My Funny Papa

Last weekend I invited my father to come hiking with me at Raven Run.  When we arrived at the Overlook and were looking at the river, Dad asked me if I knew about the time he took my mother swimming in the river.  I told him I did remember that story and the two of us had a good chuckle.  Naturally my husband wanted to know what had us both so tickled so I told him the river story.

Now, for those of you who might not know Papa Joe.....he is a dedicated Bible thumper from way back. If the church doors were open--we were there. Everyone in my family was involved with some church activity, be it choir, puppet team, deacon, pianist, drummer, etc   So you can imagine how many friends were made over the years.  And
some friends were more special.  The Miller Family was very special to our family.  Not only was our pastor and his wife close to the same age as my parents, their three sons were also about the same age as my sister and me.  We spent a lot of free time with the Millers and it was at their home when this story was first told.

Papa Joe was telling Brother Miller and his wife about what happened when he took my mother swimming earlier that week.  There was a relatively safe beachy area near our home and on rare occasions we would swim there.  Mom and Dad were there adventuring alone this time.  Dad said that he and my mother were floating on rafts when they saw three strangers approaching the beach.  It was two men holding hands with the woman walking between them......and she was topless.  He said that he and my mom quickly gathered their things and left for home.

After hearing all this and having a good laugh, Brother Miller jokingly reassured my dad that he had not committed a sin by looking once, it was only a sin if you looked back a second time.  Papa Joe says "Yessir, I know that.  That's why I took One Looooooooooong Look."

Brilliant loophole?