1. Invited friends to a party. (not allowed) (Are you kidding, that never stopped the elders' wives and other sisters in the congos I attended)
2. Who was in the back room with the elders? (More likely, when was my elder husband going to get out of the back room and I hope this doesn't make him grumpy)
3. Why were they in the back room? (Oh, I would wait until we got home and ask my husband)
4. How many hours you got in last month. (Right!!!!)
5 How many magazines you placed last weekend. (Right!!!)
6. Asked what was wrong with wearing a beard? (Only discussion on beards were if someone showed up with one. I can remember a brother who had a handlebar mustache. Comments heard: He's only doing that to be rebellious. He doesn't want any privileges so he won't trim it although the brothers have asked him....I suppose the alcohol on his breath might have something to do with it...)
7. Told Bro. elder he had a snotty kid. (not allowed) (I did show the elder what his "snotty" child had done....stopped up the toilets....peppered the walls and ceilings of the restroom with wet toilet paper, tossed about 300 paper towels all over the floor. How was he discovered; the child had set the remaining paper towels on fire.)
8. Nothing spiritual of course! (Not unless you consider talking about someone's personal life to others (but not to them) as a means of "helping" them spiriitually)
9. Sister so-and-so's dress! (Too short, too much cleavage, too bright a color for an elder's wife, pioneer, older sister, too expensive...)
10. Which band you're going to see. (not allowed) (that never stopped JWs in the congos I attended; some would even talk about the fact that it was on a meeting night and they would have to go to another congregation that had that meeting on a different night. It was convenient havng several congregations in the area)
11. Nothing, left as soon as the prayer was over! (This was true the last year I attended but it was hard since my hubbie was still an elder)
12 Football. (not allowed) (never stopped the JWs.....some would even run out to their cars to listen to the radio during the meeting to see what the score was and then pass the info on to the other elders)
13. An interesting book you've been reading. (not allowed) (JWs don't read books not even their own)
14. Why do they always get the privileges? (Actually it was more likely why don't they want privileges, my husband has too much to do)
15. who just got DFed. (More likely "why" they got DF'd and all the juicy details)
16. who you're seeing now (not allowed) (Who is there to see?!)
17. How your charity fundraiser is going. (not allowed) (Yes, usually a garage sale and the charity was the person have the sale)
18. What you did in the war. (not allowed) (Actually most soldiers who saw real combat are reluctant to discuss it anyway)
19. How the family spent Christmas. (not allowed) (I can remember JW families that talked about their skiing weeks, going to DisneyWorld, having turkey with friends.)
20. Other (please detail) (trying to dodge some elders inquisitions trying to find out if I was really as sick as my husband said I was, why wasn't I at the meetings, that I should come even if I was ill, I would feel better)
