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  Is anyone looking at me?

  by noidea in

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  there have been so many of these threads..i was just wondering if you were still falling for it

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  Xander

  NOI: I'm lookin at cha babe!

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Canadian Pride

  by Kismet in

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  so, what do canadians have to be proud of?

  1. smarties .

  2. crispy crunch, coffee crisp .

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  Xander

  . So about your quote regarding "whiners" I think that is a @$^@*%$! rude quote.

  Uhhhh....bf......that's the POINT....it's satire, right?

  It is very rare to have...

  *shrug* - well if, you'd rather have them thanking a customer instead of moving on to the next...I prefer the haste myself.

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Canadian Pride

  by Kismet in

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  so, what do canadians have to be proud of?

  1. smarties .

  2. crispy crunch, coffee crisp .

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  Xander

  That is one outstanding thing I noticed last time I was in St. Jacobs. The politeness of the people....I had not been treated so politely (in the US) since I was a child.

  From satirewire:
  

  RUDENESS SURVEY PROVES MOST AMERICANS REALLY WHINY
  Majority of 2,000 Respondents Apparently Need to Seriously Get Laid or Something

  New York, N.Y. (SatireWire.com) — According to a troubling new poll, nearly 80 percent of U.S. residents claim rudeness has become a "serious national problem," a finding that proves conclusively that most Americans have turned into whiny little bastards.

  In the study, released Wednesday by the non-profit group Public Agenda, the majority of the 2,000 adults surveyed bitched and moaned about so many different "rude behaviors," like foul language and a lack of common courtesy, that it's almost fuckin' funny.

  In particular, the so-called "Status Report on Rudeness in America" found that nearly 9 in 10 respondents came across rude, disrespectful people "sometimes" or "often," but failed to place the question under the category "Who cares?"

  Also, unlike the old days, when if you were rude to some guy, he'd call you an asshole and you both went away happy, 42 percent of today's Americans actually believe the best thing to do when someone is rude is to walk away, while 36 percent say the solution is to be "especially polite" to the person.

  Among other actual survey results:

  ¤ 62 percent of precious darling whined that rude, disrespectful behavior "bothers them a lot." Boo hoo.
  ¤ 69 percent of delicate flowers say respect and courtesy are "contagious," and these are probably the same people who wish Mary Poppins were real.
  ¤ Oh, and get this: 61 percent of sniveling babies say talking on cell phones in public places should be outlawed. Does the phrase, "From my cold, dead hands" mean anything to you?

  Speaking to a reporter who had barged into her sad excuse for an office, Public Agenda spokeswoman Amanda Light, who seriously needs to see a dentist, said the survey was not meant to reveal Americans' thinning skin. Instead, she insisted, it was meant to show that rudeness is a serious problem that negatively impacts society.

  Unfortunately, her helpful little "lecture" ended abruptly when she was shown a hand gesture that 87 percent of respondents would find "somewhat" or "very" offensive.

  LOL! See, I don't think we are 'rude' so much as 'always in a hurry'.

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Canadian Pride

  by Kismet in

  1. jw
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  so, what do canadians have to be proud of?

  1. smarties .

  2. crispy crunch, coffee crisp .

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  Xander

  I do agree there is much more anti-american sentiment here than there is in the US for Canadians.

  Yeah, but that's just cause we're too busy feeling sorry for you...you know, being Canadian and all....]

  You do have some decent bands, though. Blue Rodeo!

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Canadian Pride

  by Kismet in

  1. jw
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  so, what do canadians have to be proud of?

  1. smarties .

  2. crispy crunch, coffee crisp .

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  Xander

  12. Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany.

  Lol @ #12. But, I'm sure they TRIED really hard....

  From SatireWire.com:

  THE AXIS PANDEMIC

  International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was swift, as within minutes, France surrendered.

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Men just can't stop looking at me.........

  by butalbee in

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  ok, i admit, it was a beautiful day here, 80 degree's, sunny, absolutely gorgeous.........well, i was just soooooooooo hot that i took my shirt off and did some yard work topless....my gosh, all the guys in my nieghborhood all of a sudden came out and started doing some lawn work also...one car even ran off the road into a telephone pole, i hurried over to see if the driver was ok, and thankfully he was, as he put his head on my chest to rest.

  i asked him he was thirsty, cuz he was drooling......he said yes, and we went inside and had a nice cold glass of lemonade..

  haha!

