Posts by Mutz

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What did you refuse to do in school?

by Moxy in

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23 years ago

in high school, one friend of mine was offended by flowers for algernon because of the sex bits and refused to take it as part of the english curriculum.

he even gave an experience about it at a ca.

so those of us in the other english classes that year kinda had to refuse to do it too.

23 years ago

Mutz 23 years ago

I wasn't a witness in school so I was able to do more or less what I liked inclunding ripping the piss out of the Witness kids

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How BIG was YOUR JW book-bag?

by Scully in

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23 years ago

when i was replying to nicolas' question in another thread, i used the following scripture to show why jws are always so tired:"the scribes and the pharisees have seated themselves in the seat of moses.

therefore all the things they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds, for they say but do not perform.

they bind up heavy loads and put them upon the shoulders of men, but they themselves are not willing to budge them with their finger.

22 years ago

Mutz 23 years ago

My Field Service bag is sitting at the bottom of my wardrobe 'fully loaded'. Must be about 4 years since I last used it, maybe longer.

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Do any of you hunt or fish?

by Waygooder64 in

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23 years ago

the reason i ask is that i am an avid hunter and i fish just as much.when i was going to the hall i was never discouraged to hunt or fish but i kept it to myself.it was a personal thing that i never pushed on anyone.just curious...

23 years ago

Mutz 23 years ago

Early in my life as a JW I used to enjoy the occasional fishing trip with a couple of other brothers, we never used to catch a lot but it was good fun. Then we had a CO's visit and someone 'mentioned' to him that there were some in the cong who liked to go fishing. We got a nice bollocking from the platform on how we shouldn't go fishing even if we ate what we caught (this I later found was all his personal opinion). So as a faithful (compliant?) JW I sold all my expensive fishing equipment for peanuts. I really kick myself now for being such a plonker. A few years later there was a small article in the WT or AW about spending time with your children and the pictured example was a father fishing with his son. This was another eye-opener for me as to how much of the spiel we had to listen to week in week out was just the opinions of men. So anyway, Brother CO, I figure you owe me about £600 for the fishing gear you made me sell.

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What's yer favourite TV Comedy of all time?

by VioletAnai in

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23 years ago

mine would definitely have to be the young ones.

i'm such a sucker for brit humour.

just the thought of viv and rick - cracks me up.. what gets you giggling away?

23 years ago

Mutz 23 years ago

Father Ted
Fawlty Towers
The Simpsons
South Park

All get my vote

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Do men and women leave the Borg for Diff...Reasons

by tyydyy in

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23 years ago

i was wondering about he differences between men and women.

could it be that women leave for different reasons than men?

do men tend to leave because of evidence and logic?

23 years ago

Mutz 23 years ago

I agree with Moman, it was freedom.
Freedom from having to bolt my food after a hard days works, leap into the shower and get washed shaved and dressed to spend 2 hours listening to some self-righteous little knobber (the congregations latest shining star in the troof 5 minutes etc) tell me what I should do, how I should act and feel. Freedom from being told I had to sit and sweat like a pig with a jacket on in the middle of summer if I wanted the 'privilege' of reading at the book study. Freedom from a million other petty-minded rules and regulations made up by the 'You shouldn't doooooooo that' Brigade.

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