by Swan 8 Replies latest social humour
When we went visiting relatives yesterday I knocked on their door. My husband asked "Why are you knocking so lightly? They'll never hear it."
I answered sheepishly, "It's just a bad habit of mine to knock softly. You forget, I was a Jehovah's Witness who didn't really want anybody to come to the door!"
Tammy
I remember that well Swan!
Also the old trick of pretending to ring the bell
Knocking softly I did; and if my mom was with me, she would follow up my little knock with an immediate pound-pound-pound on the door! Pretending to ring the bell, though, I never thought of that! Opportunities lost!
Yeah I remember when I was a teenager, a Jdub buddy of mine would pretend to knock on the door for the benefit of our study conductor sitting watching us, in the car. Too funny.
Will
Angharad
Also the old trick of pretending to ring the bell
Aaah! The tricks of the trade. Our territories were worked so often, I actually recorded houses, where the doorbells didn't work. First time around, if the doorbell was not lit, I knew my chances were good. If the doorbell did work, well isn't that what the householder records were for ?
DBB = Door Bell Broken
KS = Knock Softly or use the doorbell fake.
You know the one where you bring your fingers to the bell / buzzer, use your forefinger to press firmly on the top of the bell, while you tuck your middle finger away, all the while positioning your body to block the view from your partner.
Hey Don't laugh ! I learned that trick from an elder who was very very good at it. Oddly enough though he prefered to work alone.
Starfish422 wrote
if my mom was with me, she would follow up my little knock with an immediate pound-pound-pound on the door!
I shuddered when working with my dad. His knocks would wake up the neighbours. And God Forbid if they had one of those door knockers !
And what? No answer at the front door, well let's go inside the porch and knock on the inside door. Still no response ? Let's go to the back door. While we're here, let's check the back yard, perhaps they are in the garden. LOL If you were home, my dad would find you !
LOL . Oh I remember those times quite well.
My brother who was not a dub told me once a couple of dubs called on him. They were talking to him in his carport and my brother told them he wasn't interested, for them to leave. He said they were so persistent they kept talking to him. Then my brother got up from working on his car and went inside slamming the door. Now to any normal human, they would have taken the hint and left but as we know the Dubs are not normal. My brother said he waited about 15 minutes, came back out and the Dubs were still standing there waiting for him....
Will
When I grew from cute little kid to a typical teenager,the WBTS bullshit got alot harder to place.Knocking softly became the order of the day..>>>Hey Angharad,"Pretending to ring the door bell?..LOL!,wish I had thought of that...OUTLAW
Edited by - OUTLAW on 21 January 2003 14:30:18
Lol.Swan,
Yeppers, no bruises on these knuckles either!
mac, of the not at home specialist class
