHER WAS AN ATHEIST. THE ATHEIST
ALWAYS SAID "IF THERE IS A GOD, LET HIM STRIKE ME DOWN."AND THE
FUNDAMENTALIST SAID"YOU'D BETTER WATCH IT OR HE WILL." SO THE
FUNDAMENTALIST GOT A GUN AND HID BEHIND A BUSH AND WHEN THE ATHEIST
SAID HIS LINE, HE SHOT HIM. BUT THE FUNDAMENTALIST THOUGHT HE KILLED
HIM AND SAID "WELL MAYBE THERE ISN{T A GOD IF HE LET ME KILL HIM."
AND AS THE ATHEIST RECOVERED, HE SAID "MAYBE THERE IS A GOD." SO
FROM THEN ON, THEY CHANGED PLACES IN THE PARK.

Submitter comment: FUNDAMENTALIST

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Date learned: NOT GIVEN