• Overheard in the Bookshop

    The scene is a very busy bookshop. A bepigtailed elderwoman protagonist approaches the information desk. She pauses for a moment and then asks…

    “Excuse me, Religion is…?”

    Her bearded interlocutor pauses for a moment and then replies….

    “Religion is in the gold room, just up the stairs.”

    He pauses once again, and then asks, “Or were you looking for a more esoteric answer?”

3 responses to “Conspiracy Theory Alert”

  1. Kimberly Avatar

    How splendid. If a CIA agent is recognized primarily by his refusal to admit his identity, would that mean that a true Anglican could only be recognized by her refusal to sign a covenant?

  2. kelvin Avatar
    kelvin

    Oh Mother Dunoon, you seem to know a lot about this. There would be no gasp of surprise in Thurible Mansions if you turned out to be the brains behind the whole joint operation.

    The rest of us need to watch out and see whether that Compass Rose sign gets set into the floor of any churches in Argyll over the coming months.

  3. caminante Avatar

    This is just too much. Oh my. Brilliant.

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