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Religious door to door callers are dense....
"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 |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
[snip intrusive JWs]
No cluons were harmed when wafflycat wrote: 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 ;-) There is also The Church of Absolute Zero (sorry, no url handy - I'm at a Chinese restaurant at the moment), which "brochure" starts out with "Is Nothing sacred?" Hugs and Purrs, Mark -- Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:25:05 -0500, Sherry wrote:
I got into a very heated exchange with somebody collecting donations for breast cancer research. She was just flat rude. I don't care how worthwhile the cause is, you can't give money to every organization that calls. Whenever anyone headed toward Rude Territory, I would press a button on my phone's dial pad and say, "Ok, I need to record this conversation, to be sure of the facts after we hang up. Let's start with you identifying yourself by name, first name only if you prefer, and the name of the organization you represent." They usually calmed down after that. But hey, don't you have your phone numbers registered with Do Not Call (at least in the US)? I never get those calls anymore. -- Joey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
[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, Mark -- Proof of Sanity Forged Upon Request |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:46:54 -0500, Mark Edwards wrote:
[snip intrusive JWs] No cluons were harmed when wafflycat wrote: 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 ;-) There is also The Church of Absolute Zero (sorry, no url handy - I'm at a Chinese restaurant at the moment), which "brochure" starts out with "Is Nothing sacred?" Hugs and Purrs, Mark Spare ribs, please. -- Joey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:39:26 -0500, Yowie wrote:
I do have to defend some individual JW's though. An elderly gentleman knocked on my door at about 8am on a Saturday morning, and I answered the door with the mother of all flus. He took one look at me and said "Are you alright? Can I call someone? Is there anything I can do?" After I grunted "no", he apologised for disturbing me and said "I hope you feel better soon. I'll pray for you", and went on his way. That incident made me realise that my assumptions about *all* JWs was wrong. Yowie You softie! Amateur! Don't you see: He just didn't want your cooties. He'll be ba-ack! :-) -- Joey DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
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) Well, if they can't read your sign, they probably ARE illiterate morons! I strongly object to anyone "peddling" their religion door-to-door, and make no bones about simply saying "not interested" and closing the door in their faces. (To me, religion is a deeply personal matter, which I do not choose to discuss with some idiot who invades my privacy to do so, uninvited.) Where I live now, my door opens directly to the outdoors, Melisande is an accomplished escape artist, and while I was dealing with an importunate magazine salesman (seeking to win a prize trip from Arizona to London) she slipped out and spent a very cold night outside! I didn't think there was enough room for the cats to get out, with the chain on the door, but she obviously managed it, and I didn't notice until she didn't come running at suppertime (at which point she was nowhere in sight and ignored my calling her). I am equally rude when I am ill-advised enough to answer my telephone without waiting for the machine to screen the call! I have both my regular phone and my cell-phone registered on the National Do Not Call List, but there are so many exemptions to that: If you've bought something from a company by telephone or over the internet, they are free to call you. If you are registered to vote, the political party of your choice can call you as often as they like. Charitable organizations have no restrictions placed upon them - whether or not you have ever been a donor, they can still call you. |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
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! |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
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 |
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Religious door to door callers are dense....
Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: Here, if you have signs posted (be it a business or a home) that state "No Solicitation" (that means no salespeople, charity fund collections or religious recruiters), and they don't leave when asked, they can be arrested - or escorted off the premised by police at any rate. I get the impression that some of them think "solicitation" only means prostitution! ;-) |
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