W. C. Fields, the famous comedian and actor who spun such punch lines as “I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday” and “I certainly do not drink all the time; I have to sleep, you know,” was a confirmed atheist. When he finally lay dying (of cirrhosis of the liver) in 1946, a nurse walked into his sanitarium room one day and caught him propped up in bed reading the Bible. She was shocked.
“What in the world are you doing, Mr. Fields?!” she exclaimed.
Ever the wise guy, he cracked his trademark grin and muttered, “Looking for a loophole.”
W. C. Fields, the famous comedian and actor who spun such punch lines as “I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday” and “I certainly do not drink all the time; I have to sleep, you know,” was a confirmed atheist. When he finally lay dying (of cirrhosis of the liver) in 1946, a nurse walked into his sanitarium room one day and caught him propped up in bed reading the Bible. She was shocked.
“What in the world are you doing, Mr. Fields?!” she exclaimed.
Ever the wise guy, he cracked his trademark grin and muttered, “Looking for a loophole.”