Remember the scene in "Moonstruck" where Cher goes to Confession? She says, "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. Since my last confession, I took the name of the Lord in vain twelve times, I slept with my fiance's brother, and I bounced a check at the liquor store." The priest says, "Well, did you mean to bounce the check, or was it an honest mistake?"
Thought of it today when someone told me about the guy who, in the confessional, admitted to the priest that he'd committed adultery. "Dang it!" says the priest. "With Marie Baker?"
The man says he'd rather not say.
"I bet it was Janet Brown!" says the priest.
"No, no, I won't say with whom," says the man. "Can't you just give me your blessing and I can get out of here?"
So the priest blesses him and the man, while walking out, passes his successor in the booth. "You look very happy," says the next penitent. "You received absolution?"
"Yes," says the man. "And a couple of good tips!"
