- The yearly insert in the KM about the DC
- The almost supernatural fear they put on APOSTATES
- New releases at the DC, I love collective gasp that goes around the audience
- Lining up for pictures of Drama characters at the DC
- The bi-yearly CO visit….even more sickening of the DO is with him
Name Some Trivial Things That Are Big Deals To JWs
by minimus 84 Replies latest jw friends
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jula71
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minimus
Why do convention attendees applaud after the prayer???
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luna2
Because their hour and a half of waiting around for the program to start (for those that got there early in order to get "good" seats) is finally over....and they can now snooze until lunch.
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stevenyc
the internet
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katiekitten
going to the toilet in the middle song in the meeting
keeping your eyes open in the prayer (elders at our cong used to watch deliberately to see who didnt shut their eyes - I used to poke my tongue out at little kids in the prayer, cos they couldnt admit to having seen me do it!)
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RubaDub
My alltime favorite:
The One Towel Rule
Rub a Dub
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diamondblue1974
I used to poke my tongue out at little kids in the prayer, cos they couldnt admit to having seen me do it!)
Not you as well...I did that too..
There was this little shit of a kid in front who would constantly disappear under the chair and pinch your songbook that was on the floor under her seat and would press the stop button on the recording equipment my mother used to bring to the hall which was also under her mums seat (now I think she was admirable); well during the prayer I used to pull funny faces and her being only a kid would burst out laughing out loud during the prayer and her parents realised it was me and they wouldnt speak to me for weeks.
I also would see whether I could make eye contact with any friend during the meeting with the intent of making em laugh...I had a whole few rows giggling away at one point - Apparently that wasnt right.
Sitting on the front row was especially good when making eye contact with a freind of mine when he was on the platform doing a bible reading; especially when he was working on 'audience contact'; One time (in band camp) he couldnt resist a smirky smile...which broke into hysterics; the gits did it to me so it was only fair do you not think? - Apparently that was not right either.
The best however was when the proclaimers book had been released at the assembly...i forget which one but as soon as the speaker announced it I started humming 'the proclaimers - five thousand miles' under my breath which had us crying laughing.
They really should lighten up...those were such good memories...
DB74
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katiekitten
brothers trying to outdo each other on the 'clever ending' to a prayer. Not content with 'InJesusNameAmen', they had to add
in and throughout jesus name
to your glory in and throughout jesus name
to the praise and glory of your theocratic name in and throughout etc etc
yadda yadda yadda
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JAVA
ha Haaa----we had lunch with Grant Suiter of the GB.
Grant Suiter's sister was married to the PO in our congregation. He would visit from time to time, and whenever we had something special going on, Suiter was our star for the day. I believe Suiter was in charge of finances for the Tower, but Knorr ran the show.
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zulukai
CHAPARONES!!!...everytime there was a get together of young people there had to be a chaparone even if the party was in your backyard in broad daylight. Now I know it was because NO teenage witness kid could be trusted not to bring alcohol or pot to your prissy little BBQ...and if you turned your back they would all be playing "doctor" in the garage. A witness friend of mine even told me that grownup ADULT witnesses going out on a date have to have a chaparone now. Her older unmarried brother (a PO) was told he had to have another witness person along as a chaparone if he wanted to take some sister out for dinner....NEW LIGHT, She didn't like it when I blurted out What already!!!???... what are they going to do, sweep the crockery to the floor and start shagging on the cafe table??? This whole dumbass religion is a laughing stock. THE most bizzare shite passes for some kind of ultimate sacred proclamation with them. This woman was offended that I wasn't swooning with the wonder of it all.