A rather old fashioned lady, always quite delicate and elegant,
especially in her language, was planning a weeks holiday in Sydney with
her husband, so she wrote to a particular camping ground and asked for a
reservation.

She wanted to make sure that the camping ground was fully equipped, but
didn't know quite how to ask about the toilet facilities. She just
couldn't bring herself
to write the word "toilet" in her letter.

After much thought, she finally came up with the old fashioned term
"Bathroom closet" but when she wrote it down, she still thought she was
being too forward, so she started all over again, rewrote the letter,
and referred to the bathroom closet as the B.C.

"Does the camping ground have it's own B.C." is what she wrote.

Well, the camping ground owner wasn't a bit old fashioned, and he just
couldn't figure out what the old lady was talking about, so he showed
the letter around a few of the campers and the only thing they could
come up with was that B.C. stood for Baptist Church, so he wrote the
following reply.

Dear Madam,

I regret very much the delay in answering your letter, but I now take
the pleasure of informing you that a B.C. is located nine miles north of
our camping ground, and is capable of seating 250 people at one time.

I admit that it is quite a distance away if you are in the habit of
going regularly but no doubt you will be pleased to know that a great
number of campers go there and many take their lunches along and make a
day of it. They usually arrive nice and early and stay quite late.

The last time my wife and I went was six years ago, and it was so
crowded we had to stand up the whole time we were there. It may interest
you to know that there is a special supper planned there to raise money
to buy more seats so that everyone will be able to sit in comfort.

I would like to say that it pains me very much not to be able to go more
regularly, but it is surely no lack of desire on my part, just that I am
so busy most of the time.

As we grow older, it seems to be more of an effort to go, especially in
the cold weather. If you decide to come down to our camping ground
perhaps I could go with you the first time you go, sit with you and
introduce you to all the other folks.

Remember, this is a very friendly community.

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