Mom and I are out in service in a wealthy neighborhood. The very first door we knock on a girl my age answers the door. She's obviously hung-over - dried up drool on her face, a t-shirt on and panies. She was a hottie too. Well, mom starts preaching at her and the girl says, "Hey...you guys wanna come in?" Mom looked at me as if to see if it was okay with me or something...??!! hahaha We go inside and her sister or friend ( can't remember) is pulling herself off of the couch - panies and tank top that did not cover her very well at ALL. I'd NEVER been in the company of girls my age in their UNDERWEAR. (I was about 16 at the time). The girls were really cool and smiling at me and my mom was just talking away about the Live Forever brochure, or whatever the title was. I was in PARADISE - it was GREAT. I remember intentionally going back to that house when I got my license to make a "return visit" but they were never home. :-(
A young man in our Hall had Turretts syndrome. I've got a couple of stories:
Sunday morning public talk. A visiting sister and her young daughter arrive late....they are seated towards the middle. This young man appeared to be very normal, and was actually a handsome guy. He's standing in the back of the hall. An elders wife, very attractive sister, walks from the bathroom to her seat. Young man suddenly blurts out, "I wanna F@$! <insert sisters name>". The look on the visitors faces...!!! hahahaha Everyone else was used to his obscenities, but even this one was a little more blatant than usual. It took every bit of concentration I had to surpress my laughter!
Young man and I are at the mall breaking for lunch during service. We go to use the bathroom...as soon as we walk in, young man makes a loud, convulsive noise. A little kid peeing at the urinal JUMPS away and around from the sudden noise and manages to pee in a full circle. I laughed - couldn't help it. He had a very annoyed, frightened look on his face...
One common thing I remember happening periodically was people tripping while going up or coming down the stairs to the stage. Scary at first, but upon realizing they were okay, it was hilarious!
My friend getting his Japanese mother to say the word "ridiculous." She always left the "ri" and the first "u" out of it. We'd laugh and she didn't know why!
I started studying with a kid who had dredlocks and smoked weed. He said he wanted to come to the meeting. I picked him up and was obviously LIT. 10 minutes into the public talk he RAISES HIS HAND. I quickly ask him to put his hand down. He starts talking to me...not whispering, but talking...saying he wants to express something to everyone too. I should not have assumed that strangers understand how sermons work I guess. He was quite annoyed that he couldn't speak out when he wanted to, and then during the Watchtower, when everyone else raised their hands, he raised his as well. I was hoping the conductor wouldn't call on him because I had no idea what he would say, and I knew for sure it would have nothing to do with the cited material. His thoughts were all over the place. The conductor kept looking at me...looking for a sign on if he should call on him or not. I think the look on my face said it all - he didn't call on him. The dude got mad, stood up and left - said he didn't like a church where people had to be "called upon" to speak. I was SO embarrassed!!!!
