Posts by brutusmaximus

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Goodbye.........

by whyamihere in

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it's not forever, i just need some time away.

this is by no means a plea for attention.. this board has made me realize i am not alone, with my feelings and thoughts of the org.

however, i need to get my life in order around here - i need to spend time with my husband and children and start finally living for them(and me).

brutusmaximus

Take care Mariah enjoy your sabbatical

BM

28

Clergy and Dog Collars

by brutusmaximus in

i was wondering if anyone knew why the clergy wore dog collars?.

it bugs me when i see them walking around the shops with it on as in a look at me kind of way surely this is not a bible thing, the same goes for bishops etc and all the garb that they wear is this right.

bm.

brutusmaximus

I was wondering if anyone knew why the clergy wore dog collars?

It bugs me when I see them walking around the shops with it on as in a look at me kind of way surely this is not a bible thing, the same goes for bishops etc and all the garb that they wear is this right

Regards

BM

36

LOST

by XJW4EVR in

tonight, 9pm.. who's down?.

brutusmaximus

Lost is not a patch on Miami Vice it had it all

BM

25

IRISH HUMOUR

by ania in

some of these i didn't find very funny but i didn't omit them because i thought some1 else might like them subject: irish humour... paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an .

>important.

>meeting and couldn't find a parking place.. >.

brutusmaximus

Pat and Mick are in prison and have managed to file the bars away but now have to work out away to get down

Pat; we can tie the blankets together and shimmy down that way

Mick; That won't work they won't reach the ground

Pat; I know we can use the torch, we shine it out the window and then one of us slides down the beam to the ground

Mick; Are you mental, I know you, half way down you'll turn the bloody thing off and let me fall

BM

Half Irish as well

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The Internet: A greater threat to the WTS than we ever dreamed

by Elsewhere in

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change "politician" to "watchtower leadership" and "voter" to "jehover's witness".

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20061004/2006-10-04t005304z_01_l03419567_rtridst_0_news-google-politicians-dc.html.

google boss warns politicians about internet power.

brutusmaximus

My old man won't go online as he is scared of seeing something he doesn't want to see

He blames the tinternet thingy on me coming out, although it was I say it was self study etc so they can't throw the apostate book at me

BM

31

Tomfoolery! (Fluffy Stuff, Fluffer Nutters)

by Good Girl or Bad Girl? in

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ok so i just remembered something this morning that made me laugh really hard and it happened about 12 years ago:.

my family were in the field service one saturday morning.. my little brother did nothing if not piss my dad off as much as possible, not sure if it was on purpose or just a personality clash, but anyway.. i'm pretty sure little bro would not get out at a door and was also possibly doing something mischevious, i.e.

drawing funny yet inappropriate comics to entertain himself and his sisters.. so my dad demands that my bro get out.

brutusmaximus

Here are some of mine

Brother closing prayer and says "and lord from the heart of our bottoms" instead of...... yip you got it

Me and my pal out chapping the doors up a dimly lit entry and I look at him as he is about the chap the door and he has this big black mark on his face, he says what you laughing at I tell him and he says you have one too. Well we were pissin ourselves laughing when the door opens and we had to say sorry to the person and walk away. Turns out the newspaper we had been reading earlier had smudged onto our hands then onto our faces, oh the laughs

A brother reading on platform comes to the word amphibian but reads it out as amfibam, you had to be there ok

Good thread though

BM

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Which is greater, your time IN, or your time OUT?

by gaiagirl in

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specifically, were you an active jw longer than you have been inactive or out of the organization, whichever applies?

i was active for about 15 years, then faded into inactivity, although never df'd or da'd.

time out hasn't yet caught up with time in, but time out is gaining.

brutusmaximus

30 years in baptised for 14 of those reaching the heady position of MS

Now almost 7 years out, getting on fine and unlike Tij not missing it

BM

53

Why did you choose the Alias that you did?

by The wanderer in

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why did you choose the alias that you did?

being curious about why people do or act the way they.

do led me to this discussion.