Thanks For The Schnapps!
The minister
of a city church enjoyed a drink now and then, but his passion was for peach brandy. One
of his congregants would make him a bottle each Christmas. One year, when the minister
went to visit his friend, hoping for his usual Christmas present, he was not disappointed,
but his friend told him that he had to thank him for the peach brandy from the pulpit the
next Sunday.
In his haste to get the bottle, the minister hurriedly agreed and left. So the next Sunday
the minister suddenly remembered that he had to make a public announcement that he was
being supplied alcohol from a member of the church. That morning, his friend sat in the
church with a grin on his face, waiting to see the minister's embarrassment.
The minister climbed into the pulpit and said, "Before we begin, I have an
announcement. I would very much like to thank my friend, Joe, for his kind gift of
peaches... and for the spirit in which they were given!"