Minor correction here - when I said "I just dont get it" I was referring to the 2 door car nonsense rather than oral sex.
Although thinking about it ....
the thread about "clinking" got me to thinking.. what were the rules you hated most?
rules that were just so boneheaded as to be infuriating.. there are so many rules and regulations to follow as a dub.
some rules may not even be able to be referenced in the publications, at least not firmly and clearly.
Minor correction here - when I said "I just dont get it" I was referring to the 2 door car nonsense rather than oral sex.
Although thinking about it ....
the thread about "clinking" got me to thinking.. what were the rules you hated most?
rules that were just so boneheaded as to be infuriating.. there are so many rules and regulations to follow as a dub.
some rules may not even be able to be referenced in the publications, at least not firmly and clearly.
Guys
What is this "no 2 door car" thing? Was it USA only. It was never an issue in the UK - never heard of it! What's the reasoning behind it (I just know I'm gonna be sorry I asked) You open a door and tip the seat forward so someone can climb in the back eh? Or is it different in the US? Maybe tipping a seat is a cue for oral sex? I just dont get it?
Cheers
Mike
what are the most stupid jw rule?.
what do you consider to be the most stupid rules or tradition of the jw lives?
im thinking about any kind of rule or regulative that only has one answer to the questions why:.
No drinking at assemblies - In the UK (south)around the mid 70s we used to have circuit assemblies in Holiday Camps (as they were called then) by the sea, Bracklesham Bay. Everyone stayed the Friday and Saturday night in the little chalets. Friday and Saturday night we all went off to the pub down the road - this was heavily frowned upon and kept being mentioned in the talks. Eventually the CO (Albert Broad - a kinda Hitler without the humour) would cycle around the camp with a powerful torch from 11pm on. We had to climb the fence (barbed wire) to get back in! Fun times
Mike
hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?
... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...
Yep still down south - not df-d or diss a-d and still dodging - tyrying to help where I can
Cheers
Mike
hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?
... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...
Someones asked if I was making em up? Absolutely not - they all happenned in the Brighton congregations, UK since around the mid 70's on.
I loved the prayer one someone posted "Our heavenly father Satan.."
This one I read on another list a while back - A brother had the closing prayer and he was making it a real epic - droning on and on and on. After about 5 minutes, he is still going on and a litle kid (about 3) in the arms of her parents shouts out.... Amen, Amen, Amen.
Loved to have been there
Mike
hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?
... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...
Old sister - losing it a bit - during the Watchtower study, rolled up her magazine and started swatting at a wasp and swearing when she missed it. An attendant attempted to have a word with her (big mistake) and she started swatting and swearing at him. One of the top 3 elders (there were always are a 'top 3' in every cong) gets up from the front and goes back to sort out the commotion (the hall is deathly quiet - no laughing - although I wanted to) Anyway the elder gets her to leave the hall with him and the study re-starts. After 5 mins the elder returns alone and walks back to his seat at the front with a smug arrogant 'I sorted that one out' kinda look on his face.
5 minutes later the door at the back of the KH opens, a loud voice says ' sod your bleeding watchtower then' and a screwed up watchtower gets thrown in and land in the aisle. The door slams shut loudly and the study just carrys on as if nothing had happenned. No one even picks up the crumpled up magazine!
Cheers
Mike
hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?
... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...
Good to have you with us.
Thanks - will have to rack my brains for a few more
Is the list JWs, ex JWs or a mix? Not had time to look around yet
Cheers
Mike
hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?
... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...
Couple more - new interested family attended their first meeting. The woman brought along her three kids ( about aged 8 - 12 maybe) These kids were not trained in KH behaviour. The family sat near the front of the hall. At half time (it was an evening meeting) they slipped out and came back with fish and chips (this is an English traditional take-away food - usually covered in salt and vinegar and has a quite a smell) They proceeded to eat the fish and chips and even cracked open a can of Coke during the second half of the meeting.
hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?
... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...
Anyone remember when we had pianos to accompany the singing? We had an elderly sister (losing it a bit but the only one who could play) At the end of a meeting we got through one verse of a song (it was a purple book I recall) but the wind blew the her song book pages over and she started playing a different song to that which the congregation was singing! - the result was hilarious - everyone tried to fit the words to the wrong music - wrong tempo - wrong key - Brilliant! Then brother party pooper tapped her on the shoulder and instigated a re-start
Mike
hey ... i'm just getting into the swing of this great 'apostasy' thing right ... ?
... i thought y'all out there might well have a story or two to tell, so ... plz tell me tell me tell me about the most embarrasing thing you ever saw at a meeting ...
At a service meeting a brother had a talk on histoprical proof of Jesus. At one point he said "Until recent times, historians did not believe that a man named Pontious Pilate ever existed... until they dug up a coin with him on it" A vision of a roman guy sitting on a coin entered my head and I started shaking with laughter. I was at the front (doing the sound and was especially visible to the rest of the cong) a snigger went round followed by full blown laughter - poor brother new never even realised what he had said and just grinned and plowed on
Mike