A tremendous breach of Church tradition and practice occurred this past Good Friday when senior deacon, Hosni Attia who was in charge of the count, cut the count short by almost 100 Kyries. When confronted with this grave error, he denied it immediately. Despite his denial, his accusers persisted; Hosni eventually admitted his error when he realized denials only served to make him later for his dinner of tamiya and nabit. His excuse was early on in the count, he became distracted when as he states, “In front of me was a very fat out of shape deacon who tried to do metonias for every Kyrie Eleison. It was funny to see him huff and puff and turn red and then just fall over gasping. At this point I started to laugh but I knew I had to control my self on this somber day. But it was too late I lost count so I estimated where we were.” Apparently, he kept remembering the scene, becoming distracted, losing count and misestimating. “The devil fights the faithful the hardest these holiest of days” he offered as way of justification.
(thanx to g.a.m. for idea)