“We are gathered here today to discuss something that’s rather uncomfortable,” the priest said, looking down at Joe.” Yes, it’s time to discuss your gas problem. We’ve been silent up to now, much as you’ve been as your office mates, elevator companions and family suffered from the outrageous and prodigious amounts of gas you’ve passed.
We’ve come not to judge, but to tell you there’s hope for your gas problems.”
Joe suddenly jolted upright in his bed. It was all a dream. He laughed to himself as he sunk back into his pillows, relieved that the church full of his friends and family were just a figment of his imagination.
But then he began thinking of the last week when he burped several times at an important office meeting. He remembered the elevator ride down on the skyscraper after his corned beef and cabbage lunch. Certainly he recalled meeting that cute girl at the bar, the one who seemed interested but quickly departed after his gas problem made itself known.
Joe suddenly realized he had a gas problem. That’s when he vowed to do something about it, joining the 74 percent of Americans that Readers' Digest says admit to a digestive problem that includes gas.