Catholic horses - Truckers' Trucking Forum

Baack · **^ Top** #1 05.23.2009

One day while he was at the track betting and losing badly, Sam
noticed a priest who stepped out onto the track and blessed the
forehead of one of the
horses lining up for the 4th race.

Lo and behold, that horse - a very long shot - won the race.

Before the next race, as the horses began lining up, Sam watched with
interest the old priest step onto the track. Sure enough, as the 5th
race horses came to the starting gate the priest made a blessing on
the forehead
of one of the horses. Sam made a beeline for a betting window and
placed a small bet on the horse. Again, even though it was another
long shot, the horse the priest had blessed won the race. Sam
collected his winnings, and
anxiously waited to see which horse the priest would bless for the 6th race.
The priest again blessed a horse. Sam bet big on it, and it won.
Sam was elated. As the races continued the priest kept blessing long
shot horses, and each one ended up coming in first.

Bye and bye, Sam was pulling in some serious money. By the last race,
he knew his wildest dreams were going to come true. He made a quick
dash to the ATM, withdrew all his savings, and awaited the priest's
blessing that would
tell him which horse to bet on.

True to his pattern, the priest stepped onto the track for the last
race and blessed the forehead of an old nag that was the longest shot
of the day. Sam also observed the priest blessing the eyes, ears, and
hooves of the old nag.
Sam knew he had a winner and bet every penny he owned on the old nag.
He then watched dumbfounded as the old nag come in dead last. Sam, in
a state of shock, made his way down to the track area where the priest
was.

Confronting the old priest he demanded, 'Father! What happened? All
day long you blessed horses and they all won. Then in the last race,
the horse you blessed lost by a bloody mile. Now, thanks to you I've
lost every penny of
my savings - all of it!'.

The priest nodded wisely and with sympathy. 'Son,' he said, 'that's
the problem with you Protestants, you can't tell the difference
between a simple blessing and last rites.'

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