Allergic to Newsprint

[TrueTomHarley]

Years ago I called on a man and placed a set of magazines. I called on him again and placed another. But then I called back and he said he no longer wanted them. His wife was allergic to newsprint.

“Look, just tell me you don’t like them,” I thought. “Lots of people don't. I can live with that. 'Allergic to newsprint!' What a stupid excuse! Now I’ve heard them all.”

The man and his wife moved away. But some time after that I met them at a District Convention. By then, Bethel had switched to a higher-grade paper and he and his wife had made rapid progress.

They’re probably in the circuit work now that Bethel has gone digital.

A fine newsprint sample below. Don't you agree? (I can already picture this one resurfacing from time to time)

 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

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You are simply amazing.

A guest in someone else's personal space .... and you insult them.

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[TrueTomHarley]

29 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

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You are simply amazing.

A guest in someone else's personal space .... and you insult them.

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In your haste to insult me, did you miss that I thought it, but I did not say it? Have you ever held back from saying something you thought?

Or am I missing something? For otherwise, your comment makes no sense.

Oh. Unless you are referring to the Librarian. But perhaps she and I have a deal that you don't know about. Do you think it possible that there are some things you do not know?

After all, assuming she is a sister, she puts up with astounding abuse from those who hate the organization God uses. I mean, surely for every person I insult, you insult twenty.

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

.. and STOP CALLING ME SHIRLEY!