Thor's Day: Rest for the weary

David Hayward goes by "the naked pastor"

Wake up! This isn't church!

By Anonymous

Edited by Morris Dean

[Editor's Note: Sleeping during sermons must be a common occurrence, it's the subject of many jokes involving church. But a good proportion of church-goers are sleep-deprived people who'd do better to just sleep in on Sundays.]

My two-year-old daughter, Paige, was with her mother while her older sister was being examined by a dentist.
    Paige kept herself busy playing with toys in the waiting room until she noticed that her mom was resting, her eyes closed.
    With about six other patients waiting, Paige marched up to her mother, looked her in the eye and shook her shoulder.
    "Mommy," she yelled, "wake up! This isn't church!"
    My wife awoke from her doze to find the other patients barely able to suppress their laughter.

"I hope you didn't take it personally, Pastor," an embarrassed woman said after a church service, "when my husband walked out during your sermon."
    "I did find it rather disconcerting," the minister replied.
    "It wasn't out of any disrespect to you," insisted the church-goer. "Ralph has been walking in his sleep ever since he was a child."

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