The priest in a small Irish village truly loved the rooster
and
hens he kept in the church henhouse. But one Saturday night,
the
rooster went missing.
Now, the priest had heard about cockfights being staged in
the
village, so after Sunday morning's sermon he asked his
parishioners,
"Has anybody got a cock?"
All the men raised their hands.
"No, no," he said, "that wasn't what I meant. Has anybody
seen
a cock?"
All the women raised their hands.
"No, no," he said, "that wasn't what I meant either. Has
anybody
seen a cock that doesn't belong to them?"
Half the women raised their hands.
"No, wait," he said, "what I meant to ask is has anyone
seen
my cock?"
All the nuns, three altar boys, and the deacon raised
their
hands, while a goat bleated outside....
