Re: as usual, it's the last line that makes the LOL


"Jim Ledford" <jimled@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As a young minister, I was asked by a funeral director to hold
a grave-side service for a homeless man with no family or friends.
The funeral was to be held at a cemetery way back in the country
and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there.

As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost; and
being a typical man did not stop for directions. I finally arrived
an hour late. I saw the backhoe and the crew, who was eating lunch,
but the hearse was nowhere in sight.

I apologized to the workers for my tardiness, and stepped to the
side of the open grave, where I saw the vault lid already in place.
I assured the workers I would not hold them up for long, but this
was the proper thing to do. The workers gathered around, still
eating their lunch. I poured out my heart and soul.

As I preached the workers began to say "Amen," "Praise the Lord,"
and "Glory," I preached, and I preached, like I'd never preached
before: from Genesis all the way to Revelations. I closed the
lengthy service with a prayer and walked to my car.

As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I overheard
one of the workers saying to another, "I ain't never seen anything
like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty
years."

Dang, that's almost as funny as that letter from a soldier one!

good one. Now, let's see - what color state am I in?


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