The Perfect Holy Storm
The buyer of the sailboat thought the seller was kidding when he told him he was buying a holy boat.
His instruction to the buyer was, " if you yell PRAISE THE LORD the wind will fill your sails! The louder you yell the greater the wind. To stop the wind yell THE DEVIL IS DEAD."
During his first trip out and feeling a little silly he, in a modest tone uttered, "Praise the Lord". Poof, the sails billowed and moved the boat through the water at a nice clip.
Was it a coincidence?
A little louder he yelled "PRAISE THE LORD", and the boat lurched forward doing 30 knots!
Now excited and drunk with his newfound power he yelled, "PRAISE THE LORD" three times in a row!
Suddenly the new sailor realized what he had done! Winds of hurricane proportion started beating his boat! How to make it stop? He could not remember the words!
With his sails now in tatters and in fear of losing his boat the sailor suddenly remembered,
"THE DEVIL IS DEAD", he roared!
There was suddenly calm.
Shaken beyond belief the sailor fell on his back and looking to heavens and in the loudest voice he could muster roared with relief, "PRAISE THE LOOOORRRD!!!"