[b]Three couples, an elderly couple, a middle-aged couple and a young newlywed couple wanted to join a new church in their neighborhood. The pastor said "We have special requirements for new parishioners. You must abstain from having sex for two weeks to show will-power." The couples all agreed and came back at the end of 2 weeks. The pastor went to the elderly couple and asked, "Were you able to abstain from sex for 2 weeks?"
The old man replied.. "No problem at all, Pastor".
"Congratulations! Welcome to the church!" said the pastor.
Then he went to the middle-aged couple and asked, "Well, were you able to abstain from sex for 2 weeks?" The man replied, "The first week was not too bad, but the second week I had to sleep on the couch for a couple of nights..but, yes, we made it."
"Congratulations..Welcome to the church!" said the pastor.
The pastor then went to the newlywed couple and asked the same question,
"Were you able to abstain from sex for two weeks?"
"No, pastor, we weren't able to make it", the young man replied sadly.
"What happened, my son?" inquired the pastor.
"Well, my wife was reaching for a can of corn on the top shelf and dropped it. When she bent over to pick it up, I was overcome with lust and took advantage of her right there!"
"You understand, of course, this means you will not be welcome in our church" said the pastor sadly.
"We know." said the young man, "We're not welcome at the corner shop now either."[/b]