A clergyman got up one morning and was surprised to find a dead donkey at his from door. Thinking that a practical joker had put it there , he rang up his friend the Town Clerk.
“I saw, John, there’s a dead donkey at my front door.” The clerk saw the humor of the situation and replied:
” Well, what’s wrong with that? It’s your duty to bury the dead, isn’t it?”
“Yes,” said the clergyman, “but it’s also my duty to notify the relatives”