The Unsuccessful
Joke
by Tom Schmidt
It was
supposed to just be a joke. Really…
Josh, Pat and
Casey drove over to the house of Rachel Hartung
with the intent of play a bit of a joke on her 17th birthday.
The “mooning” of the attractive redhead
while singing “happy birthday” was
intended to in fun. They were sure
that Rachel won’t be offended and would take
the gesture in the manner intended.
Hey, it was
just a joke, right? But unbeknownst to the
boys, Rachel’s father, the Reverend Josiah
Hartung, was at home that night and not at bible
study as was usually the case for a Wednesday
evening in the fall. The widower was
protective of his only daughter so what happened
was not totally unexpected. So the boys
were surprised when both Rachel and Reverend
Hartung opened the door. Turned around and
bent over, the boys thought that just Rachel was
there when she gasped “oh my god” at
the sight of their bare backsides. But they
quickly realized their mistake when they heard a
male voice boom out “what the hell??”
Fleeing off
the porch while simultaneously trying to buckle
their pants, boys might have been a bit too
distracted to hear the reverend’s final
comment to them as they ran off his property.
“That is
not what I was talking about last week when I
said that we all need to turn the other cheek…”
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