@ - Stuckinamovement - Lol, that is some funny shit. I wonder if they "reproved" that brother, right on the spot. Also, unless a GB member was in attendance for that talk, how could they say the GB didnt "approve". Did they call up a GB member, play the talk for him, and he gave the "thumbs down", insane.
Dunedain
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Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?
by Dunedain inthere were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
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Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?
by Dunedain inthere were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
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Dunedain
@ - ShirleyW - LOL, Father Capadano is right over the Verazzano, in South Beach. It runs right along the water. They put a nice boardwalk there, in the past few years. Although, after hurricane Sandy, its gone thru a lot over there. A lot of homes were flooded off Father Capadano, from Sandy.
Small world, if you are from Queens, i am familiar with Howard Beach area, Russos on the bay. We had a family move from Howard beach, into my old cong, many years ago. I also remember a brother giving a talk, visiting from Laurelton, too.
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Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?
by Dunedain inthere were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
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@ - Shirley - Nope, not Brooklyn. The WBBR was the old radio station that the WTS used to have on "rural" Staten Island, back in the day. Staten Island has changed A LOT, since then, some would say it might as well be "old Brooklyn", now. Anyway, its Staten Island, and my granparents ONLY spoke Italian, just like the rest of the Island, lol. -
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Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?
by Dunedain inthere were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
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@ - Kairos - Yeah, it was the same S.H.I.T., different story, lol. -
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Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?
by Dunedain inthere were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
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Dunedain
@ - ShirleyW - Not too far, from the old WBBR. Hint, Hint. . . . . . -
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When did the Great Crowd start forming?
by Vanderhoven7 ini realize that rutherford received a flash of light regarding the identity of the gc in the year 1935, but that does not tell us when the crowd began to form.
what would be the earliest date?
any ideas or quotes from wt literature?
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Dunedain
I think you are all missing the point. . . . . . . . . . . .
Rutherford WANTED more WINE, for HIMSELF. If you made, like 99% of the JW's members NON-Partakers, the great crowd, then thats less wine being drunken by the "masses" of JW's, and MORE wine for the JUDGE.
This is spiritual knowledge, at its pinnacle. Yes, dear friends, THIS is the "sacred secret". Let ALL who rejoice in Jehovah, NOT drink the wine, that the "great Judge", may have his fill unto this life and unto the very ending of the world.
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Any funny stories of when a"brother" giving a talk, said something "funny" or "questionable", and didn't even realize it?
by Dunedain inthere were always all types of speakers in the org.
myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.. sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated.
other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience.
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Dunedain
There were always all types of speakers in the org. Myself, growing up a "witness", must have heard all types of talks, and given by all manner of speakers, especially on Sundays, when almost every week we would get a "visiting" brother giving the public talk.
Sometimes, you would have a "great" speaker, all fluent and animated. Other times we would get a comical speaker, one who would maybe purposelly get a few laughs outta the audience. Many times, there would be the boring, monotonous speaker, dull and mind numbing. Then, of course, you would get the judgemental assholes, with their "fire and brimstone", pointing the finger, accusing everybody. Finally, you would ,sometimes, get a KNUCKLEHEAD. Like some idiot who had no clue what he was saying, and thought he was the greatest speaker, but fumbled his words like a drunken sailor.
Anyway, the experience i am sharing, is about a "knucklehead" speaker that came to visit one Sunday, and i will never forget the stupid thing he said on the stage.
First, i will give ya a quick background of the congregation i grew up in. I was born and raised in one of the boroughs of NYC. As most people know, NYC is a very "diverse" area, of all nationalities, and races. Although this is the case, my congregation was essentially a mostly "white" congregation. This was pretty rare for the area i am from, and in my congregation there was almost an "air" of exclusivity, eliteism, a little racism, and most members were kinda wealthy, which in turn, made some "snooty" and "uppity".
Well one Sunday, we had a visiting black brother from another congregation, giving the public talk. He seemed like a nice dude, pretty cool, but he was a little bit of a "knucklehead" when it came to speaking. The "funny" thing that this brother said, during his talk, that i have not forgotten till this day, was the following.
He was talking about "worldly" expressions, and how we dont have any, but maybe we SHOULD, have some, and how we should be looking forward to our meetings and service, not like the world looks forward to "their" things. So the brother says, "Yes, just like the world says T.G.I.F, for Thank God Its Friday", "but we as brothers and sisters should have our expression, So Happy Its Thursday, for our Thursday meeting".
At this point, i noticed some of the uppity bros and siss, squirming and shifting in their seats a bit. Later on, cause i was younger, my Father pointed out to me, that in the brother comparing T.G.I.F to "our" So Happy Its Thursday, would be S.H.I.T.
This knucklehead, from the platform, said our expression should be S.H.I.T, without realizing it. Because if you compare the "worlds" T.G.I.F( Thank God Its Friday), to ( So Happy Its Thursday) you get S.H.I.T. I still wonder till this day, did the brother know this, and was subliminally dropping this curse, or was he so stupid, and didnt even realize he told the congregation, he was visiting, that their expression should be SHIT. Either way, its good stuff.
It was funny, back then, watching all the stuffy, rich assholes in my congregation, looking around at each other, not sure what they should do, and "did he really just say that", sort of look.
Anyway, that was my funny story from the stage, that i remember. Sorry it was a little long, but i wanted to share it. Anybody else, got any funny stories from the stage, where the speaker had No idea what he just said?
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If you are a current active JW, What rules do you deliberately break?
by Truthexplorer indo the lottery.
celebrate my child's birthday.
sign workmates birthday cards.
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Dunedain
Thanks guys, i never heard that expression before. I learned something, lol. I was thinking "pissed up" meant masturbation, lol. Sorry, lol.