The Service

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A fellow and his ten-year-old son were on a fishing trip many miles from home. At the boy's insistence, they decided to attend services at a local church. The father forgot to bring any cash, so he reached in his pocket and gave his son a dime to drop in the offering plate as it was passed.

As they walked back to their car after the service, the father began complaining:

"The service was too long," said he. "The sermon was boring, the preacher uninspiring, and the singing was off key."

Finally the boy could take no more and replied,

"Pa, I thought it was pretty good for a dime ..."