"Helen Miles" wrote

| JW's are quite possibly THE most annoying people on the planet. I have a
| BIG sign on my front door that says
|
| "No salespeople, NO religious callers, NO political canvasing. Official
| callers must have ID."
|
| To me, that is perfectly clear. I don't like to be disturbed by people I
| am not expecting as it disrupts the cats and it invades my privacy.
|
| JW's just don't get the hint though. Apparently they are immune to signs
| telling them to get lost. So, the doorbell goes at 8am this morning (a
| saturday), and I get up and answer it because it might have been my
| elderly neighbour needing help, which I don't mind at all. BUT, it was a
| pair of bloody JW's!!!
|
| As I pointed out that I REALLY wasn't interested, and by the way they
| should learn to read, Miss Lily Whiskers slipped out between my legs and
| into my front garden. The cats are absolutely not allowed out of the
| front door because I live on what can be a busy road at times as it is
| used as a rat-run in rush hour. That would have usually been fine as
| she's done it once before and I normally just pick her up. But this
| time, the JW's spooked her and she ran into the street. Fortunately she
| was missed by the car coming up the street at the time, but it scared
| her badly and she is now really spooked.
|
| To say I wasn't polite to the JW's was a bit of an understatement. I
| think I might have gone a bit over board when I called them illiterate
| morons though. ;o)
|
| Helen M (who is very relieved that Miss Lily Whiskers is fine)

I hope you told them not to come back, too?

Around here there don't seem to be any JWs but we do have young Mormons
going door-to-door. They are very polite and won't keep coming back after
you manage to drive them off, and that is hard to do politely. I finally
figured out what it takes, you only need to make an appointment for them to
explain their fable to you, and then let your attention wander while they
are telling it. Or stand up and look at a rabbit, point at it and say,
"Where do you think it lives?"

I've learned to always peek out the window to see who is on the porch before
opening the door.