The Bible Salesman

 
 
 Subject: The Bible salesman
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A pastor concluded that his church was
getting into serious financial
troubles.
 
While checking the church storeroom,
he discovered several cartons of new
bibles that had never been opened and
distributed. So at his Sunday sermon,
he asked for three volunteers from the
congregation who would be willing to
sell the bibles door-to-door for $10
each to raise the desperately needed
money for the church.
 
Jack, Paul and Louie all raised their
hands to volunteer For the task. The
minister knew that Jack and Paul
earned their living as salesmen and were
likely capable of selling some bibles.
But he had serious doubts about Louie
who was a local farmer, who had always
kept to himself because he was
embarrassed by his speech impediment.
 
Poor Louis stuttered badly. But, not
wanting to discourage Louis, the
minister decided to let him try
anyway.
 
He sent the three of them away with
the back seat of their cars stacked with
bibles. He asked them to meet with him
and report the results of their
door-to-door selling efforts the
following Sunday.
 
Eager to find out how successful they
were, the minister immediately asked
Jack, "Well, Jack, how did you make
out selling our bibles last week?"
 
Proudly handing the reverend an
envelope, Jack replied, "Using my sales
prowess, I was able to sell 20 bibles,
and here's the $200 I collected on
behalf of the church."
 
"Fine job, Jack!" The minister said,
vigorously shaking his hand. "You are
indeed a fine salesman and the Church
is indebted to you."
 
Turning to Paul, "And Paul, how many
bibles did you sell for the church last
week?"
 
Paul, smiling and sticking out his
chest, confidently replied, "I am a
professional salesman. I sold 28
bibles on behalf of the church, and here's
$280 I collected."
 
The minister responded, "That's
absolutely splendid, Paul. You are truly a
professional salesman and the church
is also indebted to you."
 
Apprehensively, the minister turned to
Louie and said, "And Louie, did you
manage to sell any bibles last week?"
Louie silently offered the minister a
large envelope.
 
The minister opened it and counted the
contents. "What is this?" the
minister exclaimed. "Louie, there's
$3200 in here! Are you suggesting that
you sold 320 bibles for the church,
door to door, in just one week?"
 
Louie just nodded. That's impossible!"
both Jack and Paul said in unison.
"We are professional salesmen, yet you
claim to have sold 10 times as many
bibles as we could"
 
"Yes, this does seem unlikely," the
minister agreed. "I think you'd better
explain how you managed to accomplish
this, Louie."
 
Louie shrugged. "I-I-I re-re-really
do-do-don't kn-kn-know f-f-f-for
sh-sh-sh-sure," he stammered.
 
Impatiently, Paul interrupted. "For
crying out loud, Louie, just tell us
what you said to them when they
answered the door!"
 
"A-a-a-all I-I-I s-s-said wa-wa-was,"
Louis replied, "W-w-w-w-would
y-y-y-you l-l-l-l-l-like t-t-to
b-b-b-buy
th-th-th-this b-b-b-b-bible f-f-for
t-t-ten b-b-b-bucks ---o-o-o-or---
wo-wo-would yo-you j-j-j-just l-like
m-m-me t-t-to st-st-stand h-h-here and
r-r-r-r-r-read it t-to y-y-you??"

A Quick Witted Resident

The Clergyman

A clergyman made frequent visits to an old folks' home on Sundays. One lady seemed a little agitated as he approached so he smiled, sat down next to her, and asked gently, "Do you know who I am?"

"No, dear, I don't," replied the woman as she patted his hand. "But if you ask the young man sitting at the desk over there, he'll be happy to remind you."

A Visit With The Veterinarian

A man brought a very limp dog into the veterinary clinic. As he lay the dog on the table, the doctor pulled out his stethoscope, placing the receptor on the dog's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm sorry, but your dog has passed away."

"What?" screamed the man. "How can you tell? You haven't done any testing on him or anything. I want another opinion!"

With that, the vet turned and left the room. In a few moments, he returned with a Labrador Retriever. The Retriever went right to work, checking the poor dead dog out thoroughly with his nose. After a considerable amount of sniffing, the Retriever sadly shook his head and said, "Bark" (meaning "dead as a doornail").

The veterinarian then took the Labrador out and returned in a few moments with a cat, who also carefully sniffed out the poor dog on the table.

As had his predecessors, the cat sadly shook his head and said, "Meow" (meaning "he's history"). He then jumped off the table and ran out of the room.

The veterinarian handed the man a bill for $600. The dog's owner went berserk. "$600 just to tell me my dog is dead? This is outrageous!"

The vet shook his head sadly and explained. "If you had taken my word for it, the charge would have been $50, but with the lab work and the cat scan..........."

Keep Those Kangaroo's locked up!

A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo. Knowing that he could hop high, the zoo officials put up a ten- foot fence. He was out the next morning, just roaming around the zoo. A twenty-foot fence was put up. Again he go out. When the fence was forty feet high, a camel in the next enclosure asked the kangaroo, "How high do you think they'll go?"
The kangaroo said, "About a thousand feet, unless somebody locks the gate at night!"

The End Is Near

A local priest and rabbi were fishing on the side of the
road. They thoughtfully made a sign saying, "The End is
Near! Turn yourself around now before it's too late!" and
showed it to each passing car.

 

One driver that drove by didn't appreciate the sign and
shouted at them: "Leave us alone, you religious nuts!"

 

All of a sudden they heard a big splash. They looked at
each other and the priest said to the rabbi, "You think
we should just put up a sign that says 'Bridge Out'
instead?"

How to Become a Highly Paid Executive

How to Become a Highly Paid Executive

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• Going the wrong way on a one way street.
• Push the envelope.
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• Are we on the same page.
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Use these power words to add emphasis or confiusion. Using them correctly
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• Handoff
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