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Izzy Schwartz (A joke from a series called "A Religious Experience") By Hal Wickliffe Copyright 2000 Hal Wickliffe

A joke about a man of the cloth.

A crook approached Izzy Schwartz on this lonely street and said, "This is a stick-up! Hand over your money!" "What!" replied Izzy in total shock. "You'd steal from a man of the cloth?" The crook was dumbfounded. "A man of the cloth? If you're a man of the cloth, how come you're not wearing a black suit and a white collar?" "What white collar?" answered Izzy. "I'm a tailor."