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Barry Cryer’s favourite vicar joke

Blog | By Barry Cryer | Nov 01, 2023


A vicar comes into the pub and tells everyone about a Biblical tribe called the Samsonites.

'They were stranded in the desert with no food and no drink,' the vicar said, 'but some rather nice luggage.'