The same reason someone always walks into the room just after you fart.
truthseeker1
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Insider reviews of WT publications allowed?
by BornFree inok so i've never been a jw, so i don't have insider experience with this, so let me know what you think.... an aquaintance of mine is an ms in his local congregation, and he recently told me about a "review" that he did of a newly published wt brochure (i don't recall exactly which brochure it was as there are so many stinking borchures...and who cares anyway).
i asked him what the purpose was of "reviewing" the thing, and he told me that the wt always asks for input on their new material.
so he read the brochure, i.e.
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truthseeker1
I think this guy was totally misleading. I think what he called the review was him introducing and probably giving examples of how to place the new literature. It is by far not a critique of the material. All complements are welcome, of course so It might have the appearance of a review, but never is a criticism allowed. He probably just help up the literature, said what he liked about it. Showed how to place it, probably gave a demo or 2 using some brainwashed family in the cong, then asked the dubs what they liked about it. I've seen this done many times.
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Time for a 'bad joke' thread (groan)
by Simon in.
how does bob marley like his doughnuts?.
.. .. "wi jammin"
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truthseeker1
Ok,
So there is a group of vacationers on a boat trip in Brazil traveling down the Amazon. They are on a bird watching expedition and want to see all the wonderful birds of paradise. But they all are going for the chance of a life time, to see the legendary Foo Bird, the most beautiful bird of them all. Its got a wingspan of 6 feet. Its every color of the rainbow, and then some. It is one of the rarest birds in the world, thought to be extinct centuries ago. The only problem with it is the fabled Curse of the Foo Bird. The excrement of the bird is the most foul smelling of any animal known to man (or woman for that matter, they can lay some real stinkers). This wouldn't be too bad except for 2 reasons. First the bird is notorious for crapping on peoples heads and second reason is the curse tied to the bird. If anyone washes the poo off, they die. But the second is just a rumored curse......
So the group is traveling down the river and the boat man said over the intercom: "We are traveling past a known nesting ground of the Foo Bird. Everyone look to the left and if we are lucky, we might be able to see the bird take off as it hunts for its morning meal." Just as he finished his sentense, a glorious bird takes flight from the canopy of trees to the left and swoops down above the boat. Much to on onlookers dismay, it poos on the head of a vacationer. Instantly the foul (pun intended) odor gags his neighbors. Forgetting about the curse, the man dips his hand in the amazon and washes the poo off his head. Just as he dips his hand in the last time, a snake wraps around the man and dunks him under water. After several hours of looking, the man was never recovered. They turn back to go home, but the bird swoops down 2 more times, crapping on 2 different men. Both have a terrified look on their face, and smell quite pungent. After an hour back, the two men are isolated on the boat and the first exclaims "I don't believe in stupid curses, so I'm washing this crap off!" He dives into the amazon, into a school of pirana! The fish instanly swarm on the poor man and eat him up pretty quickly.
The boat gasps loudly as they speed to base camp. The man vows to never wash the crap off. He makes it back home, but after a long ordeal. He wasn't allowed on the plane due to his smell, so he had to take a fishing boat back. Once he got home, he was greeted by his wife. She urged him to wash, but he refused because of the curse. She didn't believe him and after several weeks, had to leave him. When he went back to work, his boss said he had to wash it off or be fire, but cherishing his life more than his job, he kept the crap and lost the job. So years later, the man was living on the streets as a bum. He had no family, friends, job, or anything. He lost everything because of the damn bird. he became utterly depressed and thought "I have nothing else to lose, so why not wash the crap off. He walked over to a water fountain and washed it off. Nothing happend!! He happily strolled over to his old job to beg for it back, but got hit by a bus while crossing the road, dying instantly!
Moral of the story is.....
(almost there)
If the Foo Shits, wear it!
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Time for a 'bad joke' thread (groan)
by Simon in.
how does bob marley like his doughnuts?.
.. .. "wi jammin"
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truthseeker1
What does a snail say when he sits on a turtle shell.....
WEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Time for a 'bad joke' thread (groan)
by Simon in.
how does bob marley like his doughnuts?.
.. .. "wi jammin"
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truthseeker1
A man in a mailbox....Bill
A woman who throws the man in a fire....Burnadette
A man in Doug's hole....Phil
A man w/no arms or legs waterskiing.....Skip
A man on a wall....Art
A Cow with no legs......Ground Beef
A cow with 2 legs........Lean Beef
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25/M/CA
36/24/36, thats one of my favoriate Violent Femmes songs. ....36 24 26, I want lots of pretty chicks....
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Bay Area Dubs
by truthseeker1 ini just talked to my ex about her weekend and she said something that really disturbed me.
she spent the weekend up in the bay area (sf area of ca) with a bunch of dubs.
she was telling me about them and made the comment of them being different from the stuffy here in fresno.
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truthseeker1
Wow, great points Intro.
Sandy, it was my ex-wife who btw, is not my sister (YUCK) said this to me.
It gets me upset when I hear of people like this. She talked about how great and nice these people are. She said how much they are not like the dubs we are used to. (not a direct quote). She is right, these people are more hypocritical. We all know how they are supposed to behave if they are dubs. We all know the rules that they have to follow. Hell, we all used to get talked to about having too much fun in service. Its supposed to be serious work, not play time.
Well, thanks for the confirmation on my thoughts. Maybe I'll bring it up to her next time I talk to her.
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End of the Watchtower: Slow fade, Or "Burn The Books"?
by SpannerintheWorks inhow do you think that the watchtower society will react to its demise?
fade or "burn the books"?.
spanner
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truthseeker1
I couldn't do the slow fade thing. I didn't burn the books, just tossed them in the recycle bin. We have burning laws here, and you can't burn your trash anymore. It felt good to get rid of all those magazines. OMFG there were a lot of them. Over the period of 5 years, about 8 per week. it added up to a lot of mags. Well, they filled my big recycling bin. I just hope nobody fished them out before they have a new life being a McDonnald's wrapper.
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When did the world develop many different languages?
by gumby in(genesis 11:1,6-9) in the days of babel, generations after the flood, the world had one common language.
god "confused the tongues" to create many.
(genesis 10:5) prior to babel, the bible speaks of many "nations", each with its own language ?.
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truthseeker1
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com
Here is a site I just found. Not too sure on how well researched it is, but it brings up a lot of points on this. It does show the inconsistancy of the language issue you bring up.
Also, the proper dubs response would be they brought with them their actual tongues, not languages. LOL
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Bay Area Dubs
by truthseeker1 ini just talked to my ex about her weekend and she said something that really disturbed me.
she spent the weekend up in the bay area (sf area of ca) with a bunch of dubs.
she was telling me about them and made the comment of them being different from the stuffy here in fresno.
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truthseeker1
Thanks for the replies. I think they act like that because they are a younger generation. They still are brain washed, but hate being different from the world. I'm pretty sure most kids are like this in the borg, but was wondering if the NorCal dubs had a more relaxed enviornment. Back when I was in, I heard the East coast were more fundie than the west coast. They wern't allowed to go to watch any disney movies or anything like that. Maybe it goes back to the rooted differences between east coast/west coast in America. (Jazz, Rap and now JWism). LOL