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Miss Bea, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been
> married. She was much admired for her sweetness and kindness to all. The
> pastor came to call on her one afternoon early in the spring, and she
> welcomed him into her Victorian parlor. She invited him to have a seat
while
> she prepared a little tea.
>
> As he sat facing her old pump organ, the young minister noticed a cut
glass
> bowl sitting on top of it, filled with water. In the water floated, of
all
> things, a condom.
>
> Imagine his shock and surprise. Imagine his curiosity. Surely Miss Bea
had
> flipped or something.
>
> When she returned with tea and cookies, 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 resist no longer. Miss Bea,
"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 downtown last
fall
> and I found this little package on the ground. The directions said to put
it
> on the organ, keep it wet, and it would prevent disease. And you know ...
I
> haven't had a cold all winter.
>
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A HAPPY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR TO ALL
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