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Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
67. Remember this one....?
Sat Oct 20, 2012, 04:43 PM
Oct 2012

Mary had a little lamb,
It's fleece was black as mud,
Mary didn't know it, but
Her lamb had the galloping crud.

The horror...the horror. Brickbat Oct 2012 #1
LOL Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #2
They left home boys and will return men lunatica Oct 2012 #3
left home ... kardonb Oct 2012 #33
I think lunatica was referring to Queen Ann's truebluegreen Oct 2012 #38
Thanks. That was what I was talking about lunatica Oct 2012 #56
Actually, it's not all expenses paid. LDS Missionaries (or their parents) have to save up to pay for StevieM Oct 2012 #47
It's not paid and it's hardly comfy FreeState Oct 2012 #71
really, they have to "hope"? blueamy66 Oct 2012 #104
Yes they have to hope FreeState Oct 2012 #111
Hey I'm a Catholic and 2 missionaries invited me to shop a while back blueamy66 Oct 2012 #115
Must have been tough, heathen outside the wire, lobbing mortars at your studio apartment. Scuba Oct 2012 #108
Non if that is relevant to my post FreeState Oct 2012 #112
They always send the Elders out in pairs to talk to the gentiles. RomneyLies Oct 2012 #4
Welcome to DU, RomneyLies! calimary Oct 2012 #9
I'm voting on Monday RomneyLies Oct 2012 #15
I wish everyone would talk about this. gvstn Oct 2012 #86
Down Ticket No Vested Interest Oct 2012 #91
Interesting gvstn Oct 2012 #106
My liberal Democratic representative, etc. need more Democrats to caucus with and do what we want. freshwest Oct 2012 #92
In case Mrs. Robinson opens the door naked, holding a six-pack of beer, offering a good time. hunter Oct 2012 #23
Any sign of PTSD from the stress of constantly knocking on doors? OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #5
Not yet thankfully but I had some Flashbacks. pwb Oct 2012 #12
Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings begins magically playing in the background wherever they go aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #6
This is one of the saddest, most heart-wrenching videos I have ever seen. classof56 Oct 2012 #39
oh I get it now CreekDog Oct 2012 #7
Took me a little while too. lol! savalez Oct 2012 #25
Mitt has horrible flashback memories of mangled Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #8
lol MFM008 Oct 2012 #51
Well played nt Kalidurga Oct 2012 #10
You can tell a Mormon mission veteran a mile away. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2012 #11
But he didn't get his money's worth on that $500 haircut...hair always goes every which way. onecent Oct 2012 #29
Is there an address we can send care packages to so that the missionaries don't have to suffer kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #13
Friend is a marine spec forces vet, has big black rot toby jo Oct 2012 #14
That's rich. ellisonz Oct 2012 #16
*snort* pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #18
Me, too. GoCubsGo Oct 2012 #55
Remember this one....? Bigmack Oct 2012 #67
That's very funny. LisaL Oct 2012 #21
I invite them in and 30 minutes later one young man is in tears and the other grantcart Oct 2012 #84
Guess I have to work on my delievery..... daleanime Oct 2012 #109
cult meme spreading: amborin Oct 2012 #17
Funny, this election we are not so much a Christian nation. pwb Oct 2012 #22
Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #19
An AK-47? You poor dear, parents divorced and mom didn't have flex hours to get home to fix dinner? txwhitedove Oct 2012 #24
Hmmm.. *my* parents just celebrated their 50th anniversary, my mom never had to work... wanna play Ghost in the Machine Oct 2012 #74
WTF? I have voted to keep 'alerted' posts far less abusive than yours. Guess I forgot the txwhitedove Oct 2012 #78
If your post was, as you say, sarcastic then yes, I fully missed it, and truly apologize... Ghost in the Machine Oct 2012 #82
GITM, your apology is appreciated. I also appreciate veterans, guns, penises, mothers, and the txwhitedove Oct 2012 #87
I have never been one to mince my words here, nor bite my tongue to spare the feelings of others.... Ghost in the Machine Oct 2012 #117
See? It IS dangerous being a missionary! aletier_v Oct 2012 #54
Obviously a "LURPS" patrol aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #20
Well, better to promote a dumb religion than to participate in an immoral war I guess. Vattel Oct 2012 #26
I went there thinking it was right, but came home knowing it was wrong. pwb Oct 2012 #27
My reply to the original post was kinda assholish. Vattel Oct 2012 #32
So are you saying your relatives went to Canada or to jail? Or had Cheney deferments? Hmmmm?? WinkyDink Oct 2012 #46
