One day,a preacher decided to get a slogan to make more people to come to church. So he got himself a parrot and taught it to say, "Open the doors and open them wide, let them sinners come inside!". More people came to church.

One Sunday the parrot, in the middle of the sermon, screeched, "Open the doors, and open them wide, let them sinners come inside!" After the sermon, the preacher told the parrot, "Don't do that again during my sermon."

Next Sunday, same routine on the corner and right in the middle of the sermon the parrot screeched out its corner phrase. The preacher said to the parrot after the sermon, "Don't do that again, or I'll hit you with the closest thing to me I can find."

Next Sunday, same corner gig, and in the middle of the sermon, "Open the doors, open them wide, let them sinners come inside!" The preacher grabbed a brick from where they were remodeling the church and threw it at the parrot, knocked 'im straight off his perch. He was laying there limp on the ground, when suddenly, he raised his head and said, "Close the doors and close 'em quick! Some old fool is throwin' bricks!"

Submitted by Ketchumtrainer.