Joke of the Day, 1/24/08

January 24, 2008, 7:00 am; posted by Bweinh
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A man was struck by a bus on a busy street in New York City. He lay dying on the sidewalk and a crowd of spectators gathered.

“A priest! Someone get me a priest!,” the man gasped.

None could be found, but finally an old man stepped out of the crowd. “Officer, I’m not a priest — I’m not even Catholic! But for 50 years I’ve lived behind St. Mary’s on 78th, and every night I hear the Catholic litany. Maybe I can bring this man some comfort.”

The policeman agreed and brought the octogenarian over to the dying man. He knelt down, leaned over the man, and began reciting, in a solemn voice: “I-21, I-21. G-54, G-54…”

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