[Mik Dickinson]

The priest in a small Irish village was very fond of the chickens he kept in the hen house out the back of the parish house. He had a rooster and about ten hens. One Saturday night, he discovered the rooster missing and as it was around the time he suspected cockfights occurred in the village, he decided to say something at the church the next morning. At mass, he asked, “has anybody got a cock?” and all the men stood up. No that’s not what I meant he said, “has anybody seen a cock”, all the women stood up. “No no, has anybody seen a cock that does not belong to them” to this, half of the women stood up. “No that’s not what I mean, has anybody seen my cock” and all the choirboys stood up.