Have you ever said the wrong thing? Everyone has at some point, and maybe you felt a little bit silly. This slight mishap usually just leads to embarrassment or confusion.
But for one unlucky man, a couple of choice phrases leads to a not so pleasant outcome.
In the following joke from Rapture Ready, one man finds himself in an unsuspected heap of trouble.
Read the following joke below.
There’s this guy who had been lost and walking in the desert for about 2 weeks. One hot day, he sees the home of a missionary. Tired and weak, he crawls up to the house and collapses on the doorstep. The missionary finds him and nurses him back to health.
Feeling better, the man asks the missionary for directions to the nearest town. On his way out the backdoor, he sees this horse. He goes back into the house and asks the missionary, “Could I borrow your horse and give it back when I reach the town?” The missionary says, “Sure but there is a special thing about this horse. You have to say ‘Thank God’ to make it go and ‘Amen’ to make it stop.”
Not paying much attention, the man says, “Sure, ok.” So he gets on the horse and says, “Thank God” and the horse starts walking. Then he says, “Thank God, thank God,” and the horse starts trotting. Feeling really brave, the man says, “Thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God” and the horse just takes off. Pretty soon he sees this cliff coming up and he’s doing everything he can to make the horse stop. “Whoa, stop, hold on!!!!”
Finally, he remembers, “Amen!!” The horse stops 4 inches from the cliff. Then the man leans back in the saddle and says, “Thank God.”
Oh no!
Well, that was a good deed gone terribly wrong. This goes to show that you better pay close attention to instructions, especially when they sound strange! With some characters out there, you just never know.
Maybe it’s about time for these religious horse owners to find a better use for prayer. It’s important to practice your faith and to be devout. But there is a right place and time for everything.
Next time, let’s hope they try “giddy-up” and “whoa” instead!
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