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I'll probably spend even more time in Purgatory for posting this.... and I'm not even Catholic

 

Nescafe manages to arrange a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican.

 

After receiving the papal blessing, the Nescafe official whispers, "Your

 

eminence, we have an offer for you. Nescafe is prepared to donate $100

 

million to the church if you change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this

 

day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily coffee'."

 

The Pope responds, "That is impossible.. The Prayer is the word of the

 

Lord, It must not be changed."

 

"Well," says the Nescafe man, "We anticipated your reluctance. For this

 

reason, we will increase our offer to $300 million. All we require is that

 

you change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to

 

'Give us this day our daily coffee'."

 

Again, the Pope replies, "That, my son, is impossible. For the prayer is

 

the word of the Lord and it must not be changed."

 

Finally, the Nescafe guy says, "Your Holiness, we at Nescafe respect your

 

adherence to your faith, but we do have one final offer. We will donate

 

$500 million - that's half a billion dollars - to the great Catholic church

 

if you would only change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our

 

daily bread'

 

to 'Give us this day our daily coffee'.. Please consider it." And he

 

leaves.

 

The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals. "There is some

 

good news," he announces, "and some bad news...... The good news is that

 

the Church will come into $500 million."

 

"And the bad news, your Holiness?" asks a Cardinal.

 

"We're losing the Tip Top Account."