Chapter 71

An old nun who was living in a convent next to a construction site noticed the coarse Language of the workers and decided to spend some time with them to correct their ways.

She decided she would take her lunch and sit with them, so she put her sandwich in a Brown bag and walked over to the spot where the men were eating.

Sporting a big smile, she walked up to the group and asked: “Any of you men know Jesus Christ?”

They shook their heads and looked at each other, very confused.

Then one of the workers looked up into the steelworks and yelled out,

“Anybody up there know Jesus Christ?”

One of the steelworkers yelled back down, “Why?”

The worker yelled back, “‘Cause his mum’s here with his lunch.”

The Ten Commandments

Some people have trouble with all those ‘shall’s’ and ‘shall not’s’ in the Ten commandments.

Folks just aren’t used to talking in those terms. So, in middle Tennessee they translated the ‘King James’ into ‘ Jackson County ‘ language ... no joke,

(posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Gainesboro, TN )

1. Just one God

2. Put nothin’ before God

3. Watch yer mouth

4. Git yourself to Sunday meetin’

5. Honor yer Ma & Pa

6. No killin’

7. No foolin’ around with another fellow’s gal

8. Don’t take what ain’t yers

9. No tellin’ tales or gossipin’

10. Don’t be hankerin’ for yer buddy’s stuff

Now that’s plain an’ simple. Y’all have a nice day.