Clergy Person Gifts

"Freshly ground pepper?"

I've always wanted to quit while I was ahead but the opportunity never presented itself.

Whats ticking away in YOUR filing system?

A paperwork machine spews endless paperwork

'I'll be late for dinner, dear. I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

"Give a sh*t" "Don't give a sh*t"

"Staff support"

"Yes. I said 2 by 2, but you needed to use 2 by 4s for the Ark...begin again."

IN box...OUT is wastepaper basket on fire.

In/Out/These Things Happen.

Desk trays - 'in', 'out', and 'one of these days'.

"Guess who brought king cake!"

"Do you, Darlene, take Jim to be your lawfully wedded husband, when you could, clearly, do far better?"

'I'll be late for dinner, dear, I'm up to my neck in paperwork.'

'She's a very protectice mother!' - Lifeguard at Christening/Baptism.

"You may now kiss the bride..."

'T.M.I.F.'

37 years in the same position.

Storm in the out tray

"I think I'll be late back for tea. . . about a week."

"It's OK, I'm preordained."

'Apparently, Smith's desk just couldn't withstand the weight of the paperwork we piled on his desk.'

"I said he's beginning to teethe...not tithe."

"Will you stand by him through humiliating revelation after humiliating revelation, and then-once you're sure it couldn't possibly get any worse-when even more humiliating revelations come to light?"

Priest's 'To do' list.

"Morning, all!"

'Today is the tomorrow I feared yesterday. . .'

In many ways this is the perfect job! Out. Out.

'I don't remember predetermining THAT!'

Organization is not rocket science!

'Due to the poor response to the roof repair fund we cannot afford to lift the rafters when rejoicing in song.'

Two priests share a laugh outside a confessional booth

'Just ask yourself -- Are you better off now than you were two thousand years ago?'

'Please put that confusing mess of documents, files and folders where it belongs...in your computer.'

'You'll soon get the hang of it - then they'll change it.'