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Religious door to door callers are dense....
"wafflycat" wrote in message
Basically a woman was so tee'd off with the local JWs calling at her house despite her not being interested and saying so, she decided to get her own back. She started interrupting their meetings. She did not join in the meetings, she interrupted them to start talking about stuff she was interested in but they weren't. This finally caused them to take the hint/// I managed to work out how to get rid of Mormons last June...below is an entry I posted in my diary at the time... Tonight, the door bell went whilst I was chowing down on some Ben and Jerry's Phish Food ice cream straight out of the rather large tub (ultimate comfort food), dressed in my "DSS" green tracksuit bottoms and t-shirt with bleach stains after going for a run. I answered it. More fool me. Stood at the door were 2 brain-washed cretins in smart shirts with their little badges. Bless. I do so love the "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints". NOT. I can do beligerent very well when I feel like it, and I've had a pretty ****ty day. "Can I help you?" I said, leaning against the door and shoving a spoonfull of ice-cream in my mouth. "We're spreading the word of Christ" they said. "Are you? That's nice." I said. "Do you believe in the Lord God?" they said. "Not yours. Why?" I said, shoving more ice cream in my mouth. They then started off on some blurb about some crap and I tuned out. After they rambled for a bit and started discussing the merits of why we were in Iraq and Afghanistan and them not leaving, despite my asking them twice to get out of my front porch, I went nuts. I *think* I told them to get a clue from a clue bus, preferably by them being run over by said bus, and that being a soldier of Christ was for the brain washed religious fundamentalist moronic masses. In reality I have no idea what I said as I was so wound up. Mary my neighbour had come to her door to see what all my yelling was about and arrived just as I had thrown melted chocolate & toffee ice cream all over their very nice smartly pressed clean shirts. Bless her, she did try to clean them up, but a grubby gardening glove is not really the implement for the job. Next time they'll get the water treatment. To be fair, they did do the job they set out to do. They made me feel an awful lot better and significantly improved my day. Just not in the way they originally envisaged. ----- Did I mention I hate religious callers? ;o) Helen M -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:02:14 -0500, Helen Miles wrote:
I managed to work out how to get rid of Mormons last June...below is an entry I posted in my diary at the time... snip To be fair, they did do the job they set out to do. They made me feel an awful lot better and significantly improved my day. Just not in the way they originally envisaged Halleluijah! Another one saved. :-) -- Joey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Feb 17, 12:02�pm, "Helen Miles" wrote:
"wafflycat" wrote in message Basically a woman was so tee'd off with the local JWs calling at her house despite her not being interested and saying so, she decided to get her own back. She started interrupting their meetings. She did not join in the meetings, she interrupted them to start talking about stuff she was interested in but they weren't. This finally caused them to take the hint/// I managed to work out how to get rid of Mormons last June...below is an entry I posted in my diary at the time... Tonight, the door bell went whilst I was chowing down on some Ben and Jerry's Phish Food ice cream straight out of the rather large tub (ultimate comfort food), dressed in my "DSS" green tracksuit bottoms and t-shirt with bleach stains after going for a run. I answered it. More fool me. Stood at the door were 2 brain-washed cretins in smart shirts with their little badges. Bless. I do so love the "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints". NOT. I can do beligerent very well when I feel like it, and I've had a pretty ****ty day. "Can I help you?" I said, leaning against the door and shoving a spoonfull of ice-cream in my mouth. "We're spreading the word of Christ" they said. "Are you? That's nice." I said. "Do you believe in the Lord God?" they said. "Not yours. Why?" I said, shoving more ice cream in my mouth. They then started off on some blurb about some crap and I tuned out. After they rambled for a bit and started discussing the merits of why we were in Iraq and Afghanistan and them not leaving, despite my asking them twice to get out of my front porch, I went nuts. I *think* I told them to get a clue from a clue bus, preferably by them being run over by said bus, and that being a soldier of Christ was for the brain washed religious fundamentalist moronic masses. In reality I have no idea what I said as I was so wound up. Mary my neighbour had come to her door to see what all my yelling was about and arrived just as I had thrown melted chocolate & toffee ice cream all over their very nice smartly pressed clean shirts. Bless her, she did try to clean them up, but a grubby gardening glove is not really the implement for the job. Next time they'll get the water treatment. To be fair, they did do the job they set out to do. They made me feel an awful lot better and significantly improved my day. Just not in the way they originally envisaged. ----- Did I mention I hate religious callers? ;o) Helen M Being the recluse that I am, I hate *any* kind of uninvited callers, except family or friends. I do not want the answer the damn doorbell and find an Avon Lady, a Schwann salesman, a vacuum salesman, a storm- window salesman, a Mormon, a JW (or any other denomination. If I was unsatisfied with my own faith, I'd seek them out. If I wanted a vacuum cleaner, I'd shop for one. We used to be quite hospitable to anyone at the door. We got older, and DH got pretty good at being surly and cranky when he wants to. I think we have that right. Sherry |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
My parents own a farm, in very rural Missouri, they live on a road that is
