I started going through some old books my grandmother gave me and an old very weathered / yellowed piece of paper fell out of one of them with the following joke…
A priest wanted to raise money for his church, and being told there was money in horse racing, decided to purchase a horse to enter in the races. However, at the local auction, the price of horses was so steep that he ended up with a donkey instead. He figured that since he bought it, he might as well enter it in the races anyway.
To his surprise, the donkey placed third in his first race. The next day the racing sheet carried the head-lines
"Priest’s Ass Shows"
The priest was pleased with the donkey and entered it in another race. This time, the donkey won. The next day, the racing sheet read
"Priest’s Ass Out Front"
The Bishop was very upset with this kind of publicity, so he ordered the priest not to enter the donkey in any more races. The paper read
"Bishop Scratches Priest’s Ass"
This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the priest to get rid of the donkey. The priest gave the donkey to a nun at a nearby convent and the headlines read
"Nun Has Best Ass In Town"
The Bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey. She sold it to a farmer for $10. The next day the paper read
"Nun Peddles Ass For Ten Bucks"
The Bishop felt a heart attack was coming for sure, so he ordered the nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild. The next day
the headlines read:"Nun Announces Her Ass Is Wild And Free!"
The Bishop was buried the next day.
