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  Friday Fun Post

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  2. friends

  it's been quite a week for congressman weiner in the united states.

  that was funny enough.

  we also had some of the hottest weather in many areas for a couple of days.. but the weekend is upon us and many jwn people need their own laughs.

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  sizemik

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIC0eZYEtI
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  Friday Fun Post

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been quite a week for congressman weiner in the united states.

  that was funny enough.

  we also had some of the hottest weather in many areas for a couple of days.. but the weekend is upon us and many jwn people need their own laughs.

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  WORLD'S EASIEST QUIZ! Passing requires only 3 correct answers out of 10 ! Only total thicko's will fail !! 1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last ?
  
  2) Which country makes Panama hats ?
  
  3) >From which animal do we get cat gut ?
  
  4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution ?
  
  5) What is a camel's hair brush made of ?
  
  6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal ?
  
  7) What was King George VI's first name ?
  
  8) What colour is a purple finch ?
  
  9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from ?
  
  10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial air plane ?Check your answers below. ANSWERS 1) How long did the Hundred Years War last ? 116 years2) Which country makes Panama hats ? Ecuador3) >From which animal do we get cat gut ? Sheep and Horses4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution ? November5) What is a camel's hair brush made of ? Squirrel fur6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal ? Dogs7) What was King George VI's first name ? Albert8) What colour is a purple finch ? Crimson9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from ? New Zealand10) What is the colour of the black box in a commercial air plane ? Orange (of course!)

  What do you mean, you failed?!!
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  Friday Fun Post

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been quite a week for congressman weiner in the united states.

  that was funny enough.

  we also had some of the hottest weather in many areas for a couple of days.. but the weekend is upon us and many jwn people need their own laughs.

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  An award should go to the Virgin Airlines desk attendant in Sydney some months ago for being smart and funny, while making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo.
  
  A crowded Virgin flight was cancelled after Virgin's 767s had been withdrawn from service. A single attendant was re-booking a long line of inconvenienced travellers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, "I HAVE to be on this flight and it HAS to be FIRST CLASS".
  
  The attendant replied, "I'm sorry, sir.. I'll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these people first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out.."
  
  The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?"
  
  Without hesitating, the attendant smiled and grabbed her public address microphone: "May I have your attention please, may I have your attention please," she began - her voice heard clearly throughout the terminal. "We have a passenger here at Desk 14 WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to Desk 14."
  
  With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the Virgin attendant, gritted his teeth and said, "F... You!"
  
  Without flinching, she smiled and said, (I love this bit ) "I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to get in line for that too."
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  Friday Fun Post

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been quite a week for congressman weiner in the united states.

  that was funny enough.

  we also had some of the hottest weather in many areas for a couple of days.. but the weekend is upon us and many jwn people need their own laughs.

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  Little Zachary was doing very badly in math.
  His parents had tried everything...tutors, mentors,
  flash cards, special learning centers.
  
  In short, everything they could think of to help his math.
  
  Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school.
  
  After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying.
  
  Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner.
  
  To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before.
  
  This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference.
  
  Finally, little Zachary brought home his report Card.. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, His Mom looked at it and to her great surprise, Little Zachary got an 'A' in Math. She could no longer hold her curiosity.. She went to his room and said, 'Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?' Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no.. 'Well, then,' she replied, Was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT WAS IT?'
  
  Little Zachary looked at her and said, 'Well, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around.'
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  Feet and Toes Research and Noo Lite

  by Mad Sweeney in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this has been discussed in the district convention thread but i felt like all the "toes" info would be nice to see in one place.

  [from the late 1950s through most of the 1970s the toes of the image meant all coexisting powers and governments at the time of the end].

  35 but there was a final or completing part of the symbolic image, namely, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

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  The information adds absolutely nothing to the understanding as I recall it being related in the early 80's when I studied. Even by WTS doctrine . . . that stone has been in mid-flight for decades . . . must be getting hurled from a loooong way away. Noo lite my ass.
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  JW teenagers party's

  by bigmac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i fondly remember my teenage days as a jw--back in the 1960's.. circuit assemblies-in birmingham, england uk.

  after the sunday afternoon god-fest there was usually a party--somewhere--in the evening.. one of the lads--his parents were care-takers (janitors?

