One evening when Paul was enjoying a quiet drink and
generally feeling good with himself outside his local bar, a Nun suddenly
appeared at his table and started decrying the evils of drink. She said, "Young
man, you should be ashamed of yourself. Drinking is a Sin. Alcohol is the blood
of the devil." Getting pretty annoyed, Paul went on the offensive, and
asked, "How do you know this, Sister?" The Nun responded, "My
Mother Superior told me so." Paul further asked, "But have you ever
had a drink yourself? How can you be sure that what you are saying is
right?" And the Nun replied, "Don't be ridiculous. Of course I have
never taken alcohol myself"
Amiably, Paul suggested, "Then let me buy you a drink.
If you still believe afterwards that it is evil, I will give up drinking for
life." And the nun retorted, "How could I, a Nun, sit outside this
public house, and be drinking?" And Paul assured her, "I'll ask the
barman to put it in a teacup for you, then no one will ever know." Reluctantly,
the Nun agreed. So Paul went inside, and said to the barman, "Another same
for me, and a triple vodka on the rocks; then he lowered his voice and added, and
could you put the vodka in a teacup?" And the bartender exclaimed, "Oh
no! It's not that Nun again, is it?"
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