[Magdalen] humorous aside

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The pastor told the choir member, "Brother, I think it might be time for
you to leave the choir."

"Now why should I do that?" asked the choir member.

"Five people have told me you can't sing," answered the pastor.

"Hah, that's nothing! Twenty people have told me you can't preach."



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 Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:10 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On NET one night, while dinosaurs were browsing outside our home, we
> watched BBC show about Henry VIII.  In one scene, members of the court are
> telling a joke.
>
> A man has been bragging more and more, and finally he states that his
> horse is so smart that he can teach it to talk.
> The king happens to hear him, and gets him to promise that within five
> years, he will get the horse to tal -- or else.
> "Why did you promise to do that?" asked a friend. "You know you cannot do
> that."
> "Five years is a long time.
> In five years, the prince may die.
> Or I may die.
> Or the horse may die --
>
> Or the horse may talk."
>
> -------------
> The joke is a kind of set-up.
> Later on, when the King's wife, Jane Seymour has died after giving birth
> to a male heir, Henry is devastated. He tries to trivialize things by
> making levity, and he actually tries to tell the joke, and he loses all
> composure in the middle of it -- a very moving moment.  I have no doubt
> that's why we will always remember the line.
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>