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Thanks to Keith L. for sending this one!
A rather old fashioned lady, always quite delicate and elegant, especially in
her language, was planning a weeks vacation with her husband, so she wrote to a
particular camp ground and asked for a reservation.
She wanted to make sure that the camp ground was fully equipped, but didn't know
quite how to ask about the toilet facilities. She just couldn't bring herself to
write the word "toilet" in her letter.
After much thought, she finally came up with the old fashioned term "Bathroom
closet" but when she wrote it down, she still thought she was being too forward,
so she started all over again, rewrote the letter, and referred to the bathroom
closet as the B.C.
"Does the camp ground have it's own B.C." is what she wrote.
Well, the camp ground owner couldn't figure out what the old lady was talking
about, so he showed the letter around to a few of the campers and the only thing
they could come up with was that B.C. stood for Baptist Church, so he wrote the
following reply.
Dear Madam,
I regret very much the delay in answering your letter, but I now take the
pleasure of informing you that a B.C. is located nine miles north of our camp
ground, and is capable of seating 250 people at one time.
I admit that 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
campers go there and many take their lunches along and make a day of it. They
usually arrive nice and early and stay quite late.
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 there
is a special supper planned there to raise money to buy more seats so that
everyone will be able to sit in comfort.
I would like to say that it pains me very much not to be able to go more
regularly, but it is surely no lack of desire on my part, just that I am so busy
most of the time.
As we grow older, it seems to be more of an effort to go, especially in the cold
weather. If you decide to come down to our camping ground 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 very friendly community!