Submitted by Dave Curtiss

THE ORGANIST

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."