Missing on Sunday

There are those few in Church who are delighted to point out who is missing on a Sunday (and not so as to be helpful). In this regard, my late wife Mirjam had a curious custom. If someone said to her, "There were some people missing from Church today," she would ask, "Oh? Who?" Then she would say, "I'll tell you who else was missing!" and she would name them one by one -- with the Missing Persons List growing longer and longer. OBSERVATION: I remember one such person being stunned into silence. She never did explain her technique to me.