> While on a business trip to Rome the CEO of Tyson Foods manages to be
> granted an audience with the Pope at the Vatican.
>
> After receiving the papal blessing, he whispers to the Holy Father,
> "Your eminence, we have an offer for you. Tyson Foods is prepared to
> donate $100 million dollars to the church if you change the Lord's
> Prayer from 'give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our
> daily chicken'."
>
> The Pope responds, "That is impossible. The Prayer is the word of the
> Lord. It must not be changed as stated in the Scriptures."
>
> "Well," says the Tyson man, "we anticipated your reluctance. For this
> reason, we will increase our offer to $300 million dollars. All we
> require is that you change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our
> daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily chicken'."
>
> Again, the Pope replies, "That, my son, is impossible. As I have said,
> this prayer represents the immutable word of God and it cannot be
> changed under any circumstance no matter how good it may appear."
>
> Finally, the Tyson guy says, "Your Holiness, we at Tyson Foods respect
> your adherence to your faith, but we do have one final offer. We will
> donate $500 million dollars -- that's half a billion dollars -- to the
> great Catholic Church if you would only change the Lord's Prayer from
> 'give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily
> chicken'. Please consider it." And so he leaves.
>
> The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals. "There is some
> good news," he announces, "and some bad news. The good news is that the
> Church has come into $500 million dollars."
>
> "And the bad news, your eminence?" asks a Cardinal.
>
> The Pope replies, "We're losing the Wonder Bread account."
>
>