Today I interviewed a church pastor for a piece I’m working on about a church - in case you didn’t get that. I recorded the interview on one of those iPod voice recording doo-hickeys in a large atrium space with lots of reverberations. I listened to the recording on my way back from the interview. Apparently 2:00 on a Thursday is the perfect time to vacuum concrete floors. Also apparently, contemporary Christian music has a lot of ticky-ticky drum beats. And thirdly apparently, this interviewer feels the need to apologize for everything he does.
“I’m sorry if I’m taking up too much of your time.”
“I’m sorry if that doesn’t make sense.”
“I’m sorry if I’m swooning from your cologne.”
The pastor was very attractive, and his scent drew me in. I kept edging closer to him on the couch. I guess they train you in seminary to ignore the gay guy batting his eye-lashes and sitting in your lap when you are extoling the virtues of your church.
m_rturnage | 17-Jul-08 at 8:38 pm | Permalink
You know the obvious joke is that he was wearing “Heaven Scent: The Clergyman’s Cologne” and that you will be featured in a commercial very soon.
I’m sorry if this joke offended you.
alex | 17-Jul-08 at 8:47 pm | Permalink
Why would I be offended? Sure I may be offended because it was a less-than-stellar joke. Or I might be offended that I didn’t think of it, as it is clear that my standards for my own joke-making are criminally low. Or I might be offended by the bad taste of anyone that would feature my mug in a commercial.
But otherwise? No. Can’t think of a reason why.