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A minister was asked to dinner by one of his parishioners, whom he knew was a slovenly housekeeper. When he sat down at the table, he noticed that the dishes were the dirtiest that he had ever seen.

"Were these dishes ever washed?" he asked his hostess, running his fingers over the dirt and grime. She replied, "They're as clean as soap and water could get them."

He felt apprehensive, but blessed the food anyway and started eating. It was really delicious and told his hostess so, despite the dirty dishes. When dinner was over the minister carried the plates into the kitchen where the hostess opened the back door took out the plates and shouted to her dogs: "Here Soap, Here Water!"