A tea manufacturer wanted a new advertising gimmick, so the senior creative
man at the advertising agency decided to go to Rome to see if he could
persuade the Pope to make a TV commercial.
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"We'll give you one hundred thousand pounds for a ten second commercial," the ad man told the pontiff.
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All you have say is: "Give us this day our daily tea."
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"I'm sorry," replied the Pope, "but I can't do that."
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"Five hundred thousand," offered the adman.
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"I'm afraid not," said the Pope, solemnly.
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"All right. One million pounds. And that's our very last offer." But still the Pope refused.
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On his way back, disappointed adman turned to his secretary and said: "It's odd that the Pope refused to do a commercial for tea. I wonder how much the bread people are giving him."
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"We'll give you one hundred thousand pounds for a ten second commercial," the ad man told the pontiff.
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All you have say is: "Give us this day our daily tea."
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"I'm sorry," replied the Pope, "but I can't do that."
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"Five hundred thousand," offered the adman.
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"I'm afraid not," said the Pope, solemnly.
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"All right. One million pounds. And that's our very last offer." But still the Pope refused.
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On his way back, disappointed adman turned to his secretary and said: "It's odd that the Pope refused to do a commercial for tea. I wonder how much the bread people are giving him."
