I Have a Bad Feeling About This...
A member of the congregation was a trekkie and had used checks with various Star Trek scenes on them. When counting tithes and offerings each Sunday, the counting folks always got a kick out of seeing her Star Trek checks, which, while the scenes varied, also had a Star Trek quote (of her choice, apparently) that never varied. Well, the woman decided to switch to Star Wars. She picked the famous Han Solo quote: "I have a bad feeling about this..." to go on the various Star Wars scenes on the checks. All was well, as the counter folks enjoyed the new Star Wars checks for a while. Then she decided to switch to Scenes from the Bible. But she didn't like any of the available Bible quotations, so she just left that part of the form she filled out for the new checks blank. The folks that print the checks saw the blank quote thing and decided that she apparently wanted to keep the same quote from Star Wars with her new Scenes from the Bible checks. So, the new checks had things like Moses parting the Red Sea, with the quote: "I have a bad feeling about this..." And Moses going up the mountain to meet with God: "I have a bad feeling about this..." And David facing Goliath: "I have a bad feeling about this..."
Originally published November 14, 2002.
