11.25.2005
THE PASTOR AND THE NEW DRESS
The poor country pastor was livid when he confronted his wife with the receipt for a $250 dress she had bought.
"How could you do this!" he exclaimed.
"I don't know," she wailed,
"I was standing in the store looking at the dress on sale. Then I found myself trying it on. It was like the Devil was whispering to me, 'Gee, you look great in that dress. You should buy it.'"
"Well," the pastor persisted, "You know how to deal with him! Just tell him, "Get behind me, Satan!"
"I did," replied his wife, "but then he said 'It looks great from back here, too!'"
-- Via John Sweeney, and, as Harry Broertjes points out, a verbatim retelling of a Flip Wilson skit. Remember Flip Wilson? "We come not to praise your berry, but to seize it!"
"How could you do this!" he exclaimed.
"I don't know," she wailed,
"I was standing in the store looking at the dress on sale. Then I found myself trying it on. It was like the Devil was whispering to me, 'Gee, you look great in that dress. You should buy it.'"
"Well," the pastor persisted, "You know how to deal with him! Just tell him, "Get behind me, Satan!"
"I did," replied his wife, "but then he said 'It looks great from back here, too!'"
-- Via John Sweeney, and, as Harry Broertjes points out, a verbatim retelling of a Flip Wilson skit. Remember Flip Wilson? "We come not to praise your berry, but to seize it!"
