Did you ever play 'WATCHTOWER HOOKY' ? (page 2)

Guest with Questions

I can't find my glasses so for a split moment I thought you asked if anyone played Watchtower Hockey. As Gilda Radner would say, never mind.

gaiagirl

I was taking evening classes, and missed many Tuesday and Thursday meetings. I can truthfully say I enjoyed Trigonometry MUCH more than anything I ever heard at the KH.

I would leave at half time and go out to eat, and then come back sometimes after the meeting had ended and act like I was there the whole time. Sometimes I would take someone with me. It was a little tradition between me and my best friends.

NewYork44M

While I played my share of wt hooky, it was not enough. I clearly could have increased my hooky threashold. There were more than a few times where the best thing for my sanity was to play hooky.

saywhat29

YES!

I play Hooky all the time. I don't pull the "sick" card anymore because it gets too suspicious after a while, but I will pull the- "Omg, my car isn't working right. OH my God, i almost had an accident!" card all the time.

WTWizard

I had a variety of flimsy excuses. After I moved, I "forgot" to buy a $10 umbrella so I could walk to the Hell, and I "forgot" to call for rides there. Thus, any time it rained or threatened to rain, I would blow off the meeting. Then I intentionally "forgot" to set my alarm clock, so I would miss those meetings (I played hooky when I had a talk, and that was the last talk I ever got).

I had a game of going randomly to two different congregations. I moved across the border and kept not transferring. This really threw them off, since each side assumed I went to the other. Most times, I simply played hooky. Eventually, I started playing hooky at all the meetings. And in 2006, I played hooky at the Crapmorial (I got a Ouija board that day instead of going).

brunnhilde

I remember feigning a "migraine" and the delightfully wicked and wonderful feeling slipping out the door after the talk to FREEDOM!!!!!! It would make me positively giddy, like I could take a full breath of air for the first time in hours. Come to think of it, just this last Saturday I was with my son on the way to the park and had stopped for coffee. Of course there was a carload of dubs milling vacuously around in the parking lot and I had the biggest smile on my face as I sipped my latte, opened my sun roof and drove off to enjoy the beautiful day with my little boy!

brunn

Medic!?

Wow that brings back memories! Working for the fire department, I had a pretty steady excuse to miss at least 1 meeting per week, due to working 24 hour shifts. And since the shifts rotated days of the week, it was always exciting to look forward to missing something in particular. I never really minded the Sunday talk & Watch-borer, that didn't cut into my day too much or waste too much time. But I detested the weekday meetings. As Poppy said, you would go to work or school, and know you had to come home, clean up, and go straight to a place you detested. I truly appreciate my freedom. Every once in a while, I'll think about what I'll get into on a Tuesday or Thursday night, and laugh that my parents are still trudging along like the good sheep that they are doing it!

Did you ever play 'WATCHTOWER HOOKY' ?