diamond's thread inspired this idea... at least, this is how i wish my last talk had gone.. next on the school is brother hmmm.
his talk is based on the song of solomon, and his theme is: "be steadfast and faithful, like the shulamite maiden.. "throughout history, babylon the great, the world empire of false religion, has fornicated with the scarlet-colored wild beast.
they have traded support for the league of nations--and it's successor the united nations--for political clout and expediency in furthering their selfish goals.
...and after the Service Meeting for concluding song when they made the announcement the buddy teen played"Bout It Bout It" by Master P which is a rap song laden with profanity about basically not giving a fu<k...
Okay, tears of laughter rolling down my face at this one. I really hope this rumor is true. The thought of Master P blasting through the speakers of a KH.....
Must keep this away from my DF'd sister-she likes to do things like this.
has anyone out there had experience of working for or with jws?.
is it just me, or are they the worst people to work with....they "use" anybody for their own ends, they expect everyone else to make allowances for their life style but are not prepared to make allowances for anyone else's, they do as little as they can for as long as they can and have absolutely no loyalty to their employers or fellow workers!!.
my recent experience is that they also will be "economical" with the truth (the real truth), as long as it benefits them.. maybe i'm a bit biased, but i would never want to work with or for another witness ever again!
The few JW's I worked with were so damned NOSY it wasn't even funny. Complete busybodies in everybody else's business--especially when I was still one of them. Always trying to keep an eyeball cocked on my every move.
Also, when I was one of them, they'd shop in the grocery store where I worked and actually expect me to give them the hook-up with discounted prices or free items slipped under the counter. I'd just look at 'em like they were crazy.
Also, the ones I worked with were total kiss-asses, always brownnosing the boss.
we all dream often of how we might like to be living in a certain kind of environment, if you were the artist / designer of your ideal home, what construction materials would you work with, what shape would be your structure, what features would it have and what tone would you set for the place?
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describe your dream home..... celty
please disregard---posted twice (sorry)
we all dream often of how we might like to be living in a certain kind of environment, if you were the artist / designer of your ideal home, what construction materials would you work with, what shape would be your structure, what features would it have and what tone would you set for the place?
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describe your dream home..... celty
My dream home would be like this:
http://www.dinotopia.com/tree.htm
Minus the dinosaurs, though.....
If the tree house wasn't an option, I'd definitely live in the forest. I'd have a smaller 2-story house with those tall, big windows that you could sit in. Nice, big rooms. The windows would be able to open like doors. And the exterior would have that "natural-wood" look with no paint. Lots of soft deep carpeting, with quilts and big pillows on the floor. The overall inside decor would be rusts, deep reds, burnt oranges, and natural wood colors.
Located beside a small stream, preferably with rocks and a small waterfall where I could bathe occasionally. A small furnished place beside the stream in case I do bathe there. And nice big decks all around. Trees would be visible in every window in the house. AND THE HOUSE WOULD BE TEMPERATE YEAR-ROUND.
Not sure about the shape of the house...in my dreams I'd be able to afford creative architects. I'd just tell 'em, "Look, think up a weird funky shape for a house and just build it!"
well, it's sunday morning and i'm sitting here posting on this board when i hear 2 car doors slam.
i peek out the window and see 2 elders walking up to the door.
since i'm still in my jammies, i told my husband to go get the door while i snuck into the bedroom.
Yep, KenUK, you are right...
It was called a "Kingdom Service" at one time. I remember!
just a funny memory...... my sister and i, once we reached pre-teen, were highly critical of almost all the congregation members.
we'd get home and mercilessly mock and make fun of elders, kids, you name it.
some of our fonder nicknames (warning: some may be weird, but we didn't get out much!
The Grape Ape!!! Too damn funny!!!
Hey, what about that young single ministerial servant who was ALWAYS engaged to some young sister, whether in his home cong. or in surrounding congs? Usually thought of as "drop-dead fine" by all the JW females. One fiance' one day, a different fiance' the next.
YOU know, that slick charmer who had AAAAAALLLLLLLL the single sisters and young chicks in a tizzy. And knew just the right slick charming words for older folks, to dissuade any suspicion of his personal activities...and keep his "holy" reputation intact.
