Don’t already know the joke? Click and be amused.
Happy feast day to Larry D., Larry L.! And all the other Lawrence-y types, except those of you who’ve taken on one of the dozen or so saints also by that name. Note that martyrdom seems to be the common theme. Just sayin’.
I didn’t know the joke right away… so I clicked and then “aha” I remember. The story was taught at the Catholic school I went to (no surprise there) but I really do believe the nun was trying to push it as dark humor.
Oh yes. That’s what it is. It’s one of the pleasures of being Catholic.
I always liked Lawrence; felt he shoulda been the patron Saint of comedians rather than Genesius or Vitius. :)
I think he’s sort of the proto-patron of the whole branch of comedy involving the assigning of patron saints.
My favorite new-to-me St. Lawrence joke:
Q.: What did our Lord say when he introduced St. Lawrence around heaven?
A: “My good and faithful servant, well done.”
Bwahahahaha…horrible, horrible, I say!
Thank you for the shout out, Jen!
I like to think that St Lawrence initiated the common-day practice of a comic roast…literally.
Haha. Like it.