Was that Wrong?

First - ever notice that I use a whole lot of punctuation in my titles? I use lots of exclamation points, and a few question marks. Perhaps I should explore my other options for title punctuation.

But, that isn't the issue at hand.

Tonight, I attended a charity function. More or less it was making polite conversation with people you don't normally socialize with and eating food you wouldn't normally spend that amount of money on. And, I run in to the Minister Dude. Minister Dude doesn't live around here, but apparently, we run in the same charity circles because I run into him several times a year. Minister Dude is one of those ministers who enjoys watching people censor themselves in his presence, and takes advantage of their squeamishness by making inappropriate jokes. Since Monkeys aren't necessarily religious, I don't play the censor-me-there's-a-preacher-in-the-room game. This means that the Minister Dude on one hand enjoys the repartee with me, and at the same time tries to out do me in the silliness.

So, tonight, there was a bit of harmless silliness going on. I told one of the function organizers that Minister Dude needed her attention. Minister Dude tried to kill me with decorations. Then, Minister Dude leans in and says "I've figured out why I like you" and before he could finish the statement, I made some loud declaration about boobies.

Stunned silence. Several minutes of stunned silence. Then, a creeping redness over takes his face and he walks away. Several minutes later, after regaining his composure, he returns to congratulate me on shutting him up. He says that it's been nearly 50 years since he was stunned into silence.

The Phenom says that it was inappropriate of me to make such a reference in front of a minister. I consulted a friend - and that friend tells me that his wife once yelled "show us your tits" to the associate pastor IN CHURCH. Surely, that's worse. Maybe. I'll have to see what Minister Dude says.