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  What Prince Doing these days?

  by Patriot in

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  does he go to all his meetings and comment at them?

  and if he does, what do they call him?

  "brother prince..you had a comment?".

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  Butalbee and Thirdson,

  Prince actually is a baptized JW and he attends either the Cologne or the Chanhassen congregation. (I hope I am within reasonable bounds for posting this, for this is quite well known in the Twin Cities area.)

  I saw him attend part of the Sunday session of the district convention in Rochester, Minnesota (about 75 miles from Minneapolis) in the summer of 1999. He left after the public talk, early during the review of the week's Watchtower lesson. I suppose he had his stretch limo warming up outside the front door of the Mayo Civic Center.

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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  Don't want to stumble anyone!

  by Beck_Melbourne in

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  did you have narrow minded turds as elders/overseers in your congregation?

  yup so did i...they're everwhere.. "there was this one time..at band camp"....it was in a hired hall actually...where we used to organise congregation functions like farewells etc.

  this usually consisted of food...non alcoholic beverages...and some entertainment...usually square dancing and some skits...and a presentation or speech.. at one function a particular elder was offended that the 'gay gordon' was one of the dances for the evening...so he promptly left...yup...at the next function it was renamed the 'happy gordon'...as his conscience wouldn't allow him to attend otherwise.

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  Once I used the descriptive phrase "Cotton pickin'" which Americans will understand to be a term of disgust. (This was in his home, with only he and his pioneer wife present.)

  Well an elder told me to correct that, because apparently it brought to mind nineteenth-century African-American slavery in the southern United States.

  (I guess I'll use the descriptive phrase God damn from now on then, I thought to myself.)

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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  An ounce of poison in a pound of sugar

  by Derrick in

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  is all it takes.. think about it.

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  Violet!!

  Wonderful movie!! Cary Grant was hyperventilating more and more each scene, as he started to catch on to what the ladies were up to! Oh my goodness, you brought back an achingly funny memory!!!

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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  Hello

  by discombobulatedgirl in

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  hi im a teen and i saw the word teen in the tital of this little posting room so i though who better to start than a "teen" so wanna tak 'bout somehing well post it i ll answer awasy do.

  see ya .

  dc

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  RC

  Very good to see you. I am happy tonight, my 3-year old daughter is staying at my place. I'm separated, almost free. Very happy, freer from the Borg in all ways now. Thanks. Hope things are on the upswing for you.

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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  What Prince Doing these days?

  by Patriot in

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  does he go to all his meetings and comment at them?

  and if he does, what do they call him?

  "brother prince..you had a comment?".

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  Well Patriot,

  Read this post, you'll see he married a JW gal on New Year's Eve: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=21109&site=3#262479

  Also, his mother died last week, so he's currently mourning that (go to the second section of the following story): http://www.startribune.com/stories/670/1637023.html

  He's also trying to figure out how to divide his father's estate: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/1638662.html

  And he does attend a suburban Minneapolis congregation. As fellow Minnesotans, rest assured that Harmony and I keep close tabs on this diminuitive singer, waiting for the day he drops out of the "truth" so we can invite him to one of our Minnesota apostofests!!!

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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  THE END is no longer...

  by Martini in

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  ...at the tip of my tongue!.

  question:.

  i know we are not into end time dates anymore.however suppose you are in your.

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  Wow "Eyesonthepies" -- our friend Thirdson!! This is the 2nd early-2001 thread someone has brought back today. What is it, nostalgia week at jw.com???

  Celia, you might try [ : | ? ] all together. The | is a capital \, above the right "enter" key on many keyboards.

  Put it together, hope this works:

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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  March is the Month for Reactivation!

  by VioletAnai in

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  last nights meeting stated that in march they will be targeting inactive jw's.

  just a warning for all you hermits out there.

  barracade the doors, pull out the shotgun and take shifts watching, cause they're determined to get you back.

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  "Targeting inactive JW's" -- I thought they always did that at the Memorial. But then when the Memorial comes, they bore them to death, and then make them NOT PARTAKE of the emblems. Oh my heart races with excitement!

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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  Hello

  by discombobulatedgirl in

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  hi im a teen and i saw the word teen in the tital of this little posting room so i though who better to start than a "teen" so wanna tak 'bout somehing well post it i ll answer awasy do.

  see ya .

  dc

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  FieryIce,

  If your post is for real, best wishes. Please note that you brought up a post way back from early 2001. Discombulatedgirl and her mom haven't posted out here for several months.

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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  George W. Bush: 9.30AM Sept 11 2001

  by 2SYN in

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  simon, please add a 'conspiracy theories' section!

  hehe!

  check this out...could it be true?.

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  September 11 was terrible. It would be even worse if it WAS already known by our President, although that's hard to prove.

  What IS puzzling is his lack of immediate response when down in Florida that morning. I always wondered about that. And add to it this account that he said he saw the first plane crash. Hopefully he was only confused and meant he saw the second one, as many of us Americans did, live on TV. Either he's lying or confused. Neither scenario offers much solace.

  The greatest leader in America during the first months of crisis is no longer in office, New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. He came within inches of being trapped himself....His personal resolve and courage led the great city back from the brink, and may have led our country back from the brink as well.

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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  Prophet-erring

  by anglise in

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  the following 2 articles taken from 2 awake issues show the selective amnesia of the wtbts.. interestingly it also shows their true view of the un yet again.. article 1.

  *** g93 3/22 3-4 why so many false alarms?

  why so many false alarms?.

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  Anglise,

  Clever play on words. Prophet-erring = profiteering!!! really!

  In other words, false prophets make TRUE PROFITS!!!

  J.R.Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
  Mark Twain (1835-1910)