Father O'Malley rose from his bed.
It was a fine spring day in his downtown Boston, Massachusetts parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get
a deep breath of the beautiful day outside.
He noticed, however, that there was a donkey lying dead in the middle of his front lawn.
Believing that it might have been a mascot of the Democratic Party of Boston, he promptly called US Senator Kerry's office for assistance.
He dialed the Senator's office: "Good morning. This is Senator Kerry. How
may I help you?"
"And the best of the day to yerself. This is Father O'Malley at Saint
Brigid's. There's a jackass lying dead in me front lawn. Would ye be so
kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"
Senator Kerry, considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a smirk,
"Well now Father, it was always my understanding that you people of the
cloth took care of last rites!"
There was silence on the line for a long moment. Father O'Malley then
replied: "Aye, and true it is, but we also are obliged first to notify the
next of kin."
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Datamax, it is not my intention to discriminate, belittle or to make fun of the Irish!
Father O'Malley and the Donkey
