"I DON'T THINK."
Captain P. P. Eckersley, of English broadcasting fame, explained to a social gathering recently hofr listeners one night came to hear a rather remarkable utterance from a clergyman. There was always an official ready to "cut off" a speaker whenever such a course might be deemed necessary; for example, comedians sometimes finished their broadcasting turns by remarking, "I hope you have enjoyed my fun; if you have, come and hear me again at the ■ Palace." The "cut off" came in after the word "fun." The clergyman referred to had delivered a most earnest address, and finished with the words: "My dear friends, one and all of us, if we observe those precepts, we shall go to heaven. I don't think I have spoken too long, have I?" The announcer with the "cut off" switch jumped in just too soon; and the "talk" finished up, "We shall go to heaven. T don't think ."
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 57, 4 September 1926, Page 21
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