what were some of yours?
the big one in our hall was no frontal hugs!
these were generally thought of as inappropriate, only side hugs should be given between sisters and brothers.
If you are a male and cleaning the women's restroom, someone needs to stand at the door way to warn any sister you're in there (also true for women cleaning the men's room.) - much as I loathe to agree with the WTS, they've actually got this one right.
Here's a petty, ridiculous rule my old congregation had: no sideburns past the ears. (Obviously this only applies to brothers and Spanish sisters.)
one of my favorite actors is robert de niro.
some of his later movies were so so but overall i think he was outstanding.
meryl streep, i just never thought she was anything exciting yet people say she’s the best actress of all time.
Some of my favourite actors ...
Robert De Niro
Sigourney Weaver
Anthony Hopkins
John Hurt
Jack Nicholson
Anthony Perkins
Jamie Lee Curtis
Kurt Russell
Bill Paxton
Lance Henriksen
Jeff Goldblum
Naomi Watts
Who do I think is overrated? Will Smith - in every movie he's in, he plays Will Smith, f**k me! XD
so familiar and for all the same reasons.. the amish keep to themselves.
and they’re hiding a horrifying secret....
This is terrible. The authorities definitely need to get on this.
It seems that groups which isolate themselves from wider society have similar problems.
There is one thing that the Amish have that the WTS doesn't. It's called rumspringa (Standard German: herumspringen - literal meaning is 'jumping around'). Apparently, teen Amish are allowed to run around and act like teenagers - parties, alcohol, teen sex, as long as they keep it on the down low, don't cause problems, use contraceptives, etc.
ok, you'll have to bear with me with this one.. i want to talk about toasters.
a) a toaster you can buy today, any brand.
b) a toaster invented in 1948. for a bonus, how long do you think a toaster purchased today will keep working?
Here's another thing that has better old versions than new versions: razors.
Old-style razors (whether cut-throat or changeable) give a much better shave than the crap we have today.
and do you think he has a chance to win it all?
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@Min - it's all academic.
Hillary's gonna run against Trump for a rematch.
And she's gonna lose again! XD
well, these stories are always fun, right?
let me share mine.. my husband and have been pimo for 2 years.
inactive for one year.
Interesting story, erinee.
Sorry, I shouldn't laugh but this ...
One of them asked if I would become a lesbian and my mom asked if we would become SWINGERS
... struck me as funny.
It kinda tickled my funny-bone. Look out - JW sisters who DA become Lesbians! XD
BTW, I think you're right about your children. Don't let them be brainwashed by hard core JW family.
Anyway, whatever you do, I hope it works out for you.
What do you think about doing a nice, slow fade?
recently black lives matter representatives have encouraged people to spit in law enforcement officials foods.
some people are going into police stations and trying to kill innocent officers.
federal officials are marked for death because they try to administer the law.. what is your opinion of this type of lawlessness?.
That's all well and good, Truth Be Known, and your comment makes some good points.
Well, could I volunteer with my local police?
I'm a white male living in Bolton, UK.
Could I stop and search somebody if I suspected that person of carrying a knife?
jimmy saville not being exposed until after he died.
(too well connected with royalty & establishment figures?).
the charities comission "enquiry" into the abuse by jw's resulted in nothing more than a telling-off for the "charity".. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (https://www.iicsa.org.uk) has so far been a damp squib.. the muslim paedophile gangs in england were tacitly approved of by police & social services.
Is paedophilia covered up in the UK? - I'm not sure it's covered up per se.
But it's obvious that rich and powerful people get away with a lot of bad stuff - including child sex abuse.
Your example of Jimmy Savile is spot-on; he should have been investigated and prosecuted when he was still alive.
i personally hate it!
i've tried for years to find a way to enjoy it, but i do not.
i tried.. at the end of the day i feel its just people getting there ego stroked and miss-information.
I like FaceBook and I like this site. YouTube is pretty good, too.
But I have never had a Twitter account and have no plans to create one. Twitter sounds like a load of crap to me.
hi i’ve been learning to draw portraits, and one style i had a go at when drawing young children was a sort of kawaii or cute japanese style.
i wanted to make gifts of these drawings so looked into writing in japanese script to add to the aesthetic.. but oh wow!!
three types of script?!!
I'm an amateur linguist and I've looked into Japanese.
You're right, it has three scripts - one is Chinese characters (used for writing words), one is Katagana (used for writing foreign words and grammatical particles Chinese doesn't have) and the other is Kirigana (used for emphasis, a bit like our use of Italics).
The Japanese writing system would be very hard to learn - Chinese characters are pictograms, i.e. there's no way of telling how they're pronounced.
However, Japanese pronunciation is relatively easy, from what I remember.
