Does anybody remember the old apostate guy they called Mr. Coffee? Back in the late 80s when I was at Brooklyn he would dress in a suit, have a book bag, and come and stand in front of the 124 bldg or sometimes over by the Towers Hotel. He'd easily put in auxillary pioneer hours. He would yell and bellow , and say "SLAAAAAAAAAAAVE!" really loudly, among other things. It would carry for blocks. He had a strong NY accent, looked to me in his early 60s at the time. It was hillarious, we would laugh and there was one Bethelite that could imitate him perfectly.He may have been mentally ill, but he sure was funny. The rumor was that he had been DFed for smoking back in the 70s and then he said well if you are going to DF for that, you should DF for drinking coffeee too.
Here's the things I remember seeing Coffee saying/doing:
"Are you a slave of God? Or a slave of the Watchtow-ahh?"
"Jimmy Swaggert Religion!"
"Michael Jackson Religion!"
"Suck-ahh...Dope...Slave!" (As you walked by, pointing his finger right in your face.)
If a sister was wearing red he would say "The Devil wears red!"
Onetime a businessman was walking by and he thought it was a Bethelite and pointed his finger in the guy's face and started doing the "Sucker Dope Slave" spiel and the man hauled off and punched him and coffee hit the sidewalk hard. A couple of Bethel boys actually picked him up and helped him. (I only heard this one at the table, didn't see it)
One time two waiters went by and he yelled "You kill your brothers you feed them coffee!". Then he added to the one that was of Asian descent, "What's for supper tonight? Chop Suey???"
Two guys from the moving crew were carrying a couch from the office buildings down the hill and he said "Brothers...Jesus said your load would be light...yet you are toiled down..."
If it was cold and he saw you coming, he would look the other way and say "Boy it's cold outside..." and then right when you passed him he'd get in your face and add "But not where you're going!!"