>The CEO of Ingham's Chicken manages to arrange a meeting with the
>Pope
>at
>the
>Vatican. After receiving the papal blessing, he whispers, "Your
>eminence,
>we
>have an offer for you. Ingham's is prepared to donate $100 million
>dollars
>to
>the church if you change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our
>daily
>bread' to, 'give us this day our daily chicken.'
>
>The Pope responds, "That is impossible. The Prayer is the word of the
>Lord
>it
>must not be changed."
>
>Well," says the Ingham's man, "we anticipated your reluctance. For
>this
>reason,
>we will increase our offer to $300 million dollars. All we require is
>that
>you
>change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our daily bread to
>'give
>us
>this day our daily chicken.'
>
>Again, the Pope replies, "That, my son, is impossible. For the prayer
>is
>the
>word of the Lord and it must not be changed."
>
>Finally, the Ingham's guy says, "Your Holiness, we at Ingham's
>respect
>your
>adherence to your faith, but we do have one final offer. We will
>donate
>$500
>million dollars - that's half a billion dollars - to the great
>Catholic
>church
>if you would only change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our
>daily
>bread' to 'give us this day our daily chicken.'
>
>Please consider it." And he leaves.
>
>The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals. "There is
>some
>good
>news," he announces, "and some bad news." "The good news is that the
>Church
>will come into $500 million dollars."
>
>"And the bad news, your Eminence?" asks a Cardinal.
>
>"We're losing the Tip Top Account."