[arizona_humor] Bubba and the Priest's blessing

Bubba was from Alabama and was a hard-shell Southern Baptist. He
loved to sneak away to the race track.

One day he was there betting on the ponies and losing his shirt when
he noticed a priest step out onto the track and bless the forehead of
one of the horses lining up for the 4th race.

Lo and behold, this horse -- a very long shot -- won the race. Bubba
was most interested to see what the priest did in the next race. Sure
enough, he watched the priest step out onto the track as the horses
for the fifth race lined up, and placed a blessing on the forehead of
one of the horses.

Bubba made a beeline for the window and placed a small bet on the
horse. Again, even though another long shot, the horse the priest
had blessed won the race.

Bubba collected his winning and anxiously waited to see which horse
the priest bestowed his blessing on for the 6th race.
The priest showed, blessed a horse, Bubba bet on it, and it won!
Bubba was elated!

As the day went on, the priest continued blessing one of the horses,
and it always came in first.

Bubba began to pull in some serious money, and by the last race, he
knew his wildest dreams were going to come true.
He made a quick stop at the ATM, withdrew big money and awaited the
priest's blessing that would tell him which horse to bet on.

True to his pattern, the priest stepped out onto the track before the
last race and blessed the forehead, eyes, ears and hooves of one of
the horses. Bubba bet every cent, and watched the horse come in dead
last.

He was dumbfounded.

He made his way to the track and when he found the priest. He
demanded, "What happened, Father? All day you blessed horses and they
won. The last race, you blessed a horse and he lost. Now I've lost my
savings, thanks to you!!"

The priest nodded wisely and said, "That's the problem with you
Protestants, you can't tell the difference between a simple blessing
and the Last Rites."

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