The
"BC" Story
The story is
told of a lady who was rather old-fashioned, always
quite delicate and elegant, especially in her
language. She and her husband were planning a week's
vacation in Florida, so she wrote to a particular
campground asking for a reservation.
She wanted to
make sure the campground was fully equipped, but
didn't quite know how to ask about the toilet
facilities. She just couldn't bring herself to write
the word "toilet" in her letter. After much
deliberation, she finally came up with the
old-fashioned term BATHROOM COMMODE. But when she
wrote that down, she still thought she was being too
forward. So she started all over again, rewrote the
entire letter referring to the bathroom commode merely
as the BC. "Does the camp-ground have it's own BC?" is
what she actually wrote.
Well, the
campground owner wasn't old-fashioned at all and when
he got the letter he just couldn't figure out what the
woman was talking about. That BC business really
stumped him. After worrying about it for awhile, he
showed the letter to several campers, but they
couldn't imagine what the lady meant either. So the
campground owner, finally coming to the conclusion
that the lady must be asking about the local Baptist
Church, sat down and wrote the following
reply:
Dear
Madam: I regret very much the delay in answering
your letter, but I now take pleasure in informing
you that a BC is located nine miles north of the
campground and is capable of seating 250 people at
one time. I admit it is quite a distance away, if
you are in the habit of going regularly, but no
doubt you will be pleased to know that a great
number of people take their lunches along and make
a day of it. They usually arrive early and stay
late. It is such a beautiful facility and the
accoustics are marvelous even the normal delivery
sounds can be heard.
The
last time my wife and I went was six years ago, and
it was so crowded we had to stand up the whole time
we were there. It may interest you to know that
right now a supper is planned to raise money to buy
more seats. They are going to hold it in the
basement of the BC.
I
would like to say it pains me very much not to be
able to go more regularly, but is surely is no lack
of desire on my part. As we grow old it seems to be
more of an effort, particularly in cold
weather.
If
you do decide to come down to our campground,
perhaps I could go with you the first time you go,
sit with you, and introduce you to all the other
folks.
Remember,
this is a friendly community.
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