and what if they DID go to Canada or jail...? Hmmmmm? stlsaxman Oct 2012 #68
Except the creep was also promoting the immoral war. The pig. Ineeda Oct 2012 #37
You know what? Most of our men DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE BUT to "PARTICIPATE." WinkyDink Oct 2012 #45
They had a choice. Not an easy one, but whoever said that doing the right thing is always easy? Vattel Oct 2012 #81
Yes, but Romney was For the Vietnam war but Cha Oct 2012 #85
Very well played - Getting up off the floor malaise Oct 2012 #28
I believe William Tecumseh Sherman said it best when he said Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #30
Good one. glinda Oct 2012 #31
I remember visiting my Italian relatives in Parma, Italy. I was looking out the balcony and southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #34
I have only crossed paths with one Mormon and he was... santamargarita Oct 2012 #35
You do know that Harry Reid is Mormon, right? IndyJones Oct 2012 #93
Harry converted No Vested Interest Oct 2012 #114
They will survive. They have a better support network than most. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2012 #36
I greet the Elders and ask if they'd like a bottle of water upi402 Oct 2012 #40
For those who missed it, check out Doonesbury's "American Mormon in Paris Not Vietnam" week kath Oct 2012 #41
They know not to darken my door. GentryDixon Oct 2012 #42
It's tough, living on warm beer and c-rats JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2012 #43
I find it is my duty to talk to all evangelicals that come to my door Tribalceltic Oct 2012 #44
PTSD is a cruel companion that is always with you, and will never go away for good slackmaster Oct 2012 #48
You got that right. pwb Oct 2012 #49
You have my sympathy, and you are not alone slackmaster Oct 2012 #97
Mormons are out in droves these days. Big push by the head of the church. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2012 #50
Yes, they are. xxqqqzme Oct 2012 #57
I see them all the time pedaling around town on their Humvee bikes. GoCubsGo Oct 2012 #58
Maybe when they charge up the next hill lapfog_1 Oct 2012 #52
That's if a roadside bomb doesn't get 'em first. GoCubsGo Oct 2012 #59
Best thread headline EVER! Maximumnegro Oct 2012 #53
Yeh, but were they speaking French? RagAss Oct 2012 #60
Did they turn from being boys to men right before your eyes? Quixote1818 Oct 2012 #61
They stopped coming to one of my neighbors jeff47 Oct 2012 #62
They come around my door, Permanut Oct 2012 #63
Lol... PsychGrad Oct 2012 #64
"I did what I call "active ignoring"... aletier_v Oct 2012 #70
Romney World is Different than the World We live In. Barbara2423 Oct 2012 #65
I got to know several of these young men after I got back jaysunb Oct 2012 #66
Did you ask if they were going to ship your job to China? closeupready Oct 2012 #69
Vietnam queentonic Oct 2012 #72
Honored you used your first post on my o p. pwb Oct 2012 #73
You may not have met them... MyTwoSense Oct 2012 #99
There are 131 national cemeteries in the U.S. pwb Oct 2012 #110
I hear the 16th Arrondissement Paris Offensive was a real hellhole for wealthy Mormon Missionary Zorra Oct 2012 #75
You can always spot a mormon missionary because of the name tags. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #76
Soldiers in Vietnam only had to face imminent death or mutilation. valerief Oct 2012 #77
Salt Lake City...... Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #79
thanks for doing a difficult job....my father was special forces..... rppper Oct 2012 #80
You also had ice cream every day too...... coldwaterintheface Oct 2012 #95
Thank goodness that.... rppper Oct 2012 #100
Back in the day it was a thankless job coldwaterintheface Oct 2012 #107
when fan #1 becomes pump #1!!! rppper Oct 2012 #116
... 68 Rex Oct 2012 #83
LOL.....pwb Skittles Oct 2012 #88
Imagine the PTSD of them having flashbacks of the black person that opened the door... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #89
Especially the black person that said.... Zambero Oct 2012 #96
Fuck 'em, I tell them to get a job.... WCGreen Oct 2012 #90
They are salesmen, nothing more. Lefergus70 Oct 2012 #94
You should have told them how you felt...nt barnabas63 Oct 2012 #98
LOL lonestarnot Oct 2012 #101
Oh great. Mormons. HomerRamone Oct 2012 #102
"I love the smell of freshly starched magic underwear in the morning..."nt Javaman Oct 2012 #103
Proselytizing is wrong, shameful, destructive.. pangaia Oct 2012 #105
Did they dig little holes in your lawn to crap in and try to swap c-rations for real food? Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2012 #113
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