Good timing

Yesterday afternoon a woman at the information desk asked about the difference between a christening and a baptism. Laura R. wasn't sure, so she asked me -- I've just gotta say, it's a sad day when I become the go-to person on a religious matter. Anyway, I started fumbling around, saying I thought a christening was for infants, and it's basically the parents presenting the baby to the church, and a baptism is for older kids and adults who make the decision themselves to join the church. While I was trying to explain this to the customer, a very nice woman with limited English skills, a priest walked up to the desk. (That sounds like the start of a joke, but it really happened.) "Hey, let's ask this guy!" I said brightly. "I'll bet he knows."

The priest more or less confirmed what I'd said, then went on to ask Laura R. for help in finding something. When the two of them left the desk in search of his book, the customer turned to me, beaming, and remarked how strangely lucky it was that the priest had come along just then. "It's like, you know, you have a computer problem, and --" here she mimed a magical poof! "-- a nerd shows up."

P.S. For those of you interested in these matters, World Domination for Beginners will be screened as part of this year's 48-Hour Film Project on Saturday night. For more information about the screening, see here.