<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[EMAIL OF THE&nbsp;DAY]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>This little Christmas anecdote made me laugh. An old high school friend from England emailed me about it today: </p>
<blockquote><p>One of my nephews, Dominic, was in a Nativity Play. In the scene where Mary and Joseph arrive at the Inn, Mary asks the Innkeeper, played by a lad of seven, if he has any room. &#8220;Yes&#8221;, he says. &#8220;Mary, you can come in, but Joseph, you can fuck off&#8221;.</p>
<p>In the stunned silence that followed, it transpired that the Innkeeper had played Joseph himself the previous year and had taken his &#8216;demotion&#8217; very much to heart.</p></blockquote>
<p>Priceless.</p>
<p><i> &#8211; posted by Andrew</i>.</p>
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