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Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never 
been married. 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 made 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, pointing to the bowl, 
"I wonder if you would tell me about this?" 

"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?"


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[Contributed by Peter Woods]

God created the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.