> > One of my dad's favourite jokes, that one.
> >
> > The other main one he tells a lot is the one about the two priests and the rabbit.
>
> Wait! Don't do this to me! What about the two priests and the rabbit?


It seems there was a country area where the Catholic parish and the Anglican parish were both

a) very large (it being a country area)

b) covering more or less the same places.

As a result, the Catholic priest, Father Riley, and the Anglican minister, Father Christopher, had come to an arrangement - they'd do their rounds together, one week in Father Riley's car, the next in Father Christopher's, and so on.

One day, they were driving along, when a cute little bunny rabbit ran out onto the road - right under the front wheels of Father Christopher's car. He immediately stopped, and the two got out to see if the rabbit was all right. It wasn't. It was dead.

Father Christopher immediately began sobbing about having murdered one of God's creations, but Father Riley remained calm. He opened his little bag and pulled out a small bottle marked A PRESENT FROM ASSISSI. Two drops from this bottle he dripped onto the dead animal's head.

The effect was astonishing. The rabbit immediately jumped up - perfectly healthy - and waved cheerily at the astonished Father Christopher. It ran to the side of the road, then turned back and waved again. It ran under a fence and across a field, stopping occasionally to turn and wave. At the mouth of its burrow it paused for a farewell wave, then was gone.

"What *was* that stuff?" asked Father Christopher.

"This?" said Father Riley. "St Francis' Hare Restorer (With Permanent Wave)."