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So Mae West was introduced to Bishop Fulton Sheen at a party, and after they talked for a while she said, as was her wont, "Come up and see me sometime!"

Bishop Sheen, rather flustered, said, "Oh, well, I -- I can't, you know, it's -- it's Lent!"

"Well, when you get it back, come up and see me sometime!"
posted by Cacciaguida at 10:56 PM