Chuckle 1001

Chuckle 1001
(Today's chuckle thanks go to Dean O of Florence!)

~Revenge is Sweet ~ (2nd time around)
(Plus: Today in History, Word for the Day and 6 Differences.)

The Reverend Francis Norton woke up Sunday morning and realizing it was an exceptionally beautiful and sunny early spring day, decided he just had to play golf. So... he told the Associate Pastor that he was feeling sick and convinced him to say Mass for him that day. As soon as the Associate Pastor left the room, Father Norton headed out of town to a golf course about forty miles away. This way he knew he wouldn't accidentally meet anyone he knew from his parish.

Setting up on the first tee, he was alone. After all, it was Sunday morning and everyone else was in church!

At about this time, Saint Peter leaned over to the Lord while looking down from the heavens and exclaimed, "You're not going to let him get away with this, are you?"

The Lord sighed, and said, "No, I guess not." Just then Father Norton hit the ball and it shot straight towards the pin. Dropping just short, it rolled up and fell into the hole. It WAS A 420 YARD HOLE IN ONE!

St. Peter was astonished. He looked at the Lord and asked, "Why did you let him do that?"

The Lord smiled and replied, "Who's he going to tell?" ***

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Word of the Day for Monday April 3, 2006

martinet \mar-t'n-ET\, noun:1. A strict disciplinarian.2. One who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of forms and methods.

He is an unmitigated tyrant, a martinet, the sort of man who disapproves of his son's eating the morning oatmeal with sugar -- instead of salt, which he himself prefers.-- David Quammen, "Punishing Natty", New York Times, April 14, 1985

His insistence on strict discipline began to earn him a reputation among his men as an unfeeling martinet.-- Michiko Kakutani, "Still Pondering the Myth Of Custer's Last Stand", New York Times, May 28, 1996

At first, the recruits hate and fear the sergeant, but gradually they come to realize that he's been turning them into soldiers. It is the example of this unlovable martinet, not the "Good Joe" who replaces him, that will help them survive in combat.-- Anthony Quinn, "Revolutionary Dead Ends", New York Times, April 29, 2001

Players coached by him have cursed the day they ever set sight on such a merciless martinet.-- Gerry Thornley, "Chief architect oversees grand plan", Irish Times, February 19, 2000
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