The Wit of the Catholics as per 1971

The Wit of the Catholics compiled by Richard Huggett was published in 1971.

It is a compilation of jokes, comments, funny stories and yarns from the mouths of Catholics and about Catholics.

Some are funny, some corny, no doubt wit changes over time but some of the so-called jokes, especially those about woman would be impossible to print today and are indeed, inappropriate at any time and in any circumstances.

On page 19 the following joke:

There are four things which even God doesn’t know:

1.    How much money a Benedictine has.

2.    What a Jesuit is thinking.

3.    What a Dominican is going to say next.

4.    How many orders of Nuns exist in France.

Another joke, this time on page 9:

“How many people work here in the Vatican?’ asked a visitor. The late Pope John [XXIII] shrugged his shoulders and smiled: “About half of them."