Tommy stunned the priest one Sunday by showing up at mass for the first time in years. Afterward, the priest asked Tommy what had made him finally come to mass.

Tommy looked the priest in the eye and said, “Father, I cannot lie to you. I lost me good hat, and I know old Hogan has a hat just like it. I thought I’d leave mass early, and just take along old Hogan’s hat from the hat rack, sort of 'by mistake,' if you know what I mean.”

“But I see you’re still hatless,” said the priest. “What changed your mind, Tommy?”

“Your sermon on the ten commandments, Father,” Tommy replied.

“Ah,” said the priest. “So when you heard the commandment 'Thou shalt not steal,' you decided not to take Hogan’s hat for yourself.”

“Not exactly, Father,” said Tommy. “When you mentioned the one about not committing adultery, I remembered where I left me own hat.”