Theocratic supermarket trolleys [Ozzie's Weekend Poll #154]

by ozziepost 25 Replies latest jw friends

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    G'day all,

    Well, I can brave most things but I've yet to find an answer to those "I've got a mind of my own" supermarket trolleys! Talk about ambidextrous - those wheels can go in opposite directions at the same time!

    Of course, all that will change in the "new system" TM

    Yes, in the new system every imaginable material desire will be satisfied - well, that's what the WT preaches!

    So, our weekend poll this weekend asks us a question that isn't so much about reminiscing as much as revealing our hopes and how they will be realised, according to all things dubdom.

    The question is:

    In the new system, do you think that supermarket trolleys will stear straight ?

    1. No, there won't be any qualified trolley mechanics who survive Armageddon.

    2. Yes, because the elders will make sure you 'qualify' before you can drive one.

    3. Supermarket trolleys will be classed as worldly and so not allowed.

    4. Only those with "privileges" will be able to get one.

    5. No. there won't be any modern products in the new system.

    6. No, there won't be any 'worldly' supermarkets.

    7. Yes, because all things will be perfect.

    8. Yes, because only those people with perfect bodies will be able to get one.

    9. No, because there won't be any shopping!

    10. Yes, because the scripture says there will be "a new heavens and a new Wal-Mart".

    11. Nah, the wheels will fall off it just like the WTS.

    12. Other (well, what do you think?)

    Enjoy!

    Cheers, Ozzie (permanently upside-down class)

    Freedom means not having to wear a tie.

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow



    In the new system, do you think that supermarket trolleys will stear straight ?

    1. No, there won't be any qualified trolley mechanics who survive Armageddon.

    2. Yes, because the elders will make sure you 'qualify' before you can drive one.

    3. Supermarket trolleys will be classed as worldly and so not allowed.

    4. Only those with "privileges" will be able to get one.

    5. No. there won't be any modern products in the new system.

    6. No, there won't be any 'worldly' supermarkets.

    7. Yes, because all things will be perfect.

    8. Yes, because only those people with perfect bodies will be able to get one.

    9. No, because there won't be any shopping! Unless of course you have the mark of the beast: 666.

    10. Yes, because the scripture says there will be "a new heavens and a new Wal-Mart".

    11. Nah, the wheels will fall off it just like the WTS.

    12. Other (well, what do you think?) There will be loads of people who aspire to have their buggy repair skills reach perfection. We call 'em buggies down south.

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow
    bug·gy 1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (b
    n. pl. bug·gies
    1. A small, light, one-horse carriage usually having four wheels in the United States and two wheels in Great Britain.
    2. A baby carriage.
    3. A passenger or recreational vehicle, usually with oversized tires, designed for off-road use.
    4. Informal. An automobile.
    5. Chiefly Southern U.S. A shopping cart, especially for groceries.
  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    FHN:

    That's taken from the English to USA (Southern) dictionary, I s'pose?

    I'll stick with the strine version.

    Ozzie (underneath youse lot class)

  • FlyingHighNow
    FlyingHighNow
    FHN:

    That's taken from the English to USA (Southern) dictionary, I s'pose?

    It's actually from Dictionary.com. I was hoping they'd include that we southerners call shopping carts buggies. At one time, I thought everyone called them buggies. But in Michigan they call them carts and here in Connecticut they call them carriages. I think it's charming: the differences in dialect between England, Australia and America. And from region to region in each of those countries.

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    How can it rightly be called a cart?? A cart uis something that you pull behind you but a shopping trolley is something you push in front of you.

    Once again the downunder mob get it right!!

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    oh i get it now!

    THAT's how you merry cans get your trolleys to stear straight - you PULL them!!!!

  • horrible life
    horrible life

    FHN you are 90% right in calling them buggys. A trolley is something you ride on, in San Francisco. I have called it a cart before, but that does sound a lot like farming, and I can picture chickens. (Don't ask me why, I'm tired)

    But here in Oklahoma, there is a wide spread movement, I don't know who, or what organization, probably some real high ups, They have started calling them BASKETS. Some people are fighting the change, but they are taken care of immediately.

    As for your question. They will all be eliminated. We will just look up to the heavens, and ask Jehovah to provide our groceries. They will appear on the table, or we may have to go pick it up outside our mountain cottages, with a view. HL

  • MsMcDucket
    MsMcDucket

    We call it a shopping cart here in Kansas. Are we all talking about the same thing?

  • jwfacts
    jwfacts

    number 6. there wont be supermarkets in the new system.
    In every Watchtower picture of the New System that I remember, each family has their own little vegetable garden to eat from. Since there are no roads, even if there was a supermarket there would be no way to drive the groceries home. And of course there won't be any butcheries.
    And about the trolleys, of course Ozzie has the correct term.

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