> > 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 quid - 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."
>

had to google this

australian joke

very good