Tossup between The Crawling Eye (big giant cool thing) or From Hell it Came (big walking tree with eyes and teeth) These were "Golden Turkey" movies from the 60's - made me what I am today. mrs.flipper mr.flipper here, my favorite was Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein. Poor guy never got an even break from soup being spilled in his lap, to having his finger set on fire from Gene Hackman.Poor monster. Edited to add very important info - the crawling eye had the crawling apparatus of a snail. very cool!!
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Who is your favorite animated cartoon character?
by gaiagirl inmy favorite would have to be marvin the martian (first appearance 1948).
everything about him cracks me up, from his roman gladiator helmet and kilt, to the way he walks and speaks ("that makes me angry, very angry indeed"), to the ultra cool devices he uses (suprisingly, from acme, who apparantly has outlets on mars).
a very close second, almost a tie, would have to go to droopy (first appearance 1943), who also walks and speaks in a humorous manner, and who has abilities far beyond what would be expected from his dimunitive size.
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Mr. Flipper here. Bugs Bunny cause he's so cool about everything. Always takes things in stride. Why can't we ask the elders, "What's up Doc?". We all want to know, don't we?
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What do you do to fill the void?
by R.F. ini know many of you are dfed, daed, and faded.
what do you do to fill the void of the time left that was devoted to the religion?
i just like to know what activities you all are into.
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nvrgnbk, mr. flipper here. We would love to hang out with you if you ever come to northern Cailfornia mountain area near Auburn, Grass Valley area. You and your son are always welcome. We have animals.2 black labradors 5 cats, gray squirrels,woodpeckers, humans, bears, oh! and Sasquatch or in laymans terms, Bigfoot. I'm serious!! My son was hiking and heard one!!!
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How much control does the WTS really have?
by dozy ina theme regularly running through ex-jw / apostate posts is their conviction that the worship of jws is at best of a high control basis or at worst exhibits cult-like tendencies , so they often delight in the freedom that they now enjoy.. but in reality , how much control is exhibited on the average witness?
to take one example , at least 40k are dfd in an average year , and one would assume 3 - 5x this figure are reproved privately or publicly.
that means that over a 10 year period 20% - 25% of jws are seriously flouting the strongest moral code of jws , usually for immorality , emphasized in wt after wt , meeting after meeting.
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Mr. Flipper here. How much control? Too much.
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What injustice and abuse of power did you suffer at hand of elders?
by flipper inhow many of us suffered in the jws from a lack of justice, love, or abuse of power by elders?
how did it make you question what you believed or had been duped into believing?
would be good to hear experiences so we can bounce ideas off each other on how it freed you from fear of authority or otherwise.
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Crooked, I had a friend of mine in the early 80's who said an elder pulled him aside and told him his wifes cleavage was showing too much. And my friend told the elder , why are you looking at my wifes cleavage? You shouldn't be looking at it!! Elders typically project onto others what they themselves would do with that person. And your question about why the elder picked on your sister, not the 400 pound sister? Because he wanted your sister , not the 400 pound sister. He wasn't into heavier sisters. Mr. Flipper
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What injustice and abuse of power did you suffer at hand of elders?
by flipper inhow many of us suffered in the jws from a lack of justice, love, or abuse of power by elders?
how did it make you question what you believed or had been duped into believing?
would be good to hear experiences so we can bounce ideas off each other on how it freed you from fear of authority or otherwise.
