Posts by Dorktacular

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So...I got duped today!

by lovelylil in

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i am one of those people who always gives money to those who ask me on the street.

the reason is because there was a time when i was a kid that my siblings and i needed to beg on the street for food money because mom and dad were both addicts.. anyway, i was on my way into walmart and a lady stopped me and asked if i could give her a few dollars ($5 to be exact) so that she could pick up a prescription for some medicine.

she explained that she and her kids have been sick with bronchitis and although the kids were better she was not and had run out of money until her check came on the first of the month.. i can also sympethize with having to wait for government checks to buy what you need having grown up on state welfare programs and i reasoned that $5 is nothing for me and my husband because combined we bring in over six figures a year income.

Dorktacular

I gave a homeless guy money.... exactly once. I was going to the Fox Theatre with a girl and when I got off the highway at 14th St. there were homeless guys standing there with their little cardboard signs. One of the guy's signs said "It's hot. Why Lie? I need a beer!" I thought it was so funny, I gave him $5.00.

I have had many, many people ask me for money around Atlanta. Just about everybody knows the story.... I can't find a job, I'm hungry, I'm homeless, I need money for my kid's medicine, I need money to buy my kids pampers..... etc., etc. When I owned my own business, these homeless guys would tell me they would work for food. I would tell them to get in my car and I would let them work at my business cleaning up or something and I would feed them and give them a few bucks. They always declined, even if it was freezing cold outside or raining. The would rather stand freezing in the pouring rain than work for a day's pay and food. I don't mind helping people. I do mind giving them money for alcohol and drugs.

I had one guy who I knew for sure was a crack addict and a drunk ask me for money one day "because he was hungry". I looked at him and said "Be honest, aren't you just going to take whatever I give you and spend it on drugs or alcohol?" And he said that was what he would do. So, I looked at him and said "Hell, that's all I was going to do with it! Work for your own drugs and alcohol!" haa haa.

So, I hardly ever give money to somebody panhandling. I do, however, donate to charities and individuals I know for a fact are in need. I also prefer do donate anonymously. I don't want my name on a plaque or anything like that. Last year a lady on my job was having a hard time. Her husband got laid off and ended up in the hospital. I cashed my Christmas bonus check and put the money in an envelope and slipped in in her purse at lunch time. She has no idea who did it, but I know it helped her and her kids. Many years ago when I was a little boy my father asked me the question "Which is better: to give or to receive?" And, of course, I said that it was better to receive! He explained that the reason it was better to give was because you couldn't give anything unless you had something to give, which means you are in a much better position than the person who is receiving who didn't have anything. I'm not rich, but I'm glad that I'm in a position in life to be able to give, because I've been on the other end of the spectrum and it sucks to have to be the receiver.

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what song best describes your sex life

by karter in

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sound of silence.. as my wife is a j.w all along the watchtower!

!.

Dorktacular

JK666 Zappa is my hero. Don't eat the yellow snow.

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End of the World Tomorrow!!!!!!

by Elsewhere in

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i figure that if i keep posting this every day i will eventually be right!

Dorktacular

I really wish I knew when it was going to be the end of the world. I would sooooooo max out all my credit cards on booze and hookers! Woo Hoo!! ....... not really.......

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Cabbage Illustration (Barf Alert!)

by FadingAway in

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see the core and the leaves growing outward from it.. the tough leaves are on the outside; the tender ones, on the.

the leaves are the.

the rusty leaves.

Dorktacular

The WTBS..... Kinda like a steaming pile of cow crap on a cold day..... The more toward the center of the cow pie you are, the warmer you are, because you are the most covered with crap. Near the outside, you're still covered with crap. Either way, it stinks. The key is to be somewhere else entirely.

And now, for my heart-warming adage of the day....

One day a little bird was flying south for the winter. He was shot by a hunter and his wing was injured so he fell in a field. It was very cold and he was sure to freeze to death. Well, a cow came along and took a big, fat dump on him. Even though the bird was covered with crap, he was warm and he lived through the night. The next morning, a cat came along and saw the bird. He pulled the bird out of the pile of crap and ate him.

The moral of the story?? Just because somebody pulls you out of some crap doesn't mean they are your friend or have your best interests at heart. Sometimes somebody who craps all over you can be your best friend!

