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A Southern Nativity



With advance apologies to my Southern friends and 99% of everyone else,
here's a real groaner:


In a very small southern town there was a "Nativity Scene" that showed
great skill and talent had gone into creating it.  One small feature
bothered me. The three wise men were wearing Firemen's helmets. Totally
unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left.

At a "Quik Stop" on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the counter
about the helmets. She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, "You darn
Yankees never do read the Bible!" I assured her that I did, but simply
couldn't recall anything about firemen in the Bible.

She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled thru some pages,
and finally jabbed her finger at a passage.  Sticking it in my face she
said "See, it says right here, The three wise man came from afar...."

Michael (loving that gumbo and catfish) McColgin

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