One Big Happy by Rick Detorie for December 10, 2012

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    ReneTray  about 12 years ago

    Like Dr. Graham at a pub and in his hand a soft drink bottle.

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    rpmurray  about 12 years ago

    Gimme a sarsaparilla neat barkeep.

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    monkeyhead  about 12 years ago

    20 yrs ago I met one of the Catholic priests in a bar/grill (of course this little bar on Saturday lunch the kids outnumbered the adults 2 to 1). He had a Hawaiian shirt and shorts on. Granted the church was 2 blocks from that bar and he had just finished mowing the lawn, but still it’s just kinda a wtf.

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    Zanere  about 12 years ago

    Priests have lives to :)

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    sbwertz  about 12 years ago

    Priests take a vow of celibacy, not sobriety. Most of the priests I know drink occasionally

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    fredb49  about 12 years ago

    Priest have several drinks on Sunday

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    hcr1985  about 12 years ago

    He was saving “spirits”…

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    Stellagal  about 12 years ago

    If I had to listen to everyone’s confessions, I probably would have a few drinks too.

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    jonnijones  about 12 years ago

    Oh, I think Ruthie may have a stronger grip on reality than any one in MY family does.

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    bmonk  about 12 years ago

    From a real priest: Hearing confessions does not mean that we make any effort to remember all the sins.

    And, while we have a “drink” at every Mass, it’s pretty much a sip. One per hour or two. Not enough to get a buzz.

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    But it is amusing how Rose assumes everyone in the Saloon is there for nefarious purposes, and headed to Hell—except the Pastor, who must be doing good.

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    Dr Lou Premium Member about 12 years ago

    I believe most clergy are allowed to stop by for a drink…

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    unca jim  about 12 years ago

    @bmonk; au salut! It used to torture my pore mother and ‘her side’ of the family when I’d hang around with Catholic kids and go to ‘their’ functions. A lot more adventurous than the cold, creaky, somber Methodist gatherings that preached a scary hell and damnation if I didn’t ‘get right with God’ and all..I do believe that the Monks of Europe invented/preserved the best recipes for wine, brandy (burnt wine) and some pretty darned good top-shelf whiskies !

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    lightenup Premium Member about 12 years ago

    And they’re only up to shenanigans.

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    REDROCKER51  about 12 years ago

    the pastor in our village church invited me to his house for a few drinks last Friday night….i did not know you could drink holy water…….

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    Linguist  about 12 years ago

    The word “whiskey” comes from the Gaelic words uisce beatha, which mean “water of life.” And being Irish…. truer words were never uttered.Sláinte !

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    stuart  about 8 years ago

    I’m a teetotaler, and the last time I went to a bar with friends, I order the fresh squeezed orange juice. This was as pricey as the beers, so the waitress was happy. More bars should follow that example. Other options could be fermented health drinks such as kombucha or kvass.

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