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  The CEO of Tyson Foods 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. Tyson Foods 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 Tyson 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 is impossible. For the
 prayer is the word of
 the Lord and it must not be changed."
 
 Finally, the Tyson guy says, "Your Holiness, we at
 Tyson Foods 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 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 has come into $500
 million dollars."
 
 "And the bad news, your eminence?" asks a Cardinal.
 
 "We're losing the Wonder Bread account."
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