“I almost had an affair with another woman,” a married man admitted to his priest as he entered the confessional.

“What do you mean, almost?” asked the priest.

“Well, we got undressed, naked, and rubbed together, but then I stopped,” the man stated.

The cleric said, “Scouring together is equivalent to placing it in. That woman will not be seen again. Say five Hail Marys and put $50 in the poor box as your penance.

After saying his prayers and leaving the confessional, the man went over to the needy box. After a brief pause, he began to depart.

Watching, the priest rushed over to him and said, “I saw that, You didn’t put any money in the poor box!”

“Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and according to you, that’s the same as putting it in!” was the man’s response.