That made me giggle Bigmac lol
Loz x
Whats the weridst thing youv'e ever seen on the platform?
by highdose 39 Replies latest jw friends
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DaCheech
this wasn't from stage but it applies.
I was doing the sound. during a CO visit so many sisters asked me to record the talk.
one came to me and asked if I could lend her a cassette. I had in my car an extra metallica recording and was willing to record over it for the sister.
when the brother ended his prayer I hit the record button, guess what happened instead?
the people (and CO) were treated to 5 seconds of metallica.
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watersprout
were treated to 5 seconds of metallica.
LOL! I bet the cong were convinced that demons had gotten control over the sound system!
Peace and light
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WTWizard
I have seen more than my share of times where someone so small that they would use the booster would have a Number Two talk. Invariably, the reading was so labored that it would take more than 10 minutes. As I was the timer, I would inform the conductor when 5 minutes was up, so he could cut the misery short. However, it was ignored and he would wait another 4 or 5 minutes before the reading was finished. Needless to say, not being able to do my job in keeping talks on time was not good--the specific instruction is, when the time is up, you simply give an abbreviated conclusion--especially if it's long because you are not very fluent or the reading is especially difficult.
And I don't see why children, as young as 5 or 6, should even be giving these talks at all. Oh well, if they are going to be getting baptized at age 6, they need to be able to give fluent readings at age 3 or 4.
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Think About It
Weirdest thing from the platform? For one new young asshole elder it probably was the time I said, "Oh my god!" in exclamation while conducting the WT study, after someone related an unusal experience. This guy brought it up in elder meetings afterwards, and finally in a personal visit to my home where I ended up kicking him out after he banged his fist on my FR table, because I refused to accept his personal view of it.
Think About It
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littlebird
A sister was walking up to the stage with her skirt tucked into the top of her panty hose, a brother got up and pulled her skirt out of her hose!
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laverite
These are hysterical! Littlebird - I hope that brother was her husband! Her husband-brother. Like sister-wife maybe. Or...Oh heck, I'm getting confused. This whole JW thing is confusing. lol. I'll stop now.
As you were...
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badcompany
I forgot all about this one and wonder if anyone else has seen something similar. We had a brother that was "challenged" and had never learned how to read. This was back when the 2nd talk was actually a talk and not a bible reading. This guy would stand up at the platform with the MS servant behind him. The servant would say a sentence and the poor guy would stand there with sweat beading on his forehead and parrot back the words. I was only in grade school then but I remember thinking he looked like a marionette.
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littlebird
Laverite- No actually, it wasnt her husband, crazy, huh? It was too late before I noticed, so I couldn't help her.
badcompany- thats so sad, treating people like they have to be in the school, even if they cant read.
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Quentin
This one I did myself. It was the #1 talk. The brother couldn't make it, being know for giving talks on the spot with little preperation, I was called on to stand in. Walked up to the podium nudged my bible off with an elbow then proceeded to stomp, kick it around the stage. Picked it up, dusted it off, calmly laid it on the podium and said "Now that's how some people treat their Bible because they don't know how to use it correctly, words to that effect."
Like an old WB cartoon crickets chirped, frogs burped, leaves twisted round in the breeze. But, it was the slack jawed, bug eyed, drool dripping stares I got from the congergation that was something I'll forever see in my minds eye. To top it off had another 10 min to cover. When it was over headed to the door and left. Was never asked to stand in again, in that kh, wonder why? Also, it was months before I was assigned to give another #1, strange that.