Sunday Quotations

This week's quotation is one that you won't find in any book or magazine. It was related to us firsthand by Professor Norbert Duckwitz. When we were at BYU, Spencer worked in the Middle Eastern Studies office, doing odd jobs, editing, answering phones, etc. Professor Duckwitz was a hoot. He is German born and told us many funny stories, one of which was about when he was on his mission. He served in Germany and President Benson was the Area Authority at the time. When President and Sister Benson would visit, they stayed at the mission home. Professor Duckwitz was working in the office at this time. When he was serving, missionaries were still allowed to go out in the evenings and see movies. Well, one evening, Elder Duckwitz and his companion were leaving to catch a flick. Sister Benson hears them leaving and pokes her head out the window and sees them in the street. He said that she called after them and said,

"Boys, where are you going?"

Elders: "Well, we're going to see a movie, Sister Benson."
(they were a little nervous because they thought she was going to call them back to do something for her.")

But she said, "Boys, oh boys, can I come too?"

Just the way that Professor Duckwitz related it, it was so sweet. If you need a new book to read, pick up Ezra Taft Benson's biography. Wonderful insights and inspiring stories. So, it has merged into our own life as an expression. Someone is leaving to do something alone and you call out after them, "Boys, oh boys, Can I come too?"