On Words

There is a story of the minister who delivered a lengthy sermon for some three-quarters of an hour and when he was done one of the people in the audience approached him and told him that he was a reporter from the McNeil/Lehrer Report, he was deeply impressed with the sermon and was wondering if some of it could be used on television.  He asked: “Reverend, could you summarize this sermon in five minutes?”  The minister, thrilled at the opportunity of being on national television, replied: “Of course.”  To which the reporter queried:  “Then why didn't you?”   -Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg