Today's Joke:
A priest was hearing the confession of an adulterous woman. The
woman was rather long-winded and the priest was so desperate for
the toilet that he could wait no longer. He didn't want to
interrupt the lady so he opened the door of his booth and saw the
church's cleaner, who he quietly summoned over.

"Look," explained the priest, "I have simply got to go to the
toilet. Sit here for a moment and when she has finished her
confession, just look up the correct penance in this book and
issue it to her."

With that, the priest left the somewhat confused cleaner in the
booth...

"And," the adulterous lady finally finished, "I performed oral
sex on the last man I cheated with."

The cleaner, eager to get out, quickly scanned the book the
priest had given him, but could find nothing under oral sex. He
then looked under blow-job, but still found nothing.

Becoming frantic, he peered out of the booth and saw an altar boy
nearby. Assuming that the boy would be more familiar with the
process than he, the cleaner called the boy over and asked, "What
does the priest usually give for a blow-job?"

"Generally," replied the boy, "Five bucks."

Today's Trivia:
Polka Dot

Where did this name for round circles of dye on clothing originate? And what, if anything, does it have to do with the dance of the same name?

In the 1880s, the polka was sweeping America. It was the latest dance craze, like the Charleston of the 1920s or the Macarena of a few summers ago. In an effort to cash in on the fad, manufacturers began naming all sorts of thing polka. Polka gauze, polka hats, polka curtain bands and many other products with the polka name hit the market in the 1880s. Of these, only polka dots survive today.

There are two possible origins for the word polka. It could come from the Czech pulka, or half-step, Pul meaning half. Or, it could be a combination of the polonaise and mazurka.