prog | Ricky Joke du jour

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Ricky thought of this joke while in confession recently, and he insisted that we pause a Netflix viewing of "A Man for All Seasons" to tell it to us:

King Henry VIII sought absolution for his sins. The priest or bishop or whomever ordered him to say some Hail Marys.

"How many must I say?" asked the king.

"10 to the VIII!"

Ricky is now asking if he can use my iPhone to check his email, which he hasn't looked at since 2001, and got throuh the Bangor Library somehow.

VII because he's Henry VIII... But why "10 to the"? I don't get it.

This is more a vignette regarding my brother and his unusual thought-patterns than it is an objectively viable joke.

In that case, I get it. ;)

My husband had the same confusion seeing it over my shoulder, I explained it was a "Ricky thing."