Joke: Start Close to the End

A keynote speaker at a convention of priests came to the dais, shuffled his notes, scanned his audience, and said, thoughtfully:
“Where to begin? Where to begin?”
A voice in the crowd yelled: “As close to the end as possible!”

--Fr. Norman J. Muckerman, CSSR Liguori, MO quoted in Holy Humor:Inspirational Wit and Cartoons (p. 5-6) by Cal and Rose Samra