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Thanks for all your answers and experiences. Keep 'em comin'. Jaguar Bass, did those elders want you to break up your band because you wouldn't play kingdumb songs? Just a joke. Brinjen, that pervy elder who accused you of being immoral with the gum chewing boy, probably accused you based on what he would do in your situation. Imputing wrong motives is an expertise of the elders. It's shoot first with accusations, ask questions later, guilty until proven innocent, all that rot. Their abuse of power is ridiculous. Too bad publishers can't give the elders a "work on this" cousel slip for them if their talks suck or they make bad decisions, just hand them the slip at the end of each meeting, it would be so much easier to have our say. They are mean and demeaning. So sorry they said that to your mom Brinjen,your mom loved you deeply,no matter what these jerks said. Remember that. In by a Thread, It's so typical that the elders want things to be secretly handled and make you wonder who was ratting out your son. I had a similar experience when after my drug abusing ex wife left me in early 2004, two months after I was having coffee with a female friend, and someone ratted me out, before I knew it I was in a full blown jc meeting being accused of immorality, because of not being scripturally free even though the wife left me . I'm glad you and your wife stood up to the bastard elders. They commonly overstep boundaries when personal tastes in clothing come into play. Maybe we should question why they wear certain old fashioned suits or ties when they give talks. It's offensive some of the styles they choose. Pistoff, it's common that elders have no psychology training and so shoot opinions off their hip like they know what they're talking about. This elder had no right to say this about your suicidal son. Your son needed time to find the right counselor.The elder just wanted to hurry up and df your son so they could move on to the next jc case. And you can be sure others have been lied to by elders. They'd rather be faithful to the governing body and lie about things to save their position. Everything is about saving face and their positions. And Gregor, I'm so sorry you had to put up with a pervert chasing your daughters. I have two daughters, 20 and 18, so I am protective too. But it's so true that elders will protect their own children from dangers first, but forget the congregations kids. As you stated, they wanted to hide this jerk-off nephew from the authorities and handle it "in house" with their own inept elders. Sounds like same story, different day. Just like what they are doing with the current child molestation coverups. They don't want word to get out to the rank and file members. Remember it's the appearance of being "good" that's important, not the actually doing good to others. I applaud you Gregor for having the courage to do the right thing and go to the police about this nephew. You get father of the century awards for that. Peace all Flipper.
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So......online dating sites; yay or nay?
by tim hooper inok, all you lovely people,.
so it's been a year now since mrs h and i went our seperate ways, and even though there are people on the boards that i've come to love very much i've started having a tic in one eye whenever i see a presentable lady in real life.
i guess that means that i maybe ready to start looking for some female companionship.. thing is, it''s been over 20 years since i last went on 'the pull', and i'm a bit rusty these days.
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Tim, Mr. Flipper here. So e-harmony didn't work for two otherpeople that wrote in. It doesn't mean that it won't work for you. It worked great for me, I mean what have you got to lose but just a little time by taking a chance, ya know?You have to stay positive. Give it a chance. My wife and I are happy. Never had that kind of connection before. Peace, Mr. Flipper
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What do you do to fill the void?
by R.F. ini know many of you are dfed, daed, and faded.
what do you do to fill the void of the time left that was devoted to the religion?
i just like to know what activities you all are into.
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Make prank phone calls to jw's. flipper who's getting lit
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What do you do to fill the void?
by R.F. ini know many of you are dfed, daed, and faded.
what do you do to fill the void of the time left that was devoted to the religion?
i just like to know what activities you all are into.
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r.f. flipper here. mrs. flipper and I have lots of hobbies we do in spare time (non working time). I have my own business so I really enjoy relaxing. We play scrabble, mrs. flipper gardens, just watched Borat last night and died laughing, (without worrying about not watching R rated movies) .We love to hike or go camping in the mountains, since we live in the mountains, listen to blues music, go hear bands play it and at home on the stereo. Love to golf, we read books, crises of conscience(lol), my college son goes with us hiking on mountain trails. I collectearly 1900's art, mountain sceneries, wildlife prints and frame them. We have 70 on the walls at our house. Have done it for 9 years. Buy the art off the internet.So we have alot of interests. What about you? R.F.?
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What injustice and abuse of power did you suffer at hand of elders?
by flipper inhow many of us suffered in the jws from a lack of justice, love, or abuse of power by elders?
how did it make you question what you believed or had been duped into believing?
would be good to hear experiences so we can bounce ideas off each other on how it freed you from fear of authority or otherwise.
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Sexyk, I totally second that opinion, thanks! Alligator Wisdom, of course you know the elders had to time their shepherding call on you just before the co's visit to make an appearance of caring. As if they do it all the time. Yeah, right. As you know everything is about appearance of doing right, not actually doing right to the congregation. They don't want their balls busted by an agressive co who might just make them follow the governing bodies direction. Tyrone, so sorry to hear you've suffered so much from these bastards as well. I'm with ya bro. Sounds like that p.o. had a strong case of the personal opinion-itis going. No freaking graduation party?? Jeez, my son and two daughters had those, and I wasn't even invited at the time because I too was disfellowshipped then. Now I'm a fader of four years, evading the Nazi elders. I know about the kangaroo courts, myself and my son had six elders mesmerized at an appeal meeting, quoting to them from their own elder book on their unjust ways and why they were wrong to accuse me on superficial evidence. What a trip. They seemed at a loss for words. So the p.o.s wife opened up about her husband ? Weird!! As the old expression goes, when death is facing us, there are no atheists in the foxholes,eh? Much peace to you too Tyrone. Flipper.