Received: from ses_gatormail.ses.com (ses_gatormail.ARPA) by ses.com (4.1/3.1.012693-SES - Scientific and Engineering Software); id AA28918 for amy; Thu, 3 Feb 94 14:54:11 CST Message-Id: <9402032054.AA28918@ses.com> Date: 3 Feb 1994 15:56:18 U From: "Patty Utley" Subject: POWER OF THE PRESS To: "LOCAL STAFF mail group" Status: R Subject: Time:3:54 PM OFFICE MEMO POWER OF THE PRESS Date:2/3/94 While cleaning out a 20 year old box of junk from the attic, I found the following and decided to share it. I hope it livens up your afternoon. THE POWER OF THE PRESS A preacher wanted to raise money for his church and being told that there was a fortune in horse racing, he decided to purchase one and enter him in the races; however, at the local auction the going price for horses was so steep that he ended up buying a donkey instead. He figured that since he had it he might as well go ahead and enter it in the races. To his surprise the donkey came in third. The next day the racing sheets carried this headline: "PREACHER'S ASS SHOWS" The preacher was so pleased with the donkey, that he entered it in the races again, and this time it won. The paper read: "PREACHER'S ASS OUT IN FRONT" The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the preacher not to enter the donkey in another race. The next paper printed this headline: "BISHOP SCRATCHES PREACHER'S ASS" This was too much for the Bishop . . . he ordered the preacher to get rid of the animal. The preacher decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent. The headlines then read: "NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN" The Bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she would have to dispose of the donkey. She finally found a farmer who was willing to buy it for ten dollars. The newspapers stated: "NUN PEDDLES ASS FOR TEN BUCKS" They buried the Bishop the next day.