Megan, a bright young girl, had just finished parochial school. After that horrendous ordeal she felt she was ready for anything so Megan shook the dust of Ireland off her shoes and made her way to New York. In a very short time, Megan became a successful performer in show business.
As many Irish folk, eventually Megan returned to her home town for a visit and on Saturday night she went to confession in the church which she had always attended as a child. Father Sullivan was hearing confession that evening and quickly recognized her when she began to speak. Father Sullivan struck up a conversation asking her about her work. Megan explained that she was an acrobatic dancer on Broadway but Father Sullivan didn't quite understand what that meant.
Megan said she would be happy to show him the kind of acrobatic dancing she did on stage. When confession was over, Megan stepped out of the confessional and within sight of Father Sullivan, she went into a series of cartwheels, leaping splits, hand springs and backflips. Kneeling near the confessional, waiting their turn, were two middle-aged ladies witnessed Megan's acrobatics with wide eyes, and the one said to the other:
"Will you just look at the penance Father Sullivan is givin' out this night, and me without me bloomers on!"
LURKING, ERIN GOES BRALESS, ON THE GRASSY KNOLL
I'd guess that three Hail Mary's just would not do?
ReplyDeleteSo this megan chick is a whore, stripper, or something. So why go to confession in the first place then. Stupid.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you have to go off the grid when it comes to penance. :D
ReplyDeleteAlas Seth, she is a dancer, trained at the fine dancing school or Julliard. You go to confession to cleanse your soul.
ReplyDeleteHell, my penanace would have involved a 3 ring circus and several clowns. She got off easy.
ReplyDeleteI never did like clowns.
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