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Re: Can you? (joke)


Subject: Re: Can you? (joke)
From: Gordon Talge (gtalge@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Jun 16 1999 - 02:30:33 EDT


At 04:32 PM 6/15/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Can You Pray?
>
>As the storm raged, the captain realized his ship was going down
>fast. He shouted out, "Who here knows how to pray?"
>
>One man stepped forward. "Aye, Captain, I know how to pray."
>
>"Very well," said the captain, "you pray while the rest of us
>put on our life jackets - we're one short."
>
>==
>
Follow up: Unfortunately, the cheap life jackets were defective, and
were not Coast Guard approved, thus rendering them useless.
The man who prayed; his prayer was answered, and by staying with the ship,
was rescued by a C.G. Helocopter after calling them on his cell phone.
( The Lord helps those who help themselves, you know ) Anyway, other men
were never found and were presumed lost at sea.

And now you know the rest of the story. --- Goood Day.

-- Gordon

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