My sister and I used the term "congregational whore" but perhaps someone can come up with a better nickname.
i was hanging around my mom's house yesterday, and i just happened to leaf through the january 8th afake!
magazine, about the wtc disaster.. no doubt that perhaps many of the sept. 11 experiences are real, but what i mostly read were these shameless advertisements for the watchtower complex in downtown brooklyn!!
i was appalled!!
Okay, I got into an argument with a JW poster on another website a few months ago.
She insisted that JW's were the first on the site when the attacks happened, helping rescue people. She made it sound like they were the first to arrive as a group, NOT individuals who were already there. I found it hard to believe, but wasn't sure and didn't pursue the matter further.
I wonder where she got that info...?
our congregation never once did a drama at an assembly.. my wife's congregation didn't either.. but some seemed to do them every year!.
was this favouritism or 'simony' do you reckon?
(a terrible word .
I could never figure out why they stopped turning off the lights. My dad was in one. I never recognized anybody in the dramas since. I heard people kept making out during the "lights out", but not sure if that's true or not.
just a funny memory...... my sister and i, once we reached pre-teen, were highly critical of almost all the congregation members.
we'd get home and mercilessly mock and make fun of elders, kids, you name it.
some of our fonder nicknames (warning: some may be weird, but we didn't get out much!
Too too TOO TOO funny!!! ROFLMAO!!!!!
We had that sister who kept falling asleep, Tera. (I won't talk TOO badly about her; she's mentally challenged--I could expound on that but I won't--she was clearly NOT competent enough mentally to be baptized and DF'd) She'd drift in and just make herself at home and SNORE.
Pavarotti, The Screamer Kids, The Rambler, and The Enforcer...unfortunately all too familiar characters.
However, I was an "Evacuator"!!! Let's hear some more!!!
just a funny memory...... my sister and i, once we reached pre-teen, were highly critical of almost all the congregation members.
we'd get home and mercilessly mock and make fun of elders, kids, you name it.
some of our fonder nicknames (warning: some may be weird, but we didn't get out much!
Just a funny memory.....
My sister and I, once we reached pre-teen, were HIGHLY critical of almost all the congregation members.
We'd get home and mercilessly mock and make fun of elders, kids, you name it. Some of our fonder nicknames (WARNING: some may be weird, but we didn't get out much! ha ha ha)....
"Daffy"--a particularly frantic, maniacal elder who became even more manic after his near-fatal car accident. Frantic gesticulations similiar to that cartoon duck's. Physical resemblance, as well. My DF'd sis can do a pretty good impression.
"Ms. Tippety-Toe"--an EXTREMELY "zealous", holier-than-thou, 40ish spinster (and UGLY) pioneer sister who'd walk on her tiptoes to the bathroom, presumably to avoid disturbing other members. When she FINALLY got married, we'd speculate on whether she was a virgin.
"Fish-a-Butt"--An old fat-assed NOTORIOUSLY NOSY sister who can drive the most mild-mannered to cursing. The type who has to instruct ppl how to do EVERYTHING. I had the misfortune to be trapped with her in field service, in a small car, on a rainy day. I rewrote the cat-food commercial airing that year, "Fish-A-Hoy", using her smell as inspiration.
"Drummy T's"--a dull elder who pronounced his "T" consonants in a weirdly rolling way, sounding like a drum roll.
"Trucky Hats"--Another busybody fat-assed pioneer sister whose furry derby-ish hats resembled tractor-trailer trucks.
"Chatterbox"--a frog-like brother who never got to be an elder because of his tyrannical treatment of his wife and kids. They were ALWAYS getting into fistfights, the girls sometimes cold kicking his ass. Nickname lovingly thought up by his own daughters, who freely join us in deriding him to this day, after he acquired a set of chattery dentures.
"Halitosis Hag"--needs NO explanation!
Just a few of the memories I have of growing up as a JW kid. It sounded like we were speaking a different language, what with all the names we had for our fellow JW's. Of course, feel free to share any nicknames you had (have)!!!