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Mr. Flippers Son's Witness Mother Tells Him- "We Have to Store Up Food!"

by flipper in

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this is an interesting thing .

wonder if any of you have heard what the governing body is telling the witnesses to do?

my 22 tear old son was e-mailed by his fanatic witness mom, my ex-wife.

Dorktacular

You know what, if your house DOESN'T have three day's worth of food in it, you probably are a loser! LOL We're always prepared at the Dork household. Always plenty of canned goods and bottled water and charcoal in case we need to cook and the electric goes out.

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JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD

by oompa in

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i am still a newbie compared to many here, and i don't even know who does what, nor have i ever read all those numbered rules and such that are below every post.

so thanks for not kicking me off.

simon, ladylee and jgnat as well as any other veterans on this site......i sincerely thank you for you efforts regarding jwd....(like elders...your pay is low i guess).

Dorktacular

Yeah, sweetstuff does have a niiiice avatar. I think of her avatar while I'm spending time with my wife's avatar. How's that for twisted? (I'm not even sure what that means!)

I'm trying to think up a good avatar for me. I don't even know how to add one.

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Revelation its ungrand climax

by ush419 in

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i have been reading the finished mystery lately and am not surprised at the nonsense displayed in it, it rivals the nonsense in the newer box revelation its grand climax.

i had thought that there was another book that covered revelation prior to this fiasco that came out in either the late 80's or early 90's.

if anyone knows pls to inform this one.

Dorktacular

They "REVISED" The Revelation - It's Grand Climax at Hand book? Seriously? What did they change in it??? I'm curious!

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JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD JWD

by oompa in

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i am still a newbie compared to many here, and i don't even know who does what, nor have i ever read all those numbered rules and such that are below every post.

so thanks for not kicking me off.

simon, ladylee and jgnat as well as any other veterans on this site......i sincerely thank you for you efforts regarding jwd....(like elders...your pay is low i guess).

Dorktacular

That was a great post. Anyway, it's hard to put into words what it's like to be done with the JWs.... What's the old phrase.. "You can never go home again..."? You can't really long for the joys of your past, because if you were a JW, there probably weren't many especially if you were raised a JW. So, the common consensus is to just focus on the present and enjoy your life going forward. Except you can't, because everything you do now triggers your memories of your past because the JW cult had such control over every aspect of life. You can't help but think about it. Like I said in one of my very first posts on JWD that asking someone to "just get over" being a JW is like asking a rape victim to "just get over" being raped. It's not that easy. There is a long recovery process ahead. I know, because I'm going through it, too. I waited almost 10 years before I started talking, and I only started talking on JWD! 10 years is a long time to wait just to talk. I can't even really talk to my wife about this crap because she is not, nor was she ever a JW. She doesn't really understand what it means. To a person who has experienced starvation, the phrase "I'm hungry" has a much different meaning than it does to the rest of us. So it is with a JW trying to explain his experiences to somebody who hasn't experienced it. It's like trying to explain color to a blind person.

So, Oompa, talk all that you need to! I always enjoy your posts. It's so good to talk with other people that know what I'm talking about once in a while.

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Revelation its ungrand climax

by ush419 in

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i have been reading the finished mystery lately and am not surprised at the nonsense displayed in it, it rivals the nonsense in the newer box revelation its grand climax.

i had thought that there was another book that covered revelation prior to this fiasco that came out in either the late 80's or early 90's.

if anyone knows pls to inform this one.

Dorktacular

They were going to publish another book in the mid 90's called, "You too can live in a heightened state of dread waiting for Jehober to amageddonize your sinful ass!" But, they decided against it.

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Holiday Decorations Not Really Going Up Earlier

by WTWizard in

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while i was a witless, i used to hear all the time that they start putting up halloween and christmas decorations earlier every year.

they always complained that the stores were selling these items earlier every year, and that it was getting "worse" every year.. now that i am an apostate, i no longer see that.

on my way to work on columbus day weekend, i saw a grand total of three houses lit for halloween, with 18 having any decorations whatsoever.

Dorktacular

I frequently get "Holiday Hangover". That is when they put up the holiday stuff too damn early, and by the time the holiday actually gets here, I'm sick of it. That's why I avoid stores like the plague between haloween and valentine's day. But, I do put of the Christmas decorations the day after thanksgiving and I take them down usually the day after new years.