A young couple wanted to join the church, the pastor told them, 'We  
have a special requirement for new member couples. You must abstain  
from sex for one whole month.' The couple agreed, but after two-and-a- 
half weeks returned to the Church.

When the Pastor ushered them into his office, the wife was crying and  
the husband was obviously very depressed. 'You are back so soon...Is  
there a problem?' the pastor inquired. 'We are terribly ashamed to  
admit that we did not manage to abstain from sex for the required  
month.' the young man replied sadly. The pastor asked him what  
happened. 'Well, the
first week was difficult... However, we managed to abstain through sheer
willpower.

The second week was terrible, but with the use of prayer, we
managed to abstain. However, the third week was unbearable. We tried  
cold showers, Prayer, reading from the Bible...anything to keep our  
minds off Carnal Thoughts. One afternoon my wife reached for a can of  
paint and dropped it. When she bent over to pick it up, I was  
overcome with lust and I just had my way with her right then and  
there. It was lustful, loud,
passionate sex. It lasted for over an hour and when we were done we were
both drenched in sweat,' admitted the man, shamefacedly. The pastor  
lowered his head and said sternly,

'You understand this means you will not be welcome in our church.'

'We know.' said the young man, hanging his head, 'We're not welcome  
at Homebase either.'

Apologies for any offense caused.

Peter

-- 
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I 
could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far
from being gruntled.
P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975

"Peter James"  wrote in message 
news:1iin1jj.8v2fky1bmmlqtN%pfjames2000@googlemail.com...
>A young couple wanted to join the church, the pastor told them, 'We
> have a special requirement for new member couples. You must abstain
> from sex for one whole month.' The couple agreed, but after two-and-a-
> half weeks returned to the Church.
>

Good one Peter, and now passed on to others:)))

Splodge