Father O'Malley rose from his bed. It was a fine spring
day in his new Texas mission parish. He walked to the
window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the
beautiful day outside. He then noticed there was a
jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn. He
promptly called the local police station.
The conversation went like this:
"Good morning. This is Sergeant Flaherty. How might I help you?"
"And the best of the day te yerself. This is Father
O'Malley at St.Brigid's. There's a jackass lying dead in
me front lawn. Would ye be so kind as to send a couple
o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"
Sergeant Flaherty, considering himself to be quite a wit,
replied with a smirk, "Well now father, it was always my
impression that you people took care of last rites!"
There was dead silence on the line for a long moment.
Father O'Malley then replied: "Aye, that's certainly true,
but we are also obliged to notify the next of kin."
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This is another hilarious joke I will add to my collection - without credit to the guy who first told it to me!