I love British mystery shows and one of my favorites is a show called “Father Brown.” The show is about a good-hearted priest who goes around solving mysteries and murders in his small village, much to the chagrin of the local police, who wish he would mind his own business and stick to church business. However, Father Brown can’t help himself. He has to play all sorts of games to sometimes try to let the arrogant detectives think it was all their idea in the first place. Inevitably, the loving priest ends up solving all of the crimes and making the police officer look foolish. It’s a fun premise and Father Brown has an excellent sense of humor to boot. In the joke below, you’ll see something funny that happens between a priest and a police officer. It seems like the priest knew exactly what to say.
Father O’Malley rose from his bed. It was a fine spring day and he walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day outside. He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of the rectory’s front lawn. Father promptly called the local police station. The conversation went like this:
“Top o’ the day to ye. This is Sergeant Flaherty. How might I help ye?”
“And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father O’Malley at St. Brigid’s. There’s a jackass lying dead in me front lawn. Would ye be so kind as to send a couple o’ yer lads to take care of the matter?”
Sergeant Flaherty, considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a smirk, “Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people took care of last rites!”
There was dead silence on the line for a brief moment. Father O’Malley then replied: “Aye, that’s certainly true, but we be first obliged to notify the deceased’s next of kin.”
