Part
Five
Well
you can bet you’re bottom dollar that Schwartz would be surprised by the
invitation. He saw it as an opportunity to lord it over us (forgettin’ that I
AM the Lord in the first place), so he accepted the invitation. He even joined
us in askin’ a blessin’ for the food at the table although he balked a little
at the “fellowship o’ those around it”. We soon dispelled that with the
laughter and banter around the table, a lot of it includin’ him as a new family
member.
About
the time dessert was finished an’ everyone was feelin’ well satisfied I decided
to start the purpose of the meetin’ off. “Schwartz,” I said, “the world has
gotten itself into a very dangerous situation. It’s on the brink of destroyin’
itself, an’ I don’t think anybody wants that. We got one chance to rectify that.
One chance! ‘Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against
us’. With that I want to say welcome to our family. You are one of us as we
also are of you. That way we can discuss all our differing opinions and by the
end of our discussions we can come to a consensus. If that’s not possible, we
can hold it over until the next meeting.”
“It
seems a little iffy to me,” said Schwartz suspiciously.
“In
your vernacular, LOL to us with that,” I said
“WHAT?”
said Schwartz.
“LOL
– Lots of Luck!”
“Oy,”
said Schwartz. “You don’t understand the acronyms. LOL means ‘laughed out loud.’”
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