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Jim Perdue, CEO of Perdue Farms, is famous for promoting Chicken as a meal choice. Recently he took a trip to Rome for an audience with the Pope. “Your holiness”, Mr. Perdue started, “I was wondering if you could do me a favor?” “And what would that be my son?”, asked the Pope. “If I was to donate $10 million to the Catholic Church, would you be able to do something for me?”, Mr. Perdue replied. “Exactly what would you like me to do?”, asked the Pope. “Well you know the Lord’s prayer, where it says ‘give us our daily bread’, could you change the prayer so it says ‘give us our daily chicken’ “?, asked Mr. Perdue. The Pope looked agast, “Why Mr. Perdue, that prayer has been a tradition of the Church for centuries. It would be very difficult to change the prayer and remain credible with our congregation around the world.” “What if I donated $100 million to the church?”, replied Mr. Perdue. “Hmmm, that’s very generous”, said the Pope, “Let me think about that. I’ll bring it up to the ecumenical council which meets in a couple of weeks. I’ll let you know what we decide.” Two weeks later, during the meeting of the ecumenical council, the Pope rose to address the audience. “I have good news”, he began. “Mr. Perdue has generously agreed to donate $100 million to the church!”. The news was met with a great deal of applause. The Pope continued, “The bad news, if we take the money, we will lose the Wonder Bread account.”
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