Friday Laughs.
Lord I apologize.
Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties. She
was
admired for her sweetness and kindness to all. One afternoon the
pastor
came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room.
She
invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea.
As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the young minister
noticed
a cut-glass bowl sitting on top of it. The bowl was filled with water,
and
in the water floated, of all things, a condom! When she returned with
tea
and scones, they began to chat.
The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of
water
and its strange floater, but soon it got the better of him and He
could no
longer resist. "Miss Beatrice", he said, "I wonder if you would tell
me
about this?" pointing to the bowl.
"Oh, yes," she replied, "Isn't it wonderful? I was walking
through
the Park a few months ago and I found this little package on the
ground.
The
directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and
that it
would prevent the spread of disease. Do you know I haven't had the flu
all
winter?"