There’s nothing more amazing than a clever priest. I love British mystery shows and one of my favorites is a show called “Father Brown.” Father Brown is a clever and good-hearted priest who finds himself in all sorts of predicaments. He’s also known to love a good mystery and he’s pretty good at solving murders. One thing Father Brown insists upon is to never do anything dishonest or break the seal of the confessional. Because of that, he gets would-be criminals and witnesses to tell him things in confessional so that he doesn’t have to reveal what they tell him to the long-suffering police officers in his small village. Invariably, Father Brown catches the bad guy and wins the day with his wit and his good heart. In the joke below, this clever priest is able to help out a young woman without having to be dishonest. It’s simply perfect.
An attractive young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the Priest beside her,
“Father, may I ask a favor?”
“Of course child. What may I do for you?”
“Well, I bought my mother an expensive hair dryer for her birthday. It is unopened but well over the customs limits and I’m afraid they’ll confiscate it. Is there any way you could carry it through Customs for me? Hide it under your robes perhaps?”
“I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you, I will not lie.”
“With your honest face, Father, no one will question you,” she replied.
When they got to Customs, she let the priest go first.
The official asked,
“Father, do you have anything to declare?”
“From the top of my head down to my waist I have nothing to declare.”
The official thought this answer strange, so asked,
“And what do you have to declare from your waist to the floor?”
Father replied,
“I have a marvelous instrument designed to be used on a woman, which is, to date, unused.”
Roaring with laughter, the official said,
“Go ahead, Father. Next please!”
