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The bartender was washing his glasses, when an
elderly Irishman came in and hoisted his bad leg over the
barstool with great difficulty, pulled himself up
painfully, and asked for a sip of Irish
whiskey.
The Irishman looked down the bar and said, "Is
that Jesus down there?"
The bartender nodded and the Irishman told him
to give Jesus an Irish whiskey too. The next patron was
an ailing Italian with a hunched back and slowness of
movement. He shuffled up to the barstool and asked for a
glass of Chianti. He also looked down the bar and asked
if that was Jesus sitting down there. The bartender
nodded and the Italian said to give him a glass of
Chianti too.
The third patron, a redneck, swaggered in
dragging his knuckles on the floor and hollered,
"Barkeep, set me up a cold one. Hey, is that God's Boy
down there?"
The barkeep nodded, and the redneck told him to
give Jesus a cold one too.
As Jesus got up to leave, he walked over to the
Irishman, touched him and said, "For your kindness, you
are healed!"
The Irishman felt the strength come back to his
leg, and he got up and danced a jig to the
door.
Jesus touched the Italian and said, "For your
kindness you are healed!"
The Italian felt his back straighten, and he
raised his hands above his head and did a flip out the
door.
As Jesus walked toward
the redneck, the redneck jumped back and
exclaimed, "Don't touch me, I'm drawin'
disability!"
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