The Pope & KFC

After watching sales fall for three straight months at Kentucky Fried Chicken, the Colonel calls up the Pope to ask for a favor.

"Holy Father, I need you to change the daily prayer from, 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken'. If you do, I'll donate $10 million to the Vatican."

The Pope says, "I’m sorry, my son. That is the Lord's Prayer and I can’t change it."

After another month of dismal sales, the Colonel calls again. "Listen your Excellency, I really need your help. I'll give you $50 million if you change the words of the daily prayer to 'Give us this day our daily chicken.'"

But once again the Pope responds, "It’s very tempting, Colonel. The church could do a lot of good with that money. But, again, I must decline. It is the Lord's Prayer, and I can't change it."

After two more months of terrible sales, the Colonel gets desperate. "This is my final offer, your Holiness. If you change the words of the daily prayer to 'Give us this day our daily chicken,' I’ll donate $100 million to the Vatican."

"Let me get back to you," says the Pope.

The next day, the Pope calls together all of his cardinals and says, "I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that KFC is going to donate $100 million to the Church."

The cardinals rejoice at the news. Then one asks about the bad news. The Pope replies, "Ah, the bad news: we lost the Wonder Bread account."