Mayor Paler Calls for Resignation of Randall Nathan

As some know, Pastor Randall Nathan began putting (Ret.) after his name, the way retired personnel of the military and circus do, so that people would know they could not ask him any longer to do pastoral offenses, I mean, offices, like weddings and potluck prayers. That's how retired generals avoid ordering people into battle, and retired acrobats avoid the high wire, that simple little (Ret.) after their name.

When a child asked him, though, if (Ret.) means Retard, he decided that it did, since in Periwinkle County, "retired" is pronounced "retard," and since retard in music means "slow down," which is what he is doing in retarment. So he has been writing his name as The Rev. Dr. Randall Nathan, (Retard).

Now, though, Memphjus' mayor, Sara M. Paler, has learned of this and called for his resignation for using "The R word," which, she said, was sure both to be insulting and to "upset the public order," and which he had not used in a satirical way, which would have made it okay.

He would be glad to resign, if he had anything to resign from, but he's not about to stop using "Rev."