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Show Coffee Drinkers Preferred Page 3 of 307 abilities needed to help private detective. Open mind a must. Coffee drinker preferred." There was a phone number. This is Sanpete County. It is literally in the heart of Utah, the state that is the oh so famous "mother hive" of The Church That Is Not To Be Named. I live in Mount Pleasant, Utah. A town of just under three thousand souls, most of whom prefer to think of themselves as destined for the great celestial kingdom where they will embark on their world making lessons and go on to create a planet that looks in their imaginations much as this one does. On Center Street in Mt. Pleasant there is a round brass plaque, about a yard in diameter, embedded in the cement of the sidewalk. It says: "This spot marks the center of the great state of Utah." Whenever I walk by this plaque I try to stand on it with both feet and imagine what it feels like to be a very small speck on a map. So when I say I live in the heart of Utah, I hope you will not doubt Noble Nephi's veracity on this topic. To see an advertisement in the Manti Messenger that used the words "creative investigative abilities" combined with "open mind" and "coffee drinker preferred" was about as likely here as seeing the National Review endorse universal health care legislation. Let's just say that Nosey Nephi's curiosity was agitated. And I needed the money. I dialed the number. A gruff voice answered, "Where do you live?" |
