Re: Tap Tap-- "Hey, is this thing on?"

[John Paul Davis <johnd at antioch-college_edu>]

Ah. You should've been at *my* wedding. The rector used ful language. 
Called my brother-in-law and asshole. No lie.

See I'd left the check for the church's services at the hotel. Father A. 
comes looking for the money, and I realize I've left it at home. It's 
like 20 minutes before walk-down-the-aisle time. I realize that *I'm* 
going to have to go get the check, potentially delaying the wedding. So 
my groomsmen and I begin discussing a Plan to Get the Check Before the 
Wedding Starts.
But Father A. is *flipping out*. Starts talking over us about how he'd 
hate to have to cancel the wedding, etc., etc. My future brother-in-law 
is a plant manager, and he suddenly Gets his Manager On and says, "look, 
we're trying to solve the problem and get you your money right now, so 
if you'd wait a minute before you scream at us, we might be able to get 
it for you."
Father A. goes nuts, calls future brother-in-law an asshole, and they 
start shouting at each other. Meanwhile, I and another trusty heanchman 
sneak away, get in the car and go get the check.

We get back to the church five minutes before showtime and I can't find 
Father A. No one can. I eventually find him in this little room behind 
the altar, (where I think the Wizard of OZ hangs out and tells people to 
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain) and Father A. is about 
ready to cry. I give him a hug, tell him I forgive him and that I 
understand how annoying people who forget checks can be and let him know 
there's no hard feelings.

So when he gives his sermon it's this amazing sermon about how I'm a 
poet and my wife is a nurse and poetry anfd nursing are all about 
healing and he can just tell we're all about healing.

- John

np: "Carol of the Bells" - George Winston

Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP) wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>the drew:
>>I'm hoping that David will chime in with his version of the 
>>story, just to round it out.
>>
>>david:
>>i will when time avails.
>>
> 
> WTF is that?! This is life changing stuff, amigo. Your normal day-to-day can
> wait for 45 minutes for you to document the tale!
> 
> 
>>the drew:
>>Our motto for maintaining a relationship: "Don't fuck up."
>>
>>david:
>>simply beautiful. i'll take it to heart.
>>
> 
> Thanks! Here's the best part about it... IT WORKS. 100%. It is as close to
> fool-proof as anything I've ever seen. The only downside is that it's hard
> to present when people ask me to speak at their wedding. Preachers tend to
> get a little miffed when The Drew (tm) starts using foul language in church.
> Alas.
> 
> -drew
> www.drewvogel.com
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John Paul Davis
Center for Community Learning
Antioch College

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