When Ole quit farming
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only Lutheran in his new little town of all Catholics.
That was okay, but the neighbors had a problem with his
barbecuing beef every Friday. Since they couldn't eat meat
on Friday, the tempting aroma was getting the best of them.
Hoping they could do something to stop this, the neighbors
got together and went over to talk to Ole. "Ole," they said,
"since you are the only Lutheran in this whole town and
there's not a Lutheran church for many miles, we think
you should join our church and become a Catholic."
Ole thought about it for a minute and decided they were
probably right. Ole talked to the priest, and they
arranged it. The big day came and the priest had Ole kneel.
He put his hand on Ole's head and said, "Ole, you were born
a Lutheran, you were raised a Lutheran, and now," he said
as he sprinkled some incense over Ole's head, "now you are
a Catholic!"
Ole was happy and the neighbors were happy. But the
following Friday evening at suppertime, there was again the
aroma of grilled beef coming from Ole's yard. The
neighbors went to talk to him about this and as they
approached the fence, they heard Ole saying to the steak:
"You were born a beef, you were raised a beef," and as he
sprinkled salt over the meat he said, "and NOW you are a
FISH!"
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