Rupert Johnson ("you had to be there" kind of story I think)

My dad has been in rehab for seven months now. Before that, I thought it would be weird to visit someone in rehab, kinda like visiting people in the hospital or mental health facilities. I visit every weekend that I am in town, mostly Sunday afternoons. I have gotten to know a lot of the other men there as well as some of their stories. Yesterday, Dad and I were sitting out by the lake in our lawn chairs, he was filling me in on what had happened since I had visited last. (I have been in Maine for the past four weeks.) He told me about Rupert Johnson passing the tenth step of the program. The anecdote went something like this... When Rupert was asked if he could traces places with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be, he answered, "Joseph, from the bible. You see, when I was a child I saw a picture of Joseph's wife Mary in my mamma's bible. And that Mary, she was a beautiful woman. Not only that, but Joseph he was a carpenter. The ways I sees it is that Joseph was a rich man. He didn't just build them houses, you see, he was into real estate too. Yes sir, I would trade places with Joseph. " I've read the gospels many times and I never got all that out of Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. Rupert Johnson sure knows how to read between the lines.