Subj : FidoGazette Vol 12 no 07
To   : JANIS KRACHT
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Feb 15 2018 01:23:00

Janis,

JK>    Thank you to Daryl Stout, 1:19/33, for this one :)

  Anytime.

JK>    Before performing a baptism, the priest approached the
JK>    young father and said solemnly, "Baptism is a serious
JK>    step. Are you prepared for it?"

JK>      "I think so, " the man replied.  "My wife has made appe-
JK>    tizers and we have a caterer coming to provide plenty of
JK>    cookies and cakes for all our guests.

JK>      "I don't mean that," the priest responded.  "I mean,
JK>    are you prepared spiritually?"

JK>      "Oh sure," came the reply. "I've got a keg of beer and a
JK>    case of whiskey."

  Four other related ones...

1) In some families, especially with royalty, they give their children
REAL LONG NAMES, which can be quite an experience at a baptism or
christening. At this one ceremony, the priest asked the parents the name
of the child...and when they gave this LONG NAME REPLY, the priest
turned to his assistant, and said "A little more water, please". :P

2) A woman I knew a few years ago (they found her dead in her home a
year and half ago, either from a heart attack or a suicide), was to get
an immersion baptism at this church (the Baptists do such). You are
basically naked under this white gown, and when she was immersed, the
gown "came loose" and "the preacher got an eyefull". <G>

3) A very young boy was not happy about being baptized (never mind being
nude), so he "provided some fluid of his own". :P

4) A church bulletin blooper noted that "We've had so many new births in
the church this past year, that we'll have baptisms in the front and
back of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends. Shades of #3
above?? :P

Daryl

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