  ) of an office block in the city centre.

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  bigmac . . . you had it good bro. Best we had was square dancing around hay-bales and bible-based skits . . . strictly no booze or "fraternizing". Even then they got stopped by an Elder who attended and felt the sister who played Jezebel in a family bible drama was "too brazen"
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  Where the need is great

  by noontide in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  [if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:donotoptimizeforbrowser /> </w:worddocument> </xml><![endif].

  wow, havent been around here in a while and it's nice to see some familiar names as well as new ones.. .

  well, its that time of year again when some members of my family decide that they need to go preach where the need is great.

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  Thanks for the link dgp . . .

  Am I being a bit cynical . . . or are the "target markets" leaning toward the less developed lands (less access to internet, information etc)?
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  WTS Quotes on Evolution

  by sizemik in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the official wts website has a short article entitled .

  is evolution compatible with the bible?.

  http://www.watchtower.org/e/20080101a/article_01.htm.

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  ihadnoidea . . . this is a good point you make . . .

  Is that not the whole point for a scientist. To continue discoverying new things, even if it proves earlier thought wrong. And as a added benefit be rewarded with even more prestige if you do.

  Scientists know when presenting a paper . . . that it will be subjected to the highest possible criticism and scrutiny from the science community . . . something the WTS has the luxury of largely avoiding when touching on scienctific subjects. Without that scrutiny the scientific community knows that future scientific hypotheses will be based on a false premise so they welcome it as part of the scientific process . . . something the WTS would rather avoid.

  The way they dismiss so much scientific knowledge with a "wave of the pen" is disingenuous at best . . . decietful at worst.
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  Wachtower says 97% of teens masturbate....is it realistic that 100% Witness teens don't?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "young people ask" book admits 97% of youths masturbate...to put it into perspective, it's like saying 97% of the worlds population own a phone or a t.v!!

  so is it realistic to believe these witnesses going thru puberty and teenage years won't on penalty of death?.

  i always thought, if nearly 100% of teens do it isn't it normal?.

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  Heartofaboy . . .

  Things don't always seem that big a deal to Adults . . . but that's hell of a thing to have to do for a growing kid . . . and a hell of a guilt to have to carry. I'm sorry you went through that . . . it stinks.
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  Child Molesters Phillip & Nancy Garrido's JW Connections & Comments......

  by flipper in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  on article in link to njn network & san fransisco chronicle article .

  i will post comments regarding the article from jw's and non-jw's in the next post after this initial thread.

  here is the link : http://njnnetwork.com/2009/09/sex-offender-philip-garrido-used-jehovahs-witness-to-get-early-parole/ .

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  I don't want to steal your thread Flip . . . but even down here in little ol' New Zealand (pop 4M), our worst ever serial rapist spent years associating regularly along with his JW wife . . .

  Joe Thompson (South Auckland Serial Rapist)July 1995 - Joseph Stephenson Thompson stood before the courts to answer 129 charges and a total of 61 sexual violations. His reign of terror spanned a decade, his victims, the woman of South Auckland, his plea "Guilty" to all charges. Thanks to break through DNA technology, finally the South Auckland Serial Rapist was behind bars.

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  On April 26, 1995, Thompson was contacted for a blood sample, as were many others on the list. Thompson told the detective that due to his Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs he was unable to give blood. He was convinced to provide a saliva sample instead but didn’t appear for the test and was apparently off work sick. Two policemen traced him to his home and took him in for testing. Although he had tried to sabotage the test by smoking directly beforehand, the saliva test was Thompson's undoing.

  He was a regular meeting attender and used his cover as an unbaptised publisher to case victims homes in some cases. The JW's quickly distanced themselves and refused to comment when he was arrested.

  nugget's observations certainly apply in this case also.