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  An Apology from Canada

  by Kaethra in

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  additional apologies if this has already been posted...but i can't help myself.

  ) tongue-in-cheek guys, ok?

  we really do like you 'mericans up here in the great white north.

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  Additional apologies if this has already been posted...but I can't help myself. Oh and, it's all (mostly?) tongue-in-cheek guys, ok? We really do like you 'mericans up here in the Great White North.

  Rick Mercer's apology to the USA

  "On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the
  United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well
  recently and for that, I am truly sorry.

  I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron but, it wasn't
  nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the fact that
  he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of America. After
  all it's not like you actually elected him.

  I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees
  than you doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper
  and better than your own.

  I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defense I guess our
  excuse would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than
  yours.

  I'm sorry we burnt down your white house during the war of 1812. I
  notice you've rebuilt it! It's Very Nice.

  I'm sorry about your beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer
  but, we Feel your Pain.

  I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up
  against a crazed dictator, you wanna have your friends by your side.
  I realize it took more than two years before you guys pitched in
  against Hitler, but that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons.

  And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we're
  constantly apologizing for things in a passive-aggressive way which
  is really a thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that you're not
  upset over this. We've seen what you do to countries you get upset
  with.

  Thank you."
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  Should I let my kids visit my JW parents?

  by NAPPY ROOTS in

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  i have a dilema.

  my parents are still active jw.

  last year they told me they had to limit their association with me.

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  Gawd...thanks for posting those quotes Blondie. The double-speak therein is so typical.

  As to the question, I agree with the other posters who say NO WAY! If your parents are that hard-lined about not associating with you, they for sure will not respect any of your wishes regarding not indoctrinating your children behind your back...they kinda feel like they have to do that, you know?

  Besides, wouldn't you be teaching your children that it's ok for you to be treated like dirt? That would be so wrong and so confusing to them.
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  Gotcha!

  by Kaethra in

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  my mom has always made light of the whole 1975 issue.

  she has used the standard lines that it was individual jws who blew the whole thing out of proportion to what the "society" had written.

  when i brought the subject up a few years back, (back when i was inactive but still a partial believer), she told me that she and my father had never believed that the end was coming in 1975. well, i just gotta say now mom...gotcha!.

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  I've been thinking about this and I've realized that there's no way that I could have remembered eating soy beans in 1973 or 1974....it had to have been at least 1976/7...which makes more sense, really....since 1975 had passed and mom and dad felt free to use up those soy beans!

  I would have simply edited my post...but I don't see that option??
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  Shared Prayer!

  by Golden Girl in

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  i just spent a few days with my oldest daughter..i had a good time..bu wanted to come home today so i could have a good cry.

  two weeks ago today my dear hubby passed away.

  my grandson copied a card one of his classmates gave him and i wanted to share the poem in it with you.. you may have heard this before..but living with a jw i didn't get to hear too many things like this.... god saw he was getting tired and a cure was not to be.

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  Hi Snoozy...I'm so sorry that your husband passed away. I don't know your story...forgive me please? Was it cancer? My father died of cancer when he was only 52. My father also had "hard working hands". He also had an amazingly brilliant mind.

  I think you should keep writing your journal to hubby. It helps so much to put our thoughts into words...and I think that somehow, they get heard.
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  Gotcha!

  by Kaethra in

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  my mom has always made light of the whole 1975 issue.

  she has used the standard lines that it was individual jws who blew the whole thing out of proportion to what the "society" had written.

  when i brought the subject up a few years back, (back when i was inactive but still a partial believer), she told me that she and my father had never believed that the end was coming in 1975. well, i just gotta say now mom...gotcha!.

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  How true! I love that: "same programmed lack of memory".

  Yuck.."inculcate"...sounds like they're growing bacteria.
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  Gotcha!

  by Kaethra in

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  my mom has always made light of the whole 1975 issue.

  she has used the standard lines that it was individual jws who blew the whole thing out of proportion to what the "society" had written.

  when i brought the subject up a few years back, (back when i was inactive but still a partial believer), she told me that she and my father had never believed that the end was coming in 1975. well, i just gotta say now mom...gotcha!.

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  My mom has always made light of the whole 1975 issue. She has used the standard lines that it was individual jws who blew the whole thing out of proportion to what the "society" had written. When I brought the subject up a few years back, (back when I was inactive but still a partial believer), she told me that she and my father had never believed that the end was coming in 1975. Well, I just gotta say now mom...Gotcha!
  
