𝔸 curate, a minister, and a rabbi decide they want to see who's best at their job. So they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it. Later they get together.
The curate begins: "When I found the bear, I read to him from the Catechism and sprinkled him with holy water. Next week is his First Communion."
"I found a bear near the stream," says the minister, "and preached God's holy word. The bear was so mesmerized that he let me baptise him."
They both look down at the rabbi, who is lying on a gurney in a body cast. "Looking back," he says, "maybe I shouldn't have started with the circumcision."
When we don't know the gender composition of a group, or when the group is of mixed genders, we tend to use a plural pronoun in English. For example: The teacher said, "I want everyone to open their book on page 39."
The curate begins: "When I found the bear, I read to him from the Catechism and sprinkled him with holy water. Next week is his First Communion."
"I found a bear near the stream," says the minister, "and preached God's holy word. The bear was so mesmerized that he let me baptise him."
They both look down at the rabbi, who is lying on a gurney in a body cast. "Looking back," he says, "maybe I shouldn't have started with the circumcision."
When we don't know the gender composition of a group, or when the group is of mixed genders, we tend to use a plural pronoun in English. For example: The teacher said, "I want everyone to open their book on page 39."
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