Tom quitted farming. He moved to town, but found that he was the only Lutheran in his new little town of Catholics. That was okay, but the neighbors had a problem with his barbecuing beef every Friday. They couldn’t eat red meat on Friday, but the smell was really inviting. Hoping they could do something to stop this, the neighbors went over to talk to Tom. “Tom,” they said, “since you are the only Lutheran in this whole town and there isn’t a Lutheran church nearby, we think you should join our church and become a Catholic.” Tom agreed. He talked to the priest, and they arranged it The big day came and the priest had Tom kneel. He put his hand on Tom’s head and said, “Tom, you were born a Lutheran, you were raised a Lutheran, and now,” he said as he sprinkled some incense over Tom’s head, “now you are a Catholic.” Tom was happy and the neighbors were happy. But at supper time the following Friday evening, there was again the smell of barbecued beef coming from Tom’s yard. The neighbors went to talk to him about this. As they went near his fence, they heard Tom saying to the steak, “You were born beef, you were raised beef”, and as he sprinkled salt over the meat, he said, “and NOW you are FISH!” ( ) 1. Tom had been a farmer before he moved to town.