Popularity Stakes

One New Year Sunday a rural minister rebuked his church officer, not only for arriving late for the evening service, but also for being the worse for drink, and for falling asleep during the sermon.  The man excused himself by saying that he had been up the Strath that afternoon, and then added "Ye ken whit it is like at New Year."

"I know perfectly well" replied the minister.  "I was up the Strath myself this afternoon visiting, and I am not in the state that you are in." 

"No" agreed the beadle "bit ye arena as popular as A am."

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