The Religious Horse

A man is stranded in the middle of a desert.

Thirsty and desperate, he stumbles upon a small camp owned by a priest. The priest sees him and decides to help the poor man by lending him his horse to ride to the nearest town. "There's just one thing you need to know about this horse," says the priest. "He's very religious, so to get him to move, say 'Thank God,' and say 'Amen' to get him to stop." The man mounts up and starts to ride towards town, saying, "Thank God, Thank God," as the horse builds up speed. Suddenly, he comes up to a steep cliff. Panicking, he tries to stop the horse, "Stop! Whoa! Oh! AMEN!" The horse stops inches from the edge of the cliff. The man looks over the edge at the valley far below, wipes his brow, and sighs, "Oh, thank God..."