Rosie Benz

Gods Waiting Room

Sunday Evangelists Bert and Ethel were spending a quiet Sunday at home watching telly. The footy had finished and neither could be bothered changing the channel when the latest TV Evangelist Show came on. Bert wasn't into this stuff, but Ethel was soon entranced by the preacher and his slick words. When he instructed those who wanted healing to touch the screen with one hand and the injured part with the other hand while he prayed, Ethel hobbled to the television, and placed one hand on the screen and the other on her arthritic knees. Bert got out of his chair with an evil grin on his face, hobbled over, put one hand on the screen and the other on his crotch. Ethel was not impressed. "Ya silly old coot" she said" "He said he could heal the sick... Not raise the dead."