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The name of the local cable company that supplies the infrastructure for my Internet connection is HOT. The name of their rivals, who offer satellite TV is YES. (Don't ask me why they have to choose such silly-snappy English names.) Yesterday I lost my Internet connection and the woman at the other end of the telephone line said that there was something wrong with the power of my connection and that she would send a technician "between 3 and 5 pm". At a couple of minutes to 3 the technician called to say he would arrive within a few minutes.
When he arrived I was spellbound for a moment. He was a magnificent example of young manhood with a most engaging smile in front and a delicious-looking posterior on the other side. He was very polite too (which is unusual). I sat quite entranced watching him at work and inwardly thanking him for making my day. Of course, he was wearing the company t-shirt which was bright red with the word HOT boldly displayed. Underneath was printed their motto: "Always something to love". I think my reaction was the opposite of that intended. I nodded and said to myself "YES!"
Just before he left he said, "Is there anything else I can do for you, sir?" I don't know how I managed to croak out the word "no".
J F R
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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