There is an old fashioned lady, always quite delicate and elegant, especially in language. She and her husband were planning a week vacation in Florida, so she wrote to a campground and asked for a reservation. She wanted to make sure the campground was fully equipped, but didn’t know how to ask about the toilet facilities.
She just could not bring herself to write the word “toilet” in her letter. After much deliberation, she finally came up with the term bathroom commode. But after writing that down, she still thought she was being too forward, so she rewrote the entire letter and referred to the “bathroom commode” merely as the “BC”. Does the campground have its own BC?" is what she actually wrote.
Well, the campground owner couldn’t figure out what the woman was talking about. That BC business really stumped him. After worrying about it for awhile, he showed the letter to several couples, but they couldn’t imagine what the lady meant either. So the campground owner finally came to the conclusion that the lady must be asking about the location of the local Baptist Church, sat down and wrote the following reply:
**Dear Madam, **
I regret the delay in answering your letter, but I now take the pleasure of informing you that a BC is located 9 miles North of the campground and is capable of seating 250 people at one time. It is located in a beautiful pine grove and is open only on Sundays and Wednesdays. I admit it is quite a distance away and if you are in the habit of going regularly, but no doubt you will be pleases to know that a great number of people take their lunch along and make a day of it they usually arrive early and stay late. My daughter met her husband in the BC. The last time my wife and I went, it was so crowded we had to stand up the whole time we were there.
Sometimes it is so crowded there are 5 to a seat. It may interest you to know that right now there is a supper planned in the basement of the BC, to raise money to buy more seats.
It pains me very much not to be able to go more regularly, but its surely not due to a lack of desire on my part. As we grow older, it seems to be more of an effort, particularly in the cold weather.
It you decide to come to our campground, perhaps I could go with you the first time you go and sit with you and introduce you to all the other folks. We will be sure to get a seat up front where you can be seen by everyone.
Remember, we are a friendly community.
Sincerely Yours,
The Campground Owner
good one