And every year they would fish together and catch each other up on events.
One was a Catholic Priest and the other was a Jewish Rabbi.
One year the Priest tells his buddy the Rabbi;
“There was a young fellow from my parish who just became a Priest.”
And the Rabbi replied;
“Sure, sure, that’s nice. No big deal.”
Years later the Priest is telling his fishing partner;
“You know that young priest from my parish, well, you know he just became a Bishop.”
And the Rabbi replied;
“Sure, sure, that’s nice. No big deal.”
Several years later and the Priest continues;
“You know that Priest from my parish that became the Bishop? Well now he’s become a Cardinal. Can you believe that?”
And the Rabbi replied again;
“Sure, sure, that’s nice. No big deal.”
Many years later and the Priest begins again;
“You know that Priest from my parish who became a Bishop, then became a Cardinal. He’s now the Pope, isn’t that fantastic?”
And the Rabbi replied again;
“Sure, sure, that’s nice. No big deal.”
At this point the priest can make no more, and explodes;
“Why do say that this, is it not a grand thing, this priest went from being a priest in my village to being the Pope, leader of the Christian faith. And you tell me this is not a big deal. What do you want him to be, Jesus Christ?”
And the Rabbi replies;
“Why not? One of our guys made it!”
Merry Christmas to all.