[Magdalen] Today's Google Doodle?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Makes me think of the Bishop visiting a parish.  They had just started, and
it seemed there was no sound coming from the mike.  The bishop tapped it a
couple of times and said, "There is something the matter with this
microphone."

The congregation firmly responded, "And also with you!"

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Christopher Hart
>
>  In my experience when the reader says "Here ends the lesson." the usual
>> response from the congregation is "Thanks be to God." It's just out of
>> habit I'm sure, but it sounds amusing to have people giving thanks that
>> the
>> lesson is over.
>>
>
> I can think of congregations where for some lessons, the response is out
> of relief that they don’t hear about themselves one second longer <g>. I
> know of others where they really mean it because the lesson has dragged on
> so long that they worry about being delayed for coffee hour.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
>