Posts by breakfast of champions

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Is there an official name for this comedic device?

by Island Man in

is there an official name for the comedic device where one replaces one word with another word having a similar pronounciation but a different (usually derisive) meaning?.

for example, some skeptics deride the bible by spelling it "buy-bull".

same or simliar pronounciation but entirely different meaning.

Do you look like the apostate they warned you about?

by Angus Beef in

after waking up and wanting to get out of this nightmare, the word apostate is really bothering me.

if i quitely become inactive, fade away will i just be looked at as "always weak".

i want to scream out how big a fool i was.. and now telling my poor young daughter how wrong i was to bring her up as a jw.

breakfast of champions

My local hall is FULL of apostates!

Ex-Catholics, ex-Prodestants, ex-Mormons, ex-Baptists. . . . .

I should fit right in

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Molested Bees

by falseprophet in

bees that are molested.. a song lyric in the song book.. please comment on what you think this meant.

is is still in the new song book?.

breakfast of champions

They were asking for it.

You know how bees dress.

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My 10 000th Post

by cofty in

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friends

in honour of this personal landmark i have decided to choose my personal top 5 threads i am pleased to have posted.. 1. jehovah's witnesses view of jesus compared to the early church.

2. soldiers of jah.

3. the current state of the watchtower & the cynicism of soviet communism.

breakfast of champions

Very nice Hitchens quote!

Congrats on 10K!

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Billy and anyone else taking final exams, this is for you

by nonjwspouse in

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friends

my son wrote this about his recent exam experience.

i thought you'd appreciate.

exam: 10:15 am - 12:15 pm.

breakfast of champions

I was given the option NOT to take one of my finals since I already have something like a 110% grade in that class. Pretty cool!

Best of luck to everyone out there!

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WT Study March 15 on jw.org

by Gayle in

only scanned,,couple articles on necessary on having a old-age long-term plan now.

reality is hitting them more than ever.. also, australia showed "publisher" amount.

i assume it was the "peak" stat.

breakfast of champions

Honestly, what other publications other than the WT use a word like "nowadays"? (see last page)

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I'm curious, when you were asked to do a demo for a Service Meeting part, how did the request make you feel?

by Stand for Pure Worship in

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friends

did you decline out of fear?

decline because you hated doing demos?

accept the request graciously?

breakfast of champions

In our hall, Elders and MS were assigned "approved" publishers to use in demos by the PO.

I got a little talking to once for just picking someone myself. . . Oh the horror!

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My Story Part One....My mother's wild hair.

by Giordano in

my mother had a wild hair one day and decided to study with the jw's.

so after being a catholic for my first 12 years we were now apostates............ though neither she nor i realized it at the time.. i think what appealed to my mother was that the two sisters she studied with were very 'refined' they were also nicely dressed and very 'clean'.

i had no idea what the hell she was talking about.