Religious door to door callers are dense....

This is a minor rant, so bear with me...

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)




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Helen Miles wrote:
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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)

It sounds to me like you showed great restraint, if Miss Lily Whiskers had
been hurt I'm sure you wouldn't think you might have gone a bit over board.
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Adrian A wrote:

Helen Miles wrote:
snip

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)


It sounds to me like you showed great restraint, if Miss Lily Whiskers had
been hurt I'm sure you wouldn't think you might have gone a bit over board.

IMO, in that case she'd have been justified in throwing THEM
in front of a passing car!

Helen Miles wrote:

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)


Oh, so am I! I share your views on this sort of callers. Luckily we
don't get door-to-door political canvasing here. We have a parliamentary
election coming up in March, so that would mean constant
doorbell-ringing. Actually, buzzer-ringing, then doorbell-ringing. :P

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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)

One of the nice things about being a witch is that if you tell JWs
that, they don't come back.

--Fil

On 17 Feb 2007 06:42:40 -0800, "Enfilade"
wrote:


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)

One of the nice things about being a witch is that if you tell JWs
that, they don't come back.


It is curious that they think they have the right to force you to
listen to - and accept - their twist on religion, they also think you
have no right even to suggest that they listen to yours.

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"Enfilade" wrote in message
oups.com...

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)

One of the nice things about being a witch is that if you tell JWs
that, they don't come back.

Saying that you are Catholic has the same effect. In my particular case, I
mean 'catholic' with a small 'c', but that difference isn't enunciated :-).

(Joel and Cary are - officially at least - Catholic with a big C)

Yowie

[snips]

No cluons were harmed when Yowie wrote:
(Joel and Cary are - officially at least - Catholic with a big C)

And we can assume that Schmog and Fluffy are Hedonists? (Big grin).


Hugs and Purrs,
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"Mark Edwards" wrote in message
...
[snips]

No cluons were harmed when Yowie wrote:
(Joel and Cary are - officially at least - Catholic with a big C)

And we can assume that Schmog and Fluffy are Hedonists? (Big grin).

Shmoggists, for sure :-)

Yowie

Enfilade wrote:

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)


One of the nice things about being a witch is that if you tell JWs
that, they don't come back.

Really? I should have thought that would be even MORE
incentive to try to convert you!


--Fil