Object: Three cards on which you have neatly printed "S-O-S"

Boys and girls: There are three very important letters that for many years have meant, "I need help." Whenever ships were sinking, they would always send out these three letters. Can anybody tell me what they are? That's right, S-O-S.

Does anybody know what those three letters stand for? They could stand for "save our ship." Or even "save our souls." I could preach a sermon on that, couldn't I? Actually the letters don't mean anything.

Back before we had telephones…