A Gentle Stir Or Shake 'Em Rigid? (page 2)

ozziepost

G'day Eman,

Wonderful! Brilliant! Loved it!

Does that tell you how Mrs Ozzie and I read this story?

Please, please tell us the next instalment.

I have just spent the last couple of hours talking with this fella, boy, has he got problems in communicating. He calls the lady who owns the pub "Girl" and expects her to be so subservient that it's embarrasing to everyone. He has absolutely no idea of what is acceptable and what is not, the landlady has told him that he must be better mannered or she will ban him. He just looked at her blankly.

It's like dealing with a bad-tempered child, he's a guy in his 50's who acts as though he was about 12 years old.

These witnesses are just like spoiled children, they have just never developed at all. I can't be doing with it!

Englishman.

Bring on the dancing girls!

JeffT

Good for you E-man. I think I might give it a try myself the next time opportunity arises.

OUTLAW

Hey E-man,I have often described some dubs(older ones)as bad 12 year olds.I find it humourous,you would find the same thing in England...OUTLAW

GinnyTosken

Bring on the dancing girls!

You deserve them. Bravo, Englishman!

Ginny

flower

wow, thats a cool story! i would think that the dub would have to have his doubts already and be 'weak' in the faith for it to be effective. he obviously was out drinking which is frowned upon so he is a good person for this approach.

i dont think it would be effective on the hard nosed jw believers like my fam.

flower

Englishman

Ginny T,

Gosh, thank you very much indeed!

Englishman.

Bring on the dancing girls!

outnfree

Wonderful post (again!), E-man!

I DO like your approach!

But I must say that I was eagerly expecting the answer to my question "shake what, exactly, rigid?" to be quite different than was the case here.

outnfree

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts -- John Wooden

Englishman

Stephanus,

I hadn't thought of that, the phrase "You sod" or "Sod off" referring to sodomy. Mmm.

Outnfree,

Shake em rigid, no I wasn't referring to his willie, Ha Ha! I meant that when someone is shaken badly that they tend to freeze up.

Englishman.

Bring on the dancing girls!

ZazuWitts

Englishman.

You've posted your 'strategy' before, and I've always appreciated it. Makes me laugh, too. Yes, I've entertained the idea of using this approach. Especially the concept of just letting it rooooll out in one run-on paragraph sort of reply. Sound simple and quite effective, imo. I think it might be something I would consider with certain people JW friends/or acquaintances from the past, people who are no longer part of my social network.

And, I know larc has entertained having a drink with my sister's husband, and possibily using a similar style.

I frankly admit though, that we have a few other relatives whom I feel would immediately react with an all-out shunning. Maybe I shouldn't care, but occasionally we do have an opportunity to visit with them and I like to keep that door open.

A Gentle Stir Or Shake 'Em Rigid?

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