Submitted by tn_notahick t3_yg5waw in Jokes
Exotic_Stomach_8962 t1_iu73vd6 wrote
A classic. But consider;
A priest is giving a sermon. A man comes up to him after and says, "I need a lemon." The priest has a box of them in the back, so he gets this man his lemon. As he's handing the man the lemon, he asks "But why do you need it?" The man takes off. The priest chases him out, but the priest is in his 60s and the man gets away.
The priest doesn't have a lot going on, so he trains in running and next week the man asks for a lemon again. This time, the priest holds the lemon back and tells the man he won't hand it over until he's told why the man needs it. The man lunges forwards, surprising the priest and securing the lemon. He turns and runs out the door, but this time the priest his hot on his heels. The man runs for a few blocks and then jumps into a river and swims across.
The priest doesn't know how to swim.
Cue another week of the priest training, the man comes back for the lemon, the priest chases him out. The man jumps into the river, the priest follows. The man comes upon a cliff.
The priest can't climb.
Another week of training. The man comes in, grabs the lemon, runs, swims, and climbs. He runs for a while more, and then he runs into a cave.
The priest doesn't have a flashlight.
The priest buys a flashlight, and now it's the Sunday before Easter. The priest has a feeling he'll catch the man today. The man comes in and takes the lemon. He runs out and the priest gives chase. The man jumps in the river, and the priest follows him in. The man climbs the cliff, and the priest is hot on his heels. The man runs into the cave, and the priest draws his flashlight. He follows the man into the cave. It's dark as the pit Satan fell to, and yet the priest continues. He corners the man in a chamber, in which he can see 6 lemons, neatly piled on an otherwise empty table. The priest speaks; "I've trained for months just to chase you, please just do me one thing. Tell me why you need the lemons." The man agrees on one condition: the priest cannot, under any circumstances, tell anyone else.
And the priest was a good man and kept his word.
Sailor_Chibi t1_iu7kncb wrote
I think the real question is why the priest needed to know so badly, I mean maybe the dude was just trying to eat some fish and chips or make a lemon meringue pie…
BusinessLibrarian515 t1_iu7zsq4 wrote
Everybody needs a hobby to pass the time
blbd t1_iu7ukzg wrote
That dog really wasn't all that shaggy.
Suitable-Bass-1279 t1_iuascv2 wrote
No, Scooby is the dog. Shaggy is they guy with bad posture
doctorclark t1_iub367l wrote
Haha I hereby propose all one-liner jokes be referred to as Scooby Man jokes.
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gargamelus t1_iu9f4u2 wrote
I think he was doing character research for the intro to a certain well-known adult entertainment piece.
_drimzy t1_iu83k6h wrote
It's the absurd build-up of seeing the priest train so hard, just to know why the man needed the lemon, that makes this joke so funny!
unripenedboyparts t1_iuf1kg9 wrote
Those damn lemon-stealing laiety!
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Nimelennar t1_iub5di9 wrote
>I've trained for months just to chase you
Months? It's been four weeks, unless it took longer than a week to buy a flashlight.
>He corners the man in a chamber, in which he can see 6 lemons
He only stole five; where did the sixth lemon come from?
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