A priest and a Rabbi were sitting next to each other on an airplane. After a
while, the Priest turned to the Rabbi and asked, "Is it still a requirement of
your faith that you not eat pork?" The Rabbi responded, "Yes, that is s till
one of our beliefs." The Priest then asked, "Have you ever eaten pork?" To
which the Rabbi replied, "Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and
tasted a ham sandwich." The Priest nodded in understanding and went on with
his reading.

A while later, the Rabbi spoke up and asked the priest, "Father, is it still a
requirement of your church that you remain celibate?

"The Priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith."

The Rabbi then asked him, "Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of
the flesh?

The Priest replied, "Yes, Rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke with my
faith." The Rabbi nodded understandingly and remained silent, thinking, for
about five minutes.

Finally, the Rabbi says, "Beats the hell out of a ham sandwich, doesn't it?

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