After seven years of the Bush regime, it’s very easy to suffer from outrage fatigue. So, every now and then, it’s worthwhile from a mental health standpoint to get away from the daily atrocities, and have a little fun. I dedicate today to just such a holiday for myself.

Last night, I read the following, and got a bit of a chuckle out of it. It’s apparently adapted from a sermon given at a Hope Lutheran Church in Kitchner, Canada sometime back:

In a small Texas town, (Mt. Vernon) Drummond’s bar began construction on a new building to increase their business. The local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right up till the week before opening when lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground.

The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, either through direct or indirect actions or means. The church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building’s demise in its reply to the court.

As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork. At the hearing he commented, ‘I don’t know how I’m going to decide this, but as it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that does not.’

Enjoy your day…and feel free to post your own Friday humor in the comments.

h/t Alex…