I know some have been posted before but, one of mine from way (way) back just popped in to my head for some reason and I thought I share…
When I was a young teenager my best JW friend and I were out in field service. It was a gorgeous summer day, late morning and in between doors we were discussing our theocratic plans for the afternoon i.e. swimming in Georgiaville Pond (Smithfield, RI for the curious)…
So we drag our sweaty selves up to the door and my friend, whose turn it was to talk thank Jah, knocks and knocks and then, much to my chagrin, knocks again. This man, justifiably disgruntled, saunters up to the door and with a knowing grin interrupts my friend’s spiel with a succinct “not interested.” My friend had intended to respond with, “I appreciate your being frank” but instead blurted, “thank you for having Frank with us.” If you could have seen the absolute bafflement on this guys face… I just lost it, I tried my damndest oops, I mean hardest to maintain composure but I just burst out laughing and could not stop. I mean, I just could not stop laughing; you know when something is only mildly funny but, because of the circumstance (i.e. you’re not supposed to be laughing) it becomes outrageously funny? Well, here I am sweating I’m laughing so hard and Jess, my friend is just looking at me like, “How can you be losing it here, right now?!” Which only makes the whole scene that much funnier, in my opinion. To top it all off, this guy is now smirking and quietly chuckling to himself, taking great pleasure in the fact that I’m guffawing over her mishap. At this point, Jess starts to crack up herself but before completely losing composure she runs off the stoop with me trailing (and still laughing) not far behind her. We called it a day after that and went swimming.
Also, somewhat unrelated, I was supremely good at doing the “false” doorbell ring; you know, finger apparently on the button, even a slight bend to the digit with a faux-forward ‘pushing’ movement of the hand but alas, it was all a ruse. Anyone else guilty of the faux ring/knock?