A priest and a rabbi were, by coincidence, sitting next to each other on a long flight.
About
an hour passes and not a single word was exchanged by the two men.
Finally, the priest turns to the rabbi and says, “Rabbi, do you mind if I
ask you a personal question”? The rabbi said, “Of course you may.”
“I
understand that many of you Jewish people, especially rabbis, keep
kosher and, as such, don’t eat things like bacon or ham”. The rabbi
acknowledged that. “Haven’t you ever even tasted bacon or ham?”, asked
the priest.
The Rabbi explained, “Many years ago, I was a visiting
rabbi in a small town in the middle of nowhere and found myself in a
diner one Sunday morning. There was no one around so I ordered bacon and
eggs. It was quite good but that was the only time that ever happened.”
After
some time, the rabbi turned to the priest and said, “Father, do you
mind if you ask you a very personal question”? The Priest said, “okay.”
“You
priests take an oath of celibacy, right”?, asked the Rabbi. “Why, yes”,
answered the priest, wondering where this was going.
“Well, haven’t
you ever had sex since you’ve become as priest”?, asked the rabbi. The
priest looked about nervously, leaned toward the rabbi and answered very
softly, “Well, as a young parishioner I once met a lovely woman who was
much taken with me. One thing led to another and, well, I wound up
having sex with her. But that’s the only time it ever happened.”
A few moments pass and the rabbi leans over to the priest and says, “A lot better than pork, isn’t it?”
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