HEY! 2001 CONVENTION POINTS (page 2)

LadyBug

I have to say I love this thread. I grew up in the "truth" and reading these posts it reminds me of all those growing up years.

Free

I have to say I really did enjoy buying

new clothes/hairdos/bags/accessories because you cannot be seen in the same outfit twice

And this one I can't stop laughing about

How often dare I get out of my seat during the program to try and catch the eye of that dishy brother a few rows behind?

How my girl friends and I used to strut our stuff to catch the guys eyes. But it was always better if you were on your own then you'd have no competition.

When I got married and a bit older and "outgrew" this my husband and I would watch other young ones struting their stuff and it would really crack us up till I realised I used to do the same thing.

I always wanted this too

sorting out a night out after the program and I hope Brother Right turns up...

but having such strict parents I had bucklys of that ever happening.

Reading these posts made me realise we did have some good times too even if they weren't "spiritual" ones.

Thanks for the laugh.

BugEyes Wife

LDH

Hey, Bug Eye's Wife, WELCOME!!!

Oh the dramas. The only excitement in an otherwise three or four day boredom festival!

Some I remember well:
Jezebel being thrown out of the window
Moses (my uncle was Moses, and my little 3 year old cousin kept screaming "Leave Uncle Edward alone!" When the 'Egyptians' took him captive.

But the best part of the dramas? Afterwards when you get to go up and look at all the lucky ones!!! who got to be part of that production!

AHHHHHH the memories.

Lisa

normie67

No No .......
I was in 3 "Modern" Dramas(Ted in the mid 80s..Colllege???) and privelege to do 3 "Ancient" Dramas........My Question to All is ........Why after the DRAMAS are YA'LL Bum Rushing the Stage to Take My Picture!!!!!!!!!!! Never figured that out.....

normie
(Of The Victim of The Theocratic Paparazzi Class)

XJWBill

Is it true they don't cook and serve meals at assemblies anymore? (I left in 1977.) If so, I'm shocked. The WTBTS used to brag about how wonderfully efficient their dining arrangments were, so much so that even the United States Army came to find out how they fed so many people so quickly!

I remember going to Atlanta Stadium one Saturday before the Divine Name District Assembly in 1971, along with a lot of other brothers from our congregation to help with getting ready for all the hungry crowds. I spent the better part of the afternoon hunched over a huge stainless-steel cooking pot or deep-frier, scrubbing away like hell with steel wool and detergent. Whoever had used it before had left a lot of gummy residue that had dried harder than concrete.

I have to say I remember the assembly food as being almost always pretty darn good for mass produced vittles. Down South here, fried chicken was always on the menu--finger lickin' good, too!

So what DO all those hungry people do nowadays for food? And why'd they stop?

Bill, who still has dishpan hands from that ordeal

"If we all loved one another as much as we say we love God, I reckon there wouldn't be as much meanness in the world as there is."--from the movie Resurrection (1979)

BugEye

LDH

Hey girl, I was one of those once. I got to be a roman guard cracking a whip at some bible bashers or something. I dont even remember what the drama was about, but it was real cool dressing up as a roman soldier and even more fun cracking a whip at those woosy God thumpers.

Dave

LadyBug

Hi XJWBill

So what DO all those hungry people do nowadays for food?

The lucky buggers get to bring their own. That way the voluteers don't miss out on the vital "spiritual food". You know the constant reminders about not committing immorality, young ones no masturbating, field service, not to miss those so important meetings and association, don't steal from your boss, ..... you know.

They did such a good job on me I can't even remember any more of their "reminders". Hard remembering those ones.

They just didn't get it! Thats why most volunteered in the first place. It was more fun in the kitchen.

Bugsy Wife

Free2Bme

Bugeye
I burst out laughing at the thought of you dressed as a Roman soldier "cracking a whip at those woosy God thumpers".
BugEyesWife
I was gutted about them stopping the food.Where was their compassion for all those lonely singles who lived for the intervals when they might get to pass a hot dog to wedding-ring-less hunks while breathlessly asking if they'd like anything else through pouting lipsticky lips? Inevitably they'd ask for extra onions with a rueful grin (flirty young devils) then a bleached blonde with decidedly questionable neckline would appear at his side and you just knew she'd got it dammit(his address)
What am I on about "hunks"? I was that desperate by the time I left at 27 yrs old I would've pouted at Woody Allen!!
I once asked a married brother what I should do to attract a brother at the convention and he said I should carry my bible all the time and look spiritual.Yeah right - that's why all the tartiest sisters always finished up with a handbag full of addresses.Maybe their spirituality just shone right through the make-up?!
lol

Free

How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterwards...

XJWBill

Hey Free2BMe--

I always carried my Bible and looked spiritual at assemblies. How come no sisters ever asked for MY address? Or even what I wanted on my weinie . . .

Bill

"If we all loved one another as much as we say we love God, I reckon there wouldn't be as much meanness in the world as there is."--from the movie Resurrection (1979)

Monica

You guys are all cracking me up! This really brings back memories.

This reminds me of a time when my sister and I were in our teens, and the above-mentioned socializing was a big thing for us too. Well, we were sitting through yet another boring talk where there was lots of clapping going on. My sister leaned over and whispered to me, "I'm gonna be the 1st one to start the clapping in our section next!" I kind of laughed a little and at about that time, the brother giving the talked paused as if waiting for applause. My sister started pounding her hands together and her face was so serious and she just kept clapping like you would not believe! Well...only one other person followed her lead, but very briefly. I was trying so hard not to laugh and everyone was looking at us like, "how dare you!" Then I just couldn't hold it in anymore. I was just about in tears laughing! This was one of the few times we managed to get my mom laughing as well. THEN, at lunch, two guys were talking to us and one of them said, "Did you hear that idiot who was clapping when no one else was?!" It was pretty darn funny, I tell ya!

Anyway, just had to share...

Free2Bme

Why didn't we ever try out one of those waves that they do at Footie matches?

Hey Bill
If I'd served you I'd have given you extras on your weinie [;p]

Free

How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterwards...

HEY! 2001 CONVENTION POINTS

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