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  Xander

  one....hmmm, so hairy the man-bewbies don't show?

  Yeah, that MIGHT be the turn off...[8>]

  (Which is scarier, I wonder? Man-bewbies? Or, being too hairy to see them? *yikes* )

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  women keep looking at me too.

  by flower in

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  i dont know why.

  its a really hot day today, its like 90 degrees.

  so i decided to dig out my summer clothes and this morning decided on a blue and green floral print number with a v-neckline, spaghetti straps and a beaded fringe hemline.

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  Xander

  LDH - if you have a copy of the photo on your computer - simon has put up image hosting. If you go to your 'profile' tab - you'll note their is a link to 'upload profile pic' (right under your sig, IIRC).

  The reason it's showing up as a red 'x' is because you have it hosted at a site that is down right now (or, at least, blocking leaching).

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Men just can't stop looking at me.........

  by butalbee in

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  ok, i admit, it was a beautiful day here, 80 degree's, sunny, absolutely gorgeous.........well, i was just soooooooooo hot that i took my shirt off and did some yard work topless....my gosh, all the guys in my nieghborhood all of a sudden came out and started doing some lawn work also...one car even ran off the road into a telephone pole, i hurried over to see if the driver was ok, and thankfully he was, as he put his head on my chest to rest.

  i asked him he was thirsty, cuz he was drooling......he said yes, and we went inside and had a nice cold glass of lemonade..

  haha!

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  Xander

  Hmmmmm...can't QUITE picture it....perhaps if we had a picture.....

  (btw, Butals about to make Jedi....I *suspect* she isn't going to be a 'good' Jedi....)

  (PS, I *too* shall be a jedi someday...bwahahaha *rubs lightsaber affectionately*.....oops, wrong thread....)

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  Dwindling attendance and other trends

  by Leander in

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  i've noticed in my congregation that attendance does not have the priority that it once did.

  it seems like on any given theocratic ministry school meeting there will be at least one or two subsitutions.

  some of the younger elders and ministerial servants tend to miss quite a few meetings and others have the habit of arriving 30 minutes after the meeting has started.

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  Xander

  The funny thing about this is that despite all the empty seats we're constantly hearing letters from the society claiming how the org is growing

  Nah, it's just the apostates pickin them off in the parking lot with our sniper rifles.

  Well, at least the EQUIVELANT of sniper rifles according to the bOrg...

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana
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  The Watchtower's 'Lost Generation'

  by metatron in

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  i visited some relatives in my extended family and found exactly.

  the same situation as elsewhere in witness congregations.. the next generation of witnesses isn't there.. a friend of mine, who still goes to some meetings, made the.

  same observation independently.

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  Xander

  You know, I've wondered that myself.

  MavMan, perhaps you can answer....

  Over the past few decades, compared to their 1914 doctrines, the witnesses have CONSISTENTLY moved more in line with mainstream protestant-ism.

  So, the question is, why, 'when jesus returned in 1914', did he pick the bible students to be his modern-day messengers? Was it the pyramid worship? No - they stopped doing that since. Perhaps the teaching that the end of the world would come in 1925? Yeah, that's the ticket - no other protestant group believed that at the tim----oh, wait, the bible students stopped believing that, too.

  Uhhhh....the use of god's name? Well, no, during 1914 they were still the 'bible students'. WAIT WAIT - got it! The door to door work!....oh....you mean, OTHER people were doing it at the time? MORE than the bible students? Crap.....

  Hmmmmm.....brotherly love? Well, no, other groups had that, too....and were significantly less anti-semitic and otherwise racist than the bible students.

  So....uhhh.....WHY were they picked as god's 'one and only' channel to earth?

  Xander F
  (Unseen Apostate Directorate of North America - Ohio order)

  A fanatic is one who, upon losing sight of his goals, redoubles his efforts.
  --George Santayana