Even Super-Ted Can't Put Bums On Seats!

by Englishman 12 Replies latest jw friends

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  Englishman

  I've just been watching the last few minutes of Panorama again. The bit were Ted J gets waylaid by our intrepid WOMAN reporter. (Is that the reason for his awful grimace?)

  Anyway, he's a GB member, right? Number 2 honcho in the World maybe? A big Cheese, perhaps?

  So then, how is it that if Ted J is such a mega star, how come his presence can only half-fill a not very-big assembly hall in Tulsa? Did you see all those empty seats?

  I recall that when a GB member dropped by the UK in London, they had to hire a stadium of at least 50,000 capacity to get everyone in! I don't reckon that there was over 3000 people in that hall, so where's all these keen dubs getting to these days that even a GB member can't get a decent turn-out for his speech?

  Englishman.
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  The_Bad_Seed

  No perhaps. DEFINATELY a big cheese. The bad kind.
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  ozziepost

  DEFINATELY a big cheese. The bad kind.

  The type of cheese with holes in!
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  The_Bad_Seed

  How appropriate would it be for Mr. T to be of the Swiss persuasion...
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  sunshineToo

  Maybe they were on the lunch break.
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  D wiltshire

  Eman,

  I think the GB doesn't give advance notice that they are going to be at a certain DA, like they used to.

  Panarama was probable given a tip by an insider who new TJ would be there. Were as the gerneral rank and file is not privy to such info.

  I don't think many GB will be out giveing public lectures that much any more, because they will not be able to hide behind their PR men. Which could turn out to be very embare ASSING.
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  cruzanheart

  Not Swiss - Limberger!
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  Matty

  E'man. My oh my, how things have changed! I remember my parents telling me about these talks, I think I have a blurry memory of going to one myself when I was very little. I understand that they used to be like mini-assemblies, and they were usually at Twickenham. They were quickly arranged to accommodate a Bethel speaker. I think I remember my dad talking about Fred Franz talking for about three hours continuously.

  Edited to add: D wiltshire - yes of course. In years gone by the programme for the convention had the names of the speakers on them, and one or two used to filter through before it started. We used to know which honcho went to which convention, but we generally don't anymore.

  Edited by - Matty on 16 July 2002 11:34:38
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  kat7302

  Maybe this is a sign of the times!
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  SYN

  Hehe. Luckily we in South Africa, being just a pimple on the ass of the JW world so to speak, have never had the "benefit" of a GB member giving us a 3 hour talk. God forbid.