Funny News: Church proves to be too loud for neighboring comedy club

 Cap City Comedy Club is not amused by the rambunctious Fresh Oil Fellowship

Sometimes, praising the Lord can involve a whole lot of noise: when one gets caught up in praising the Holy Spirit, things can get a little off the chain.  There's nothing wrong with this, of course, unless you happen to be Capital City Comedy Club in Austin, where people are unhappy with the level of noise that's being generated by the church next door.  Read on for the details, my gentle Examiner readers...

Austin has a few major comedy clubs-- The Velveeta Room, Esther's Follies, Cap City-- and one of them is unamused with the amount of noise being generated by the church that's located right next door.  Apparently, all that high-volume worshipping is stepping all over some of the comics' punchlines, and a major battle has erupted between the two establishments:

Bishop Nathan Thomas describes the services at his church thusly: "This is a charismatic church with a very intensified spirit, and we enjoy worshiping God, and so the music is explosive, the worship is explosive, the preaching is explosive".  Here's more of what he's had to say in the press about the entire ordeal:

"They want us to walk away with no compromise on their part, no investment offers, no nothing. They want us to walk away and take a loss. Our people are not willing to do that," he said.

"It's going to take the comedy club, the property management, the owners, and this church to want to sit down to the table and say, 'What can we do to work this thing out?'" Thomas said.

As of right now, no clear resolution has been reached between the two establishments.  You can, however, stay tuned to the Comedy Examiner's Office for more on the situation as it develops.  While you're waiting, though, why not let us know what you think about all this in the comments section below: are the people of Fresh Oil Fellowship out of line with their loud worshipping, or is Cap City being insensitive by complaining about their exhuberant style?  Let us know below, my precious snowflakes! And, while you're here, check out these other recent Comedy Examiner articles:

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