Why are there not so many jokes about members of the Church of the Brethren, or Adventists? What's funny about a group which has a large element of unfunny rationalists, heirs of the very serious Enlightenment? Why do religious folk who are cautious about deriding Catholics, Jews, and even (us) unfunny Lutherans, throw caution to the breezes when Unitarian Universalists come into focus? - Martin E. Marty
A Franciscan gets a haircut, and then asks how much he owes. The barber says he never charges clergy. The Franciscan thanks the barber and goes home. The next morning the barber finds a big basket of fresh bread from the Franciscans’ kitchens.
An Augustinian gets his hair cut by the same barber. The barber also tells him than he never charges clergy. The next day the barber receives a nice bottle of wine from the Augustinians’ wine cellar.
A Brethren Pastor gets his haircut, and the barber again says that he never charges clergy. The next day, when the barber opens his shop, there are twelve other Brethren Pastors already waiting for him.
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