tired from another long day i entered home and immediately knew something was wrong.
it was very quiet and the only light on was in the kitchen.
entering the room it was spotless, clean dishes and glasses shining in the dishrack of the sink.
Speak of the Devil, Hey Englishman,
Haven't got my soul have ya? "Bloody Norah"? Nah cousin Nola's ok, just feels a bit down sonmetimes. Nothing like that happened to ya? Gee I'll write some of the bad things i've been through one day lol. ..
unclebruce
PS: aren't all Yorkshire girls little black clouds?
tired from another long day i entered home and immediately knew something was wrong.
it was very quiet and the only light on was in the kitchen.
entering the room it was spotless, clean dishes and glasses shining in the dishrack of the sink.
Hey dannybear,
My mother and sister were a bit upset with me calling poor scitzoid, paranoid mariuana puffing peety weety a silly bugger just after he'd swallowed a car batteries worth of lithium or whatever. The fact is he was surrounded by doctors and nursing staff and that was his sense of humour. I don't think genuine suiciders appreciate being wrapped in cotton wool and it's the last thing an attention seeker needs.
When our beloved logical was saying he'd do himself in i told the silly bugger to wait till i got there, i'd do it for him .. and look at him now! She's a laugh a minute lol.
I thought Englishman made some excellent points about many that threaten suicide being selfish attention seeking users. Most of the people I've known who were suicidal were also not much good at thinking about anyone but themselves. Such negative people can be a real drain on your energy and drive you to and early grave.
If ya ever need swearing at bro.bear you know who to ask, unc.
This subject, like all things medical, doesn't interest me much but it was good to get it out.
[for the full articles that were posted here, please now see:.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=18803.
thank you, brothers (sisters even)].
I think we all know cats are a tool of Satan but it was a real shame when we had to disfellowship our dog Lassie when the vet gave her a blood transfusion without our knowledge. (her personality changed and she started biting people too!)
I think it's best to stick with natural pets like wombats and echidnas.
uncle'fluffy'bruce (now don't mention koalas, unless they've got you by the pavlovs lol)
this will test you knowledge of wt history ... what do all the following items have in common:.
adding machines.
aeroplanes.
Hi Closer,
Think back to Russels time. You were there weren't ya? American Captain what's his face "discovered" the North Pole and the Norwegian Armageddonson conquered the South Pole. These were huge front page news and on everyones lips. Do you think Russell would overlook thier propaganda value? I can immagine him now "Man has finally taken control of even the remotest parts of Gods sovereign earth"
Barbed wire .. the taming of the wild lands in preparation for the wilderness destroying bible students to make the deserts blossom as the rose? Submarines, man finally conquering the seas, skyscrapers men trying to reach God himself like the tower builders of babel ... etc... etc... Oh how fun to be a Pastor Russell in those days .. just print any old rubbish and sell it as gospel. lol
unclebruce
in the uk you never hear words such as:.
railroad.
mortician.
OK Unc, A term only used in Akron, Ohio. I did bring it up before so, maybe you saw it. What is "the devil's strip?"
G'day Larc,
I think you just made a dogs breakfast outta me .lol. let's see ..
"the devils strip" mmm .. a super hot chillidog? .. a street in the red light district? a tranvestiite stripper? (like bibleman eeeewww) .. hang on I got it Mimi from the Drew Carey show! (i'd pay her not to strip)
"What is Cincinnati Chili?" - I think I saw it on a basketball top .. maybe it was kechup?
"A beef hot shot?" - Hot beef sub?
"Succotash?" - Indian food .. beans and maize(corn) (something Yosemite sam suffers)
"The median strip?" - raised concrete strip in middle of road.(we have them here
nervous unclebigmouth
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how many of you have really gone through suicidal feelings, when you felt that no-one at all was out there to try to assist you?
did it help you to be told by so called friends, 'just pull your socks up!
' did you feel that such admonition was really daft and stupidly uncaring?
Celtic,
Most of us here are adults. We've been through the organized religion/cult blender and come out the other side hardened to anyone trying to shepherd, cujole or preach us into another crusade to save the world or whatever.
Most people here are far from the way you describe them. Without going over the top with hyperbowl* this is a very caring little community. I have had some experience with suicide in both my immediate family and congregations I attended. I have witnessed and been involved in helping several suicidal people on the internet. I saw Kent Steinhaug draw a girl back from it on H20 and get condemed by thickhead christians for the method he used.
