Silence of the phones (standard:humor, 906 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Oct 31 2010	Views/Reads: 2801/1882	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and Yours Truly were relaxing in the living room after our Saturday evening repast. She was reading some woman's novel while I was following the exploits of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves. Oh, t

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was, “huh.” 

With all of this telephone nonsense, I have come up with my own rules of
telephone etiquette. These are rules I wish everyone would use when 
calling me. 

For starters, if you do call me, please do not have a mouth full of
marbles. I know how tempting it is to put marbles in your mouth and 
then talk on the telephone. But when you called me, in particular, 
please resist this temptation and lose your marbles. 

Then, speaking of marbles and those who have lost a few, let me address
the politicians who insist on calling me. Do not call me with a 
pre-recorded message. If you want to call me, and I welcome your call, 
please have the courtesy of chatting with me. If you do not want to 
listen to what I have to say, I certainly do not want to listen to what 
you have to say. 

Nothing is more frustrating than picking up the telephone and having
someone talk to you without giving you an opportunity to talk back. I 
grant you, every politician that called my phone got talked back to, 
unfortunately, they never heard it. 

Musing on this further, I thought of my relationship with God. He has
this calling business down to perfection. I picked up my Bible and 
turned to a favorite passage. "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, 
and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not" 
(Jeremiah 33:3 KJV). 

You can be absolutely certain that any time you call upon God He is
willing and desirous to talk with you. 


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