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After watching sales falling off for three straight months at Kentucky Fried Chicken, the Colonel called up the Pope and asked for a favor. The Pope said:

"What can I do?

"The Colonel said:

"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 it, I'll donate 10 Million Dollars to the Vatican."

The Pope replied:

"I am sorry. That is the Lord's Prayer and I can not change the words."

 So the Colonel hanged up. After another month of dismal sales, the Colonel panicked and called again:

"Listen your Excellency. I really need your help. I'll donate $50 million dollars if you change the words of the daily prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken.'"

And the Pope responded:

"It is very tempting, Colonel Sanders. The church could do a lot of good with that much money. It would help us to support many charities. But, again, I must decline. It is the Lord's Prayer, and I can't change the words."

So the Colonel gave up again. After two more months of terrible sales the Colonel got desperate:

"This is my final offer, your Excellency. If you change the words of the daily prayer from, 'Give us
this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily chicken' I will donate $100 million to the Vatican."

The Pope replied:

"Let me get back to you."

So the next day, the Pope called together all of his cardinals and said:

"I have some good news and I have some bad news. The good news is that KFC is going to donate $100 million to the Vatican."

The cardinals rejoiced at the news. Then one asked about the bad news.

The Pope replied:

"The bad news is that we are going to lose the Wonder Bread account."

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