A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi all served as chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.
One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear.
One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment They would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it and attempt to convert it.
Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience.
Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has various bandages, goes first. "Well," he says, "I went into the woods to find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation."
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone oratory he claimed, " WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising Jesus."
They both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction with IV's and monitors running in and out of him. He was in bad shape.
The rabbi looks up and says, "Looking back on it, circumcision may not have been the best way to start things out with my bear".
Here's a fairly old (and good) one to add to your list.
Back in the samurai ages in Japan, an emporer had set out ads stating that he is hiring a ninja bodyguard. A year had passed and he got only three replies. A japanese ninja, Chinese ninja, and (oddly enough) a Jewish ninja.
He decided to interview them all at the same time. The three were amazing. Time for the final test, the emporer had the three show off their swordsmanship skills.
The Japanese ninja pulled a small wooden box out of his gee. He opened it, and a regular housefly buzzed out. The ninja pulled out his katana, and sliced the fly 50/50. The emporer is blown away.
The Chinese ninja pulled out a similar box out of his uniform, and again, a housefly flies out. The ninja draws his sword and quarters it. The emporer's jaw drops in amazement.
The Jewish guy pulles out the same style box as the other two, and anbother housefly buzzes around. He draws his sword, and makes a massive WOOSH! Everyone's hair flies around, the paper walls are blown out, but the fly is still flying. The emporer is slightly dissapointed, "You have no skill, the fly is still alive!" "Halving and quartering a fly is good, but circumsizing a fly WHILE it's still flying, THAT'S skill!"
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. circumcision= all round bad idea 
