The priest's chickens

[thestoat]

The priest in a small Irish village had a rooster and ten hens
he kept in the hen house behind the church.

fOne Sunday morning, before mass, he
went to feed the birds and discovered
that the cockcwas missing.

He knew about cock fights in
the village, so he questioned
his parishioners in church.

During mass, he asked the congregation,
'Has anybody got a cock? '

All the men stood up.

'No, no, ' he said, 'that wasn't what I meant.
Has anybody seen a cock? '

All the women stood up.


'No, no, ' he said, ' that wasn't what I meant.
Has anybody seen a cock that
doesn't belong to them? '

Half the women stood up.

No, no, ' he said, 'that wasn't what I meant.

Has anybody seen MY cock? '

Sixteen altar boys, two priests
and a goat stood up.

The priest fainted.

Amen