The chicken industry was in terrible shape,
losing money and laying off thousands of employees. Industry leaders hit upon a plan. They
went to see the Pope and said, "We'll give you a million dollars if you can convince
the world's religious leaders to change the part of the Bible that says, "Give us
this day our daily bread" to, "Give us this day our daily chicken."
The Pope was outraged and said,
"No!!"
The chicken leaders said, "Ok, ten
million dollars."
The Pope replied, "Absolutely not! I
will not tamper with the Word of God!"
The men said, "Ok, one hundred million
dollars!"
The Pope couldn't resist anymore. He
accepted.
At the next meeting of the General Council,
the Pope said, "I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that I've made
100 million dollars for the church. The bad news is that we lost the Wonder Bread
account."
