"Franciscan" is a word in ENGLISH
A monk or friar of the Order of St. Francis, a large
and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by St. Francis of
Assisi. They are called also Friars Minor; and in England, Gray Friars,
because they wear a gray habit.
Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the
Franciscans.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
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