I've seen some of your posts calling for one sort of JW community project or another and it always makes me wonder if you realise what a tiny diverse audience you're addressing. (the whole point of my first post to you calling you ... well i'd better not ...lol)
If you see someone being uncaring or whatever just say so, scream the place down, like I did today to draw attention to Kevin. (you may find this hard to swallow but posting loud and boisterous like that doesn't come easy to this shy unc .. fair dinkum)
In chat today you upset me by calling a serious conversation i was engaged in bullshit (sometimes deeper things are going on than what you see Celtic and you being so quick to judge others harshly while calling for tollerance and a more compassionate board doesn't sit well with me) You condeming those in chat not being serious and ashen faced "in case Kevin came back in the room" was one of the stupidest most moronic things I've ever heard. Are you really so shallow that you can't change your tempo according to the situation? Did you think you were the only one on the lookout for mr.suicides re-entry?
Besides that there was a very serious situation being addressed under the light hearted banter. I'm sorry I yelled for you to piss off but at the time you deserved it. What gives any of us the right to brand a group discussion bullshit? (unless YouKnow''s involved ;)
I like your concern for people Celtic but we're sometimes on different wavelengths.
I could write half a book about suicide but haven't the time. (i even did a short stint assisting 'life line' phone counsellors) I think the key thing to remmember in helping is that few folk really want to die, they just want to end the pain.
Best wishes brother, unclebruce
PS: I'm tired, i hope this made sense and i can still respect myself in the moaning ;)
*hyperbowl <--- mulan spells it like that ;)
may 1, 1968 p 271 has been sited on another post and it goes, thus, adam's naming of the animals.
just who in the hell was he naming them for.
wasn't he doing this prior to having eve.
Dear Brothers,
God having Adam and Eve discard thier fig leaves for animal skins is clearly an edict against the wearing of natural fibre and other materialistic clothing. This is why, for us true followers of aYeHiWoHu it's either buffalo or buff. Listen O lost house of Israel.. come .. join with buff bros Fred Flintstone and Barney Rumble .. now with pure thoughts and all godly piety rise up, strip youselves bare and cover your offensive parts with the nearest animal you can find.
groan... FundyBruce
alrighty then...
I think the true interpretation of flower's post is that she has resigned herself to being squashed and squeezed into a dried out pressed husk of her former self .. once she opens up her journal we'll all see her floral beauty resplendant and permanent. ... just like that scene in "Nature Calls" when Jim Carey enters the world anew from a rhino's bum ;)
uncle'true prophet'bruce
i love this movie.
we watched the dvd last night and the outtakes and the funny stuff they have from it.
it was great....
Hi Wonderwoman,
I saw the Rocky Horror Picture Show live at the Lyric Theatre several years ago. Seeing it so long after its release was a time slip but still great fun.
unclebruce
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COMF you uncooth slob .. meatloaf rocks! I loved the thing he did with the Chef on the South Park Album .. besides, isn't "bat out of hell" the greatest selling rock album in the solar system? Kinky Freidman eat yer heart out ;)
unclebruce
i frequently read on this board that somebody has 'been a jw for over 25 years' and then learn that they are in fact 25 years and three days old.. i am very easily confused, in fact i actually got inside a car of similar color to my own recently and spent at least five minutes with a furrowed brow trying to force my car key into its ignition, fortunately, i realised my error before i was arrested.
so, just to humor me, can you all post how long you were/are baptised jw's?.
thank you -- hs.
Interesting thread Hillary,
Born: May 1957 (under the sign of the bull)
First Talk: May 1968 (6min - "qualified to be ministers")
Dunked: Oct 1972 (Norwood Oval SA)
Last talk: July 1986 (20min - "gambling")
Walked away: Sept 1986 (drove 1,000 miles east)
Walked further away: Dec 1992 (rabid apostate .. photo of me on Santas knee sent to mother ;)
Turned around, looked back in humour: Dec 1999 (discovered the internet)
Walking away, laughing over my shoulder: Jan 2002 (where's the exit?)
So officially I guess I was a witness just 14 years? LOL .. I don't think so! lol.
unclebruce
(thanks Alan you old yoyo, no wonder you're so fucked in the head ---> <--- smiley .. note the smiley lol. SHIT I'M Sorry Alan, I wrote this comment about your head before reading the paragraph about your families history ... sorry .. i was just fucking about and hadn't read about your dad losing it etc.. i hope you didn't see this earlier .. best wishes.
