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Sleeping at assemblies and conventions
by free2beme 45 Replies latest jw friends
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Lilycurly
My dad tries really hard to take notes, but always ends up falling asleep on his briefcase.
Well, I totally understand...I have to admit I nodded a few times, but mostly, I would let my mind wander, trying to spot cute bros I knew and scrutinize them the whole afternoon. That, or I would pretend to take notes and draw or write stuff, hoping that dad wouldn't ask me to pass my notes so he could copy the stuff he missed whiel asleep.
Oooh, I remember those yummy cheese danishes! My sis and I used to fight for the last one as kids.
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Lapuce
I fell asleep most of the time , especially the years that I had at my work the graveyard shift. The two boys and I fell asleep and my dub wife was all pised off because she was the only one taking notes.....
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greendawn
All JW meetings are very dull, uninspiring and boring and it's a pain to get through especially for those that have been attending them for years, and I often observed some JWs that fell asleep during the meetings and assemblies. A nice way to escape the boredom and brainwashing.
The quality of their talks reflects the quality of the FDS who prepares all of them in outline at least. Their inspiration dried up quite a while ago. -
unclebruce
Thanks free2beme,
next time I go to an assembly I'll take one of those (or better still sell them at the gate
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excuse me greendawn - are you alright? from here it looks like you're being electrafried.
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Elsewhere
Yup... in the last few years I was still "in" I slept through nearly 100% of every convention. It was as if a switch went off in my head the instant the first talk of each session started....
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anewme
Way back in the early 70s we had our conventions in outside colliseums. Then it was very hard to stay awake.
But I learned to take notes and usually was able to keep my eyes open.
We also had farm animals to feed and water and pets to secure. (It became a pattern that a pet would die during assembly time for one reason or another)
By the time I had lunches packed and people packed and we were on our way I was pooped. Im sure I nodded some during the talks.
By the third day I was an emotional wreck and contemplating suicide as a way out!
I remember one convention day I forgot my reading glasses and was forced to sit out the day virtually blind.
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Reading that story made me sad for 2 reasons:
1 The dead animals at every convention...
2 The fact that you were doing this in the 1970's -- Wow I'd love to live back then and have a great time! Such a fun era! :D -
Woofer
You bet I used to fall asleep . . . .my mom would only ever use a red ink pen and she would hit my sister and I over the head if we fell asleep with it.
We used to bring my grandma with us and I could never understand how she'd stay awake during the whole session. Not once did I ever catch her napping.
We used to have our district conventions at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh and my family usually never got there in time for the good seats so we ended up always sitting in the nose bleed sections. During some of the LONG prayers (especially the closing ones) I used to think I would accidentally tumble forward from standing so long with my eyes closed.
Oh and I remember being told to not go and get in line for the food before the prayer but you would ALWAYS see tons of people leaving during the song so that could get in line. I guess they didn't appreciate the "spiritual food" from the prayer.
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unclebruce
We used to bring my grandma with us and I could never understand how she'd stay awake during the whole session. Not once did I ever catch her napping.
She might have been on drugs. lol Well if she had been in Australia, you could bank on it. Till it was banned in the 1950's Australian women were by far the biggest heroin users in the world. Of course the lables had names like "Peptonite" and such. These same women could be very judgemental about alcohol and smoking.
unclebruce whose mother was/is a walking pill box.
