Legenda Fratrum, Part IX
Often during community prayers, an especially crotchety old brother used to stare at the younger brothers that he suspected of a lack of seriousness. One of the young brothers, a frequent object of these stares, had his fill of it one day and decided to out-stare the old brother. The match continued for the whole period of prayer. As they were leaving the chapel, the older brother stopped the younger one and snarled: "Brother, if you'd look at the tabernacle as much as you looked at me, you'd be a g*dd**n saint!"
posted by BroLo | 7/31/2006 07:00:00 AM
11 Comments:
I take it younger brother won then? Thought so.
With your powers of observation, you should be a psychologist.
This blog is a trip!
why wasn't the older brother bowed in prayer then eh? Or had he filled his quota in earlier, more dedicated years?
It would be a great help to the general public if you could fill us in on what that quota is. Is it achievable all in one evening, say?
And did no one notice that the tabernacle wasn't getting your undivided attention either?
Well, Zoe, your problem is that you want consistency. You must learn to get over that.
Zoe - if there was a quota my step-mother would have been absolved long ago.
So would my grandfather, dirtie bridie, but then, he did seem to have every confidence that he had been.
Brolo - great blog! I hopped over here from Nikki's blog (a mom after my own heart).
The secret to a great stare is not looking at whatever your eyes are pointed at... you're busy looking inside your own head.
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Oh, sorry. I meant to type, "Wouldn't that cause a lot of typos?", but I was looking inside my head. BTW, there's not much to look at in there.
Amen!
I have five brothers and lots of past stare-downs. Believe me... it works! I do not recommend typing while "staring", however.
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