• From The Balcony

  Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jan 15, 2010 (message contributor)

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  Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

FROM THE BALCONY

A man lay sprawled across three entire seats in the movie theater. When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the man, "Sorry, sir, but you're only allowed one seat." The man mumbled but didn't budge. The usher became impatient. "Sir, if you don't get up from there I'm going to have to call the manager." Again, the man just mumbled, which infuriated the usher who turned and marched briskly back up the aisle in search of his manager.

In a few moments, both the usher and the manager returned and once again the man wouldn’t move. Finally, they summoned the police. The policeman surveyed the situation briefly then asked, "All right buddy, what's your name?"

"Sam," the man moaned.

"Where ya from, Sam?"

With pain in his voice, Sam replied, "The balcony."

Be careful not to judge. Things aren't always as they seem.