Ham on Wry

DID I REALLY HEAR THAT? J. S. of Melbourne Beach, Fla. submitted the following misreading of the Eleventh Tradition as: "Our public relations policy is biased. . .," and a new misreading of the First Step: "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmentionable." And C. L. of Shreveport, La, heard a local meeting begin with "the AA preramble."