When KFC sales hit a lean patch, Colonel Sanders came up with a brilliant advertising idea. He got in touch with the Pope and asked him whether they could change the words of the Lord's prayer from "Give us this day our daily bread" to "Give us this day our daily chicken."
"I can't possibly do that" said the Pope.
Not even for 100,000 dollars?" asked the colonel.
"No, not even for 100,000 dollars.
6 months later and KFC sales were declining even further. The colonel was getting desperate and made another call to the Pope. This time he offered 500,000 dollars to change the words from "bread" to "chicken".
Again, the Pope refused. I can't possibly change the words of the Lord's prayer" he repeated.
Another six months by and KFC sales had reached an all time low, and the company was in danger of going out of business. Colonel Sanders made one last attempt to persuade the Pope to change the wording of the Lord's prayer.
"I'll donate 50million dollars to the Vatican if you change the word "bread" to "chicken""
There was a pause.
"That is a lot of money" the Pope conceded.
"So you'll do it?"
"I'll have to discuss it with the Cardinals"
So the Pope called a meeting of the Cardinals. He began,
"I have good news that, KFC are going to donate 50 million dollars to the Vatican.
The bad news is, we'll have to end the Britania account."
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