Confessions
A priest was called away for an emergency. Not wanting to leave the confessional unattended, he called his friend Joe, a retired merchant from across the street, and asked him to cover for a few hours.
Joe told him he wouldn't know what to say, but the priest told him to come on over and he'd stay with him for a little bit and show him what to do.
Joe consented to help, came over and he and the priest entered the confessional.
A few minutes later, a woman comes in and says, "Father forgive me for I have sinned."
The priest asks, "What did you do?"
"I committed adultery," said the woman.
"How many times?" asked the priest.
"Once," replied the woman.
"Say three Hail Mary's, put $5 in the poor box, and go and sin no more," the priest instructed.
A few minutes later a man enters the confessional. He says, "Father forgive me for I have sinned."
"What did you do?" asked the priest.
"I committed adultery," said the man.
"How many times?"
"Three times," replied the man.
"Say ten Hail Mary's, put $10 in the poor box and go and sin no more," said the priest.
Joe tells the priest that he thinks he's got it so the priest leaves.
A few minutes later another woman enters and says, "Father forgive me for I have sinned."
"What did you do?" asked Joe from behind the screen of the confessional.
"I committed adultery," said the woman.
"How many times?"
"Once," said the woman.
"Say three Hail Marys and pay $5 in the charity boxâ said Joe. âBut, if you go right now and do it two more times, we have a special this week, three for $10!"
