02Nomad Loc: Catonsville, MD

Each Friday night after work, Bubba would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak.

But, all of Bubba 's neighbors were Catholic. And since it was Lent, they were forbidden to eat
meat on Friday.

The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic
faithful that they finally talked to their priest.

The Priest came to visit Bubba and suggested that he become a Catholic.

After several classes and much study, Bubba attended Mass...and as the priest sprinkled holy water
over him, he said, 'You were born a Baptist, and raised a Baptist, but now you are a Catholic'.

Bubba's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and the wonderful aroma of grilled venison filled the neighborhood.

The Priest was called immediately by the neighbors, and, as he rushed into Bubba's yard, clutching a
rosary and prepared to scold him, he stopped and watched in amazement.

There stood Bubba clutching a small bottle of holy water which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling
meat and chanted:

'You wuz born a deer, you wuz raised a deer, but now you is a catfish'.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

No problem there. Bubba just invites his neighbors over for a catfish supper. They learn something and go home happy. After which the whole neighborhood has "catfish" for supper on fridays.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Hey if the Israeli military can slap stickers that say "Zebra Meat" on US C-rat pork meals in the middle of a war (Rabbi's approved it.) then Bubba can re-brand venison as cat fish.

1Feathercrest Loc: NEPA

Is that true about the Israeli army and the rebranded C rations?

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

02Nomad Loc: Catonsville, MD

Glad that you enjoyed!

Orson Burleigh Loc: Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Bravo

A coworker, having married a Muslim woman from southern Thailand, made it his practice to pause briefly before eating and incant: "Ham - Be Lamb."

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Oh my, that is an oldie. But ain't them that's the goodies.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

It happened during one of the wars back in the 60's or 70's. Israel needed supplies fast and the US sent everything including large shipments of combat rations. Well depending on the contractor all cases of C-Rats back then had either Pork Roast, Ham or a Ham & Egg ground paste*. Instead of wasting all the pork meals someone asked the IDF's head Rabbi to allow them to slap stickers that said "Zebra Meat" on them. (A general with a sense of humor?????) The head Rabbi got a council of Rabbi's together and they approved it as a war time emergency to keep the troops eating until the contractors could get cases of C-Rats without pork into the supply system.
Don't remember where I read it, might have been "Stars and Stripes" while I was in myself. I do remember reading a Stars and Stripes interview with an Israeli general who had gone on operations with the Army and Marines as an observer in Nam. One question they had for him: What could the US do different to defeat the VC/NVA? His answer was something on the order of "Well if you could get them to exchange places with the Arabs!"

*I had a buddy in Nam who loved that one to spread on crackers, he would trade for those C-Rats to carry in his truck as he went around to different units to work on their generators (he was a top end generator repairman, he could build them if he got the parts.)

Tinkwmobile

That was just funny :)

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Good one.