The house hoots we go to always have a half dozen or so RUS copies in evidence, but only a few people depend on them. Lately, most people have their own songbook, with songs they like collected and chorded the way they want to do them. When someone uses RUS, we all make a joke of it and say something like, "O.K. children, turn to page 97 in your blue hymnal. . ."

It can be handy as a reference. It could be torture as a bible. Humor always helps.