*** When asked why she is reading some publication during the meeting instead of paying rapt attention to her husband speaking from the platform, the C.O.'s wife responds, "Oh what the heck, I hear that talk over and over."
*** When Brother Prominent Elder is asked why he keeps having business dealings with brothers in the congregation (he thus causes lots of problems that the BOE has to keep wasting time on), he replies, "Well, we all have to make a living."
*** When someone keeps noticing the smell of alcohol on Elder Fulano's breath at the meetings, the official reply is "Well, he has to drink a little wine for his ticker."
*** When a query is made about why Elder Bastardfile responds to publishers in a harsh way, the response is "That's part of their discipline and refining from Jehovah."
MAYBE YOU CAN ADD YOUR OWN CONGREGATION ODDITIES TO THIS THREAD.