  My mom and I recently spent a weekend together in a villa on the beach where I grew up. We had a number of glasses of fabulous red wine.
  
  We talked about many subjects and many memories. My mom, (and I by default I think), has always been a real nutrition fanatic. I mentioned that in Okinawa, they live really long lives, have very few wrinkles or grey hairs, and that apparently they do not even have a word for menopause. All of that because they eat so much soy (supposedly). That triggered a very early memory for me and I said that I remembered how she used to cook soy beans for me all the time, and how much I enjoyed them. She said, 'acch...that was because we had a huge sack of them in the attic...well, Armageddon was coming you know. Soy beans are a complete protein and we wanted to be prepared.' Here I am revealing my age, but at the time that I was being fed soy beans, it was 1973 - 1974. I just looked at her and thought in vino veritas. LOL LOL LOL!!
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  Are pets important in your life?

  by JH in

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  i always loved little animals, and i always will have one.

  i noticed that most families do have pets.

  for people living alone, a pet is a good companion.

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  Important?? Of course. My two black cats are my babies. I just have to look at them at the end of a hard day at work to feel a swell of love and gratitude. Then, there's the added deliciousness of petting, holding, kissing, playing, and purring (the cats do the purring, not me :) ).

  And of course the borg looks down on pet-ownership...takes away time and money that could be better spent in peddling mags service of Jehovah, don't ya know? I think that that's why I was only ever allowed to have cats growing up. Cats do not require nearly as much care as do dogs.

  Was I the only child filled with dread at the thought of the ever-imminent Great Tribulation where loyal drones servants of Jah and, by default, their beloved pets would be starved or nearly starved to death? I had horrifying visions of my family killing and eating our pets out of desperation. After all, the bible talks of women who ate their own children under similar circumstances. What is a cat or a dog in comparison? I couldn't bear the thought that my animal companions might meet such a fate. *Shudder* Glad that those mental ghosts have been banished forever!
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  What Are Some Of The STUPIDEST Comments Made?

  by minimus in

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  what are some of the stupidest comments made in the watchtower, or by a circuit overseer or elder that you've never forgotten?

  the one about" the rapist being human" too, ranks right up there....like we're supposed to feel bad for him?

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  Our congregation was once "privileged" to have one of the higher-ups from the Toronto Bethel come to visit us. He gave a special little talk at the end of the service meeting one Thursday night. I think that it was meant to be encouraging or something. Anyway, he proceeded to spew out what I thought at the time was one of the stupidest things that I had ever heard from the platform when he announced with such pride that "we have the cream of the crop at Bethel". How could anyone with a modicum of functioning brain cells look around at a full KH and tell them so directly that they were the less-thans? Of course, to complain about what this idiot said was tantamount to grumbling against one of the holy ones of Jah, (especially if you happen to be female). <gag>
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  Two Elders Came to Visit this Afternoon

  by Scully in

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  ..... and i missed it!!!

  arggggggggggghhhhh.

  anyway, hubby was out front fixing the christmas lights when two jws approached him in the driveway.

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  Kaethra

  Ewwwww ((((hugs to Scully and hubby))))

  What was your man's response when they asked if he still considered himself a jw?

  (I know that I would turn their g$%d#*mn theocratic warfare stategy back on them and answer in a completely evasive way such as, "who do you say I am"?, or something like that. Wonder if they'd even get the Jesus reference?)

  You can bet your sweet bippy (not sure what that is, actually, but it sounds fun :) ) that they won't hesitate to da you based on what your husband said. After all, you're only female. How could you possibly disagree with your "head"? *hack, gag, puke*
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  What's your favorite Xmas carol?

  by Scully in

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  my two favorites are a toss up between john lennon's "so this is christmas" and the "little drummer boy" - the one where bing crosby and david bowie are singing together.. love, scully

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  "O Holy Night"...most definitely. Even though I'm waffling between agnosticism and paganism, that piece of music and its lyrics still give me goosebumps and bring tears to my eyes.

  When I was taking voice lessons in my early teens, my parents were late picking me up one night. The girl whose lesson it was after mine began singing "O Holy Night". It was the first time that I had ever really heard it. I felt such a thrill at the beauty of it and wished so badly that I could sing it too. Of course, I flogged myself mentally for this guilty pleasure later. lol

  P.S. With you on Mariah Carey, Scully. ;)