If the JWs come to my door I am polite and tell them I'm not interested and have them leave as quickly as possible. I could argue with them but they took years from my life, why even give them a few more minutes of my time? Actually, if it's witnesses or someone else I don't want to talk to, I don't even bother answering the door. Eventually they go away.
I have a younger cousin (never a witness) who used to play Black Sabbath music and act crazy when the JWs came to his door. It was funny, but yes, just reinforces the JWs belief structure.
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20They've been comin' around the neighborhood
by BlackSwan of Memphis inand they caught me at home a couple of times.. a couple of months ago, two nice, very young men (teens) came to the door.. my dog was barking, my older one was walking around without clothes and all i could think of was "i'm soooooooooooo not up for this today.".
so, i said "yeah, uhm, i'm an apostate.
" the big grins dissapeared and they walked away.. the other day, my bathroom plumbing is getting rerigged and there's a ton of stuff going on, i'm dripping wet from the pool and two woman come up my drive..
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Intro&Convention/Meatmarket stories
by iamthewolf5562 inhey guys.
yet another n00b here in your midst.
let's see here.....i'm about to hit the big 22, and i just came from nc to the steel city.
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Wolf, I am new to this board also.
I was a teenager in the '70s, (yikes, all before your time) and remember the conventions well. No chaperoned dates here, it was all wild and loose. Every night was drinking and sexual hijinks. I posted on another thread that it always amazed me how conventions make people go crazy for some some reason, I don't care if it's witnesses or hardware salesmen.
I still recall one time at a convention in St Paul MN, we, white guys from the 'burbs, were standing around and this black guy walks up and says "ya'll looking for some white beef, I can set you up with some white beef." We laughed, and said we were OK, but thanks anyway. I assume he was a brother, never can tell, but just one of the many wacky experiences at the conventions.
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Beer is responsible for civilization?
by BurnTheShips inworks for me.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/ar2008070901934.html?hpid=opinionsbox1.
survival of the sudsiestby george f. willthursday, july 10, 2008; page a15 .
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Well I am German, Irish, and Swedish--3,2, and 31 on the list. C'mon Swedes, get with it.
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Name Certain Things JWs Can't Do
by minimus inhere's one thing to start off our list: jws can't stand for the country's national anthem (but they can rise for the flag salute).
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Can't belong to political organizations such as the United Nations........or.....can they?
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Tonights Vegetable
by beksbks incan y'all make some suggestions for veggie prep?
i have fresh broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, carrots, onions, leeks, zucchini, spinach, tomatoes.
don't say soup, because it's 90 degrees here today.
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Steam them, and remember, presentation is everything.
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For the girls & guys
by is there help out there ingirls what did you do with the dorky dresses when you left the truth.
guys what did you do with the dorky polyester suites and white shirts when you left the truth.
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Last time I used mine was at Halloween, I put on some Ray Bans an went as one of the Blues Brothers.
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Juts for fun: Stupid reasons why you WON'T leave the JWs
by outofthebox inhere is mine: .
i have to much money invested in ties and suits, i can't leave!!
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5. That great KH smell!
4. Going to the meetings makes you really appreciate a cold beer.
3. Studying the Watchtower and Awake mags is equivalent to a college eduction...what a deal!
2. The beautiful Kingdom melodies, they still haunt me. (Dark days are here, Man lives in fear.......)
1. Where else can I hear a two-hour rant/WT study on the subject of masturbation on a Sunday morning? -
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BBQ Advice
by Peppermint infor many years i have held bbq's in derision.
i am not one for social norms and have a general fear of succumbing to pleasant suburban society.
maybe i harbour this dislike because a jw once told me that he imagines the new system as a never ending bbq.
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How did you "expand" your Field Service time
by donny ini remember when a brother named donis and i used to go out in field service on the weekends we took advantage of our congregations large territory.
we each had about nine return visits and we would pick one on the southern end of the territory and afterwards drive to one in the northern part and then back again.
along the way we would throw in laundry mat to dump a lot of the magazines that were given to us by other brothers/sisters who needed room in their garage.
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Donny, I got a huge laugh at the laundromat story: "why are you looking forward to 1975?" Laundromats are the ultimate dumping ground for WT literature.
I was one the honest ones about reporting FS time. After a while though I noticed everyone else was more or less faking the whole thing. But by then I didn't give a damn about any of it so just stopped reporting altogether.
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Do YOU Look Like YOUR Avatar/JWD mini-pic
by RAYZORBLADE indo you look like your jwd profile pic?.
just curious.. that stupid pic of me in a columbia rain jacket is real.
it's 2 yrs.
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I think so.