I would like to share with you this email joke passed on to me by Debbie our opinion editor. The joke goes ...
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The pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won. The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, and it won again.
The local paper carried this headline: PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.
The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the pastor not to enter the donkey in another race.
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The next day the local paper's headline said: A BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS.
This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the pastor to get rid of the donkey. The pastor decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent. The local paper hearing of the news carried the following headline: NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.
The Bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for $l0.
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The next day the paper said: NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10. This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could run wild.
The next day the headline read: NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE. The Bishop was buried the next day.
The moral of the story is ... being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery ... even shorten your life. So be yourself and enjoy life. Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and you'll be a lot happier and live longer!
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So take it from our Debbie. As opinion editor, she knows whereof she speaks. And that's the reason why she's healthy.
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Seriously now, Talisay, known as the Gate City of the South, will again celebrate its Halad-Inasal Festival on Oct. 15 on the occasion of the city's patronal fiesta in honor of Sta. Teresa de Avila. There will be street dancing parade and the Inasal parade of floats. This I learned from the letter of invitation sent to me by City Mayor Brod Soc Fernandez and fiesta chairman Ben Abatayo. Thanks for the invitation.
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