Amish Reality Show... (page 3)

hillbilly

Dan- you close to EtnaGreen?... I used to work Elkhart, and down that way and still have a cousin or two in the area

----------Hill

As I walk through the valley where I harvest my grain
I take a look at my wife and realize she's very plain
But that's just perfect for an Amish like me
You know, I shun fancy things like electricity
At 4:30 in the morning I'm milkin' cows
Jebediah feeds the chickens and Jacob plows... fool
And I've been milkin' and plowin' so long that
Even Ezekiel thinks that my mind is gone
I'm a man of the land, I'm into discipline
Got a Bible in my hand and a beard on my chin
But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine
Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699

We been spending most our lives
Living in an Amish paradise
I've churned butter once or twice
Living in an Amish paradise
It's hard work and sacrifice
Living in an Amish paradise
We sell quilts at discount price
Living in an Amish paradise

A local boy kicked me in the butt last week
I just smiled at him and I turned the other cheek
I really don't care, in fact I wish him well
'Cause I'll be laughing my head off when he's burning in hell
But I ain't never punched a tourist even if he deserved it
An Amish with a 'tude? You know that's unheard of
I never wear buttons but I got a cool hat
And my homies agree I look real good in black... fool
If you come to visit, you'll be bored to tears
We haven't even paid the phone bill in 300 years
But we ain't really quaint, so please don't point and stare
We're just technologically impaired

There's no phone, no lights, no motorcar
Not a single luxury
Like Robinson Cruesoe
It's as primitive as can be

We been spending most our lives
Living in an Amish paradise
We're just plain and simple guys
Living in an Amish paradise
There's no time for sin and vice
Living in an Amish paradise
We don't fight, we all play nice
Living in an Amish paradise

Hitchin' up the buggy, churnin' lots of butter
Raised a barn on Monday, soon I'll raise anutter
Think you're really righteous? Think you're pure in heart?
Well, I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art
I'm the pious guy the little Amlettes wanna be like
On my knees day and night scorin' points for the afterlife
So don't be vain and don't be whiny
Or else, my brother, I might have to get medieval on your heinie

We been spending most our lives
Living in an Amish paradise
We're all crazy Mennonites
Living in an Amish paradise
There's no cops or traffic lights
Living in an Amish paradise
But you'd probably think it bites
Living in an Amish paradise

Mac

Mmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amish Acres for me, please!!!

The spread on that table in the Restaurant Barn is to DIE for!

(If yer insistent on a cocktail I suggest you bring a flask though)

Threshers Dinner menu

Iron kettle of thick ham & bean soup
Amish Acres freshly baked hearth bread
Fresh yellow butter
Crock of locally made apple butter
Seasonal relish
Sweet & sour cabbage salad
Green beans with smoked side meat
Beef & noodles
Mashed potatoes
Bread dressing & giblet gravy

Your choice of two meat entrees per table:
Festive roast turkey
Broasted country chicken
Cider-baked hickory smoked ham
Tender roast beef

Choose one dessert per person:
Tins of fresh fruit pies
Shoofly pie
Vanilla date nut pudding

Coffee, Hot tea, Milk, Lemonade, and Iced tea

mac, "buttons...we don't need no stinking buttons" class

*actually a spin off faction of the "Nappanee Fer Me" class

gypsywildone

Actually, I just watched it, & it was kind of an interesting mix of people & situations. Seems to me the Amish people over react to everything & are way sensitive. Anybody else watch it?

I dispise this genre & avoid them like the plague, these "reality shows", but this was kind of interesting.

Dan-O

Etna Green is about a 2 hour drive for me.

Mac is right about the food at Amish Acres in Nappanee ... ditto for Das Dutchman Essenhaus in Middlebury and Amishville USA near Geneva.

detective

I watched it as well.I was mostly being tricky about it though. I really wanted to have my (ex)JW friend watch it with me as he is still in the JW mindset at times and I thought it might be a good way to open a conversation with him about uh, tightly knit communities. Besides, The Amish are considered a high control group that also practices shunning- a pretty good way to get my friend thinking. So, despite my aversion to reality shows, I planted my butt with my buddy by my side and we watched.

It was interesting, although some of the people were a little hard to take (mostly the "city" kids). It is true that several of the Amish kids spoke about leaving the group in the past tense which struck me as odd while I was watching it. I suspect that there may be merit to the argument that several of them had already left the group before signing on to do the show. Then again, I'm not sure it matters too much. Heck, they found parking meters fascinating- good for them.

{getting closer...}

simplesally

I saw part of it, I have it recorded so will watch the rest later, I thought it was interesting.

GentlyFeral

I saw the first episode last night, and on the whole I was rooting for the Amish kids: open to new experiences - after all, it is their rumspringa and probably their last chance - and levelheaded about unfamiliar situations.

Highlights:

Ruth's reaction to her first experience of non-functional artwork at the art gallery.
Miriam's zest for new experiences and her good sense.
Mose's -- well, just about everything about Mose! He knows who he is, he's sure of his principles, and he relishes every experience. His reaction to the Japanese dinner was wonderful. I also like his dry sense of humor. I hope he finds the right woman soon after he goes back home -- he's gonna make a good daddy.

I have a feeling all these kids, except possibly Randy, will go back to the church -- but changed for the better.

Now, the city slickers: That guy from Boston, whatever his name is, is just a damn bigot. How dare he tell the Amish kids not to take his trash talk personally! "Was I not having fun?" Bullshit.

And Ariel - not ONCE did she argue for animal rights or compassion for animals, at least not on camera. If she did and it was left on the cutting room floor, I retract it. She had nothing to offer but a lot of bogus health propaganda. She's just a food fun-damn-mentalist. "Milk is cow pus," indeed! I wonder if she's planning to breast-feed her babies. And eggs are not chicken abortions. For creatures that don't bear live young, the word is meaningless.

Of course the Amish were ~~over~~ highly sensitive to others' perceptions of them: you try living in such a way that you get stared at every time you leave your neighborhood.

gypsywildone:

the scandal of the moment around here was that those Amish on the show had already "left the faith" before the TV deal.

Ah, that explains their coolness on camera, then. I still think Mose will go back.

And I think Randy will "jump ship," in a highly dramatic way, and that he'll regret it. He seems like the type to underestimate what's needed to survive in an unfamiliar environment.

GentlyFeral

seeitallclearlynow

I saw part of the show last night. Oh, shades of the JW past. So much religious superstition and fear and "oddness" in the poor adherents.

All religious cults are so sad.

Sassy

Mac is right about the food at Amish Acres in Nappanee

that is the town where i used to live!

CG for the most part my complaints have been covered.. they think we, with material possessions are bad people... yet they'll borrow our car, and load it up with as many as they can squeeze into it.. They will fault us for having electicity and phone in our house.. but they'll have both in their barn..

They think or at least ACT like they are better than we are..

the one thing I could say for the amish.. when I used to go in service there.. they were never mean at the door.. as long as you had a bible in your hand, they were respectful.. not interested, but you didn't have to worry about a door slammed in your face or a gun, etc..

it also bugged me that they are the typical women dont' count as others do.. the boys get to sow their wild oats .. but the girls do not

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hillbilly

DanTheMan

Mac

gypsywildone

Dan-O

detective

simplesally

GentlyFeral

seeitallclearlynow

Sassy

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