Posts by bonnzo

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For those who chose not to have kids--any regrets?

by Alpaca in

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when i was younger i didn't really have any second thoughts about deciding not to have kids.. when i think about the great relationship i had with my non-dub dad, i now wish that i had at least one child.. the decision was based on the borg's encouragement to put "spiritual interests" ahead of personal interests.

this is just one more of the long-lasting detriments to my life caused by the borg..

bonnzo

if there is one thing i regret..........its not the decision to be CHILDLESS!!! i love kids, just dont wanna be around them all the time. prefer dogs to kids!

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the negligee

by bonnzo in

a husband walks into victoria 's secret to.

purchase a sheer negligee for his wife.

he is shown several possibilities that range.

bonnzo

A husband walks into Victoria 's Secret to
purchase a sheer negligee for his wife.
He is shown several possibilities that range
from $100 to $500 in price; the more sheer, the higher the
price. Naturally, he opts for the most sheer item, pays
the $500,and takes it home. He presents it to his wife and asks her to go
upstairs,put it on, and model it for him. Upstairs the wife thinks (she's no dummy), 'I have an idea.
It's so sheer that it might as well be nothing. I won't put it on, but I'll do the
modeling naked, return it tomorrow, and keep the $500refund for myself.'
She appears naked on the balcony and strikes a pose.
The husband says, 'Good Grief! You'dthink for$500, they'd at least iron it!'

He never heard the shot.

Funeral on Thursday at Noon. Closed coffin.

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"The Terror"

by Gregor in

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i am on pg 692 of this 955 pg thriller.

i now only read a few pages at a time because the atmosphere of the story has become so...heavy.

this book may not appeal to many but it has got me.

bonnzo

i just finished it. great book! it also took me a while to read it, but worth the effort. dan simmons has a new one out, called "droon", again a novel with true historical backgroung dealing with charles dickens(i think). im going to buy it today. it, too, has about 800 pages. i'll tell you how i liked it around may 2010. also, if you want a good read, but much "lighter", try "beat the reaper", by john bazell. a good romp, but a bit gruesome, esp. towards the end, but fun.

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Take the Beliefnet test... and post your results!

by Awakened at Gilead in

an atheist friend (never a jw) sent me a link to this fun test:.

http://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/quizzes/beliefomatic.aspx.

turns out i am 100% secular humanist, but unfortunately i am still 5% jw!.

bonnzo

neo-pagan 100%

jw 41%

wow! I'm going to light a candle in a pentagram now or whatever neo-pagans do. do they drink whiskey? thats what i'm gonna do!

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As a JW Did you Feel you Could Fully Trust the Elders ?

by flipper in

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i know for many of the 44 years i was in the jw cult from birth - i felt i could.

or should i say i was conditioned to feel that " i should " trust the elders.

as jehovah's witnesses we were all told the elders were " crags in a waterless country " who would be a " spiritual stronghold " for us.

bonnzo

my dad and ......................................................................................................................thats it. he's dead so guess how many i trust now?

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36 rules/teachings that "go beyond what is written"....in bible

by oompa in

witness rules and teachings that go "beyond what is written" in the bible............(feel free to add more here or on other thread).

1. hatred of men's facial hair and sideburns ...................................(privileges withheld if you have too much or wrong style) also length of men's hair.

2. clothing requirements................. ties/jackets/suits mandatory for ministry/talks/privileges....and sisters can freeze there ass of rather than wear a hilliary clinton pantsuit or they can not be on the school.

bonnzo

mimimimi....you can have a vasectomy or tubes tied....depends on why and how much you brag about it....bonnzo, of the shooting blanks and nobody ever said a word about it class.(and wouldn't give a damn if they didi)

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Was there any particular song or music u were not allowed to listen to because it was inappropriate or it was deemed demonized?

by jetery in

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i remember there was this heavy metal group called wasp.

some of the witnesses said it stood for we are satans people and that wasnt even true.

stairway to heaven by led zeppelin was a no-no because they said if u played it backwards it talked about worshipping the devil.

bonnzo

for some reason, my dad made me throw away black sabbath.....who would ever get the idea they were demonized? i have all their stuff now. oops! my head just did a 360! sorry! and steppenwolf had a song called "the pusher" and the chorus said "god damn the pusher man". frisbee material. uriah heep.....frisbee material. santana....frisbee material....yes, my dad actually threw them like a frisbee! blue oyster cult, rush(the demonic man in a pentagram!!! not), the beatles, queen(made you smoke dope!!!), led zeppelin(don't play it backwards!! ok. how about foewards!?) who came up with the lame brained idea that if you put lyrics backwards on an album your brain could, automatically, reverse it(like the retina does images) the lyrics so the brain could understand it? how stupid can you be?!? oh yeah, kiss was demunized too!

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