Give us this day our daily chicken

The CEO of Ingham's Chicken manages to arrange a meeting with the Pope
at the Vatican. After receiving the Papal blessing, he whispers, "Your
eminence, we have an offer for you. Ingham's 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. "Well," says the Ingham's 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. For the prayer is the word of the Lord and it must not be changed."


Finally, the Ingham's guy says, "Your Holiness, we at Ingham's 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 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 will come into $500 million dollars."

"And the bad news, your Eminence?" asks a Cardinal.

"..We're losing the Tip Top Account."