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John Smith was the only Protestant to move
into a large Catholic neighborhood. On the first Friday of Lent, John was outside grilling
a big juicy steak on his grill. Meanwhile all of his neighbors were eating cold tuna fish
for supper. This went on each Friday of Lent.
On the last Friday of Lent, the neighborhood men got together and decided that something
had to be done about John; he was tempting them to eat meat each Friday of Lent, and, they
couldn't take it anymore.
They decided to try and convert John to be a Catholic. They went over and talked to him
and were so happy that he decided to join all of his neighbors and become a Catholic.
They took him to Church, and the Priest sprinkled some water over him, and said, "
You were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, and now you are a Catholic."
The men were so relieved, now their biggest Lenten temptation was resolved.
The next year's Lenten season rolled around. The first Friday of Lent came and just at
supper time, when the neighborhood was setting down to their cold tuna fish dinner, came
the wafting smell of steak cooking on a grill.
The neighborhood men could not believe their noses! WHAT WAS GOING ON?????
They called each other up and decided to meet over in John's yard to see if he had
forgotten it was the first Friday of Lent. The group arrived just in time to see John
standing over his grill with a small pitcher of water.
He was sprinkling some water over his steak on the grill, saying, "You were born a
cow, you were raised a cow, and now you are a fish."
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