A church minister on Prince Edward Island once told me,
"I knew my visit wasn't going to go well as soon as I was invited in. After seating me in a chair at the kitchen table, the woman went straight to the stove, turned off the burner already heating a teapot for tea when i arrived, removing the teapot from the burner, setting it to one side, and then sat down at the table.
I've visit many thousands of people in my time, and most often folks put a teapot on. This was the first time someone actually took the teapot "OFF". It wasn't a good sign. And, let me tell you, I interpretated "the signs of the time" just right."
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