The Hat

[BMT (RIP)]

O'Leary showed up at Mass one Sunday and the priest
almost fell down when he saw him. O'Leary had never
been seen in church in his life.

After Mass, the priest caught O'Leary and said
"O'Leary, I am so glad you decided to come to Mass,
what made you come?"

O'Leary said, "I got to be honest with you Father, a
while back, I misplaced my hat and I really, really
love that hat. I know that Shaunessy had one just
like mine and I knew that Shaunessy came to church
every Sunday. I also knew that Shaunessy had to take
off his hat during Mass and I figured he would leave
it in the back of church. So, I was going to leave
after Communion and steal Shaunessy's hat."

The priest said, "Well, O'Leary, I notice that you
didn't steal Shaunessy's hat. What changed your mind?"

O'Leary said "Well, after I heard your sermon on the
10 commandments, I decided that I didn't need to steal
Shaunessy's hat."

The priest gave O'Leary a big smile and said "After I
talked about Thou Shalt Not Steal' you decided you
would rather do without your hat than burn in Hell,
right?"

O'Leary shook his head and said "No, Father, after you
talked about 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' I
remembered where I left my hat."