gravel, to get to this road you take a blacktop for a few miles, their driveway is 1/3 mile long, My father has a gate at the beginning, he tried to be polite, he closed the gate, they opened it, he put up a sign, they ignored it, he locked the gate, they climbed over it... we were discussing this one day, after the tenth visit... my dad says... next time they knock I am answering the door naked... gonna invite them in for more than coffee... my mom is saying no you're not... a few months later I ask him how it was going... He smiles and says, they haven't been back since their last visit a month ago... I say why... Daddy says that doesn't matter but I am sure they won't be back, Lee Helen Miles wrote in message news:44b6b0b84818663593fb5d870827c2fd.76411@mygate .mailgate.org... 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) -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Feb 17, 12:02?pm, "Helen Miles" wrote:
I managed to work out how to get rid of Mormons last June...below is an entry I posted in my diary at the time Helen M Heh. We used to live practically next door to a Mormon stake center. The problem with the Mormon missionaries is, I knew they were just young boys very far away from. The were just so nice it was impossible to be rude to them. Luckily you could spot them a mile away; they had this cookie-cutter look; and I'd just not answer the door. That's rudeness of another form, but if you ever let them in, you couldn't get rid of them. Sherry |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:12:37 +0000, Helen Miles wrote:
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) Why don't you just ask them to Purr for those who need it? |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Feb 17, 4:12 am, "Helen Miles" wrote:
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) -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server -http://www.Mailgate.ORG Whew! I'm glad Miss Lily Whiskers is okay! MUCH too close a call. I don't blame you for giving those dead brains the rough edge of your tongue. I had a pair of JW's come to my door years ago ALSO earlier than I cared to rise on a Saturday morning, and I told them flat out "No I'm really not interested, I'm perfectly happy with the religion I already follow." I happen to be agnostic, but I wasn't about to get into that with a JW. "Well if you discuss it with me, I think you'll find MY religion is highly compatible with yours, already." Me: (Smiling while already easing the door closed.) "Oh I REALLY doubt that!" Close door, click deadbolt shut. They haven't bothered me since, I'm glad to say. I tend to get more Mormons, around here. The most recent of whom came in search of my neighbor who had recently been evicted. I told them the rental office might have information about where she had gone, but that I didn't, as she and I rarely ever talked. One guy asked "May we come in?" while already coming up my front steps. I stood in the doorway, smiled and said "No" very firmly and without qualifying it in any way. The guy stopped, looking bewildered and as I didn't change my stance, they left. As Dave Barry points out, people who 'want to share their religion with you' almost NEVER want you to share yours with them. I don't give those people any more time than it takes to say "No thank you, I'm really not interested." It's one thing if a person goes to a church and says "I'm interested in joining you, could you tell me a little more about your denomination?" and assuming that your religion is superior to your next door neighbors' and nagging them to change. Melissa Melissa |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
"Helen Miles" wrote in message news:44b6b0b84818663593fb5d870827c2fd.76411@mygate .mailgate.org... This is a minor rant, so bear with me... 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) You were at least as polite as the situation required. That is pretty much how my Rosie was killed. Granted we didn't have a sign and my husbands nit wit friend who came to the door making a racket didn't mean any harm. He was here early to help Charlie with some tree trimming. Opened the door and hollered. Rosie took off at a dead run. Across the street, over the fence and into guard dog territory. JW's usually come round on Saturday mornings. I can't imagine they get very warm receptions many places. Jo |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
Stormmee wrote:
My parents own a farm, in very rural Missouri, they live on a road that is gravel, to get to this road you take a blacktop for a few miles, their driveway is 1/3 mile long, My father has a gate at the beginning, he tried to be polite, he closed the gate, they opened it, he put up a sign, they ignored it, he locked the gate, they climbed over it... we were discussing this one day, after the tenth visit... my dad says... next time they knock I am answering the door naked... gonna invite them in for more than coffee... my mom is saying no you're not... a few months later I ask him how it was going... He smiles and says, they haven't been back since their last visit a month ago... I say why... Daddy says that doesn't matter but I am sure they won't be back, Lee I'll have to remember that one, thanks for the tip. ;o) -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
"Ketzl's Dad" wrote in message . net... On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:12:37 -0500, Helen Miles wrote: 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 I'm always torn between "having a go with them" and telling them politely to please leave. Since I moved to New York (doorman building) I haven't been bothered by JWs but before that they came regularly. Here, however, we have Jews for Jesus (one meets them in the street or subway stations), and I find them really quite amusing. They always think they know more about Jesus than I do until I tell them I was raised Catholic but am now recovering, etc. etc. and I have fun dodging or returning their comments. For some reason I feel these kids (because that's what they are, usually) mean well, as opposed to the proselytizers who used to knock on my door and try to come inside to "save me" from myself. I suppose if it were to happen now, I could introduce them to Ketzl, my familiar. :-) In my neck of the woods, we get periodic leaflets through the door from a group that's set up locally and are the local creationist/ID nuts. My offspring, in his subtle manner keeps muttering about going to one of their meetings dressed in a Flying Spaghetti Monster outfit and handing out some of these... http://www.venganza.org/images/sprea...k_brochure.pdf and these... http://www.venganza.org/materials/flyers/ I like his style ;-) |
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