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    1. Re: [GENHUMOR] Fw: New Bar in Town (AWDEWD)
    2. Kay Groves
    3. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna Wakeham" <[email protected]> To: "GenHumor" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:28 Subject: [GENHUMOR] Fw: New Bar in Town (AWDEWD) > > In a small mid western conservative town, a new bar/tavern started a > building to open up their business. The local Baptist church started a > campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers. Work > progressed, however right up till the week before opening, when a > lightning strike hit the bar and it burned to the ground. > > The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, till the > bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church was ultimately > responsible for the demise of his building, either through direct or > indirect actions or means. > > The church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the > buildings demise in its reply to the court. > > As the case made it's way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork > at the hearing and commented, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this, > but as it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar owner that believes in > the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that doesn't. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news & more! > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.6 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1872 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

    11/16/2008 04:01:58