An Irish priest was transferred to Texas .  Father O’Malley rose from his bed one morning to find it was a fine spring day in his new Texas mission parish.

He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day outside.

He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn.  He promptly called the local police station…….

The conversation went like this:  ”Good morning. This is Sergeant Jones. How might I help you?”

”And the best of the day te yerself.  This is Father O’Malley at St. Ann ‘s Catholic Church..There’s a jackass lying dead on me front lawn.

Sergeant Jones, considering himself to be quite a wit, replied with a smirk, ”Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people took care of the last rites!”

There was dead silence on the line for a long moment………………………….

Father O’Malley then replied: ”Aye, ’tis certainly true; but we are also obliged to notify the next of kin.”