The Italian Fountain

In a small village in the country in Italy there was an old
priest that basically had seen everybody born and raised and
knew everybody's sins. In his old age he was fed up of hearing
the same old stories of: one sinned with the girlfriend,
another with the neighbor's wife and so on.
He had agreed with everyone that for these kind of sins they
should say : "Father, I fell in the fountain"
All of a sudden the old priest gets a stroke and goes to heaven.
From the Vatican they immediately rush in a new young priest.
Of course no one tells him about the "Fountain"! - The first
day that he takes confession a girl comes in and says: - Father
forgive me for I have sinned. -What have you done my daughter?
- I went out with my boyfriend last Saturday and after the dance
we fell in the fountain. - the priest is a little surprised but
says - Well, you should be more careful, go in peace. - don't I
need to say a Hail Mary or anything? - Well it's not so bad but
if you think it is important...
This goes on for several of the parishioners and the priest is
getting more and more worried about the safety of the town's
fountain.
The following Sunday there was the annual Town's Fair. The
town's Mayor has a speech about the improvements to the town for
his townspeople. At the end he says:
- ...and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce
father Joseph who is our new priest. Father, would you like to
say a few words?
- Well, yes, I am happy to be in this town, everybody is very
nice. There is just one thing that worries me, you made a lot of
improvements, but nothing has been done about the town's fountain,
everybody keeps falling in it! -
Then the entire town starts to laugh their heads off, including
the Mayor. The priest is annoyed and, thinking they are making
fun of him, turns to the Mayor and says:
-Well, you have very little to laugh about... YOUR WIFE AND
DAUGHTER BOTH FELL IN LAST WEEK!!!