Father O'Malley

Father O'Malley rose from his bed. It was a fine spring

day in his new Washington DC parish.
He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep 

breath of air and to see the beautiful day outside.
He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the 

middle of his front lawn.
He promptly called the US House of Representatives 

for assistance.
The conversation went like this: "Good morning. This is 

Speaker Pelosi. How might I help you?"
"And the best of the day te yerself.  This is Father 

O'Malley at St. Brigid's.  There's a jackass lying dead in 

me front lawn.  Would ye be so kind as to send a couple 

o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"
 

Speaker Pelosi, considering herself to be quite a wit, 

replied with a smirk, "Well now father, it was always my 

impression that you people took care of last rites!"
 

There was dead silence on the line for a long moment.  

Father O'Malley then replied: "Aye, that's certainly true, 

but we are also obliged to first notify the next of kin."