In a post-church-service coffee hour, I spotted an interesting new girl talking to other members of the young-adults group.

I strolled (as I thought) casually over, and said, "I'm Dave Oesterreich. Are you new with the (whatever its name was) group?"

"Yes."

"I'm the secretary (which was true), and I will need your address and phone number."

We've been married for forty years now. She has assured me that she saw me "casually" walking over to her, and knew exactly what I needed her phone number for. So much for subtlety.

Dave Oesterreich