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Response management: A Jesuit and a Franciscan
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2007-09-04 16:39.
A Jesuit and a Franciscan sit in the train, both praying the breviary. Suddenly the
Jesuit pulls out a silver cigarette box, and starts smoking. Asks the Franciscan
indignantly: "How dare you smoke while praying?" The Jesuit responds:
"Oh, I have asked Rome and got permission". The Franciscan is interested and
also writes to the Holy See.
Two weeks later the two priests meet again and the Franciscan complains:
"You finely made a fool out of me, of course Rome denied to give permission".
Asks the Jesuit: "And how did you actually word your question?"
The Franciscan: "I asked whether it is allowed to smoke while praying..."
"Wrong from the start", interrupts the Jesuit, "you should have asked if it is allowed to pray while smoking..."

