A Priest says to his friend, the Rabbi, that he has a perfect way of eating for free in restaurants.
“I go in at well past 9 pm, eat several courses slowly, linger over coffee, port and a cigar. Come 2 am, as they are clearing everything away, I just keep sitting there until eventually a waiter comes up and asks me to pay. Then I say, ‘I’ve already paid your colleague who has left.’ Because I am a man of the cloth, they take my word for it, and I leave.”
The Rabbi is impressed, and says, “Let’s try it together this evening.”
So the Priest books them into a restaurant, and come 2 am, they are both still quietly sitting there after a very full meal.
Sure enough, a waiter comes over and asks them to pay.
The Priest just says, “I’ve already paid your colleague who has left.”
And the Rabbi adds, “And we are still waiting for the change!”
