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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 02:07 AM
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I always open the door for Jehovah's Witnesses.
It's not that I tolerate proselytizing (in all honesty, I couldn't have spelled it either if I didn't have a dictionary sitting on my desk), it's not that I feel guilty for not answering the door. It's just that I have this awful feeling that if he thinks I'm not here than he'll be coming in through the open window to steal my TV. I can't help but think that there's some gang of theives out there that dress up in ties and short sleeve dress shirts with the intent of breaking and entering. I mean nobody expects the Jehovahs Witnesses (like the butler, or a modern Amish).

btw, is 'modern Amish' an oxymoro?
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JackSwift Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 02:16 AM
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1. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
That's why my Browning 12 gauge automatic shotgun is at the ready. Not even the pump action sound to warn 'em.
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Cat Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 02:17 AM
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2. You're thinking of Jehovah's Perpetrators.
The Jehovah's Witnesses are just sort of by-standers. They're no threat at all. Watch out for the Perps though.
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JackSwift Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 02:24 AM
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3. I have to disagree, Jehovah's Witnesses are sinners
just like the rest of us. Which is a bit different than say Catholic Priests, who have a higher percentage of sinners because the church covered up so many child molestations that they were (are?) a haven for molestors.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 02:31 AM
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5. Hey now...
Edited on Sat Oct-25-03 02:43 AM by DrWeird
I didn't start this thread so people could point fingers at other peoples goofy little cults.
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 12:13 PM
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10. you just exposed your ignorance about
the Watchtower cult. At least you got a dig in at the RCC but the price was steeper than you may have known. Poor soul.
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-26-03 03:39 AM
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18. i keep either
a .22 Hunting rifle (unloaded, but they run when they see me work the bolt) a large sword *they also run when they see that* or i just draw my twin de.50ae7's on them (the usual effect is a pants-shitting)
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 08:27 PM
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13. LOL!!
I love it!

And the Jehova's Witness Protectors, while not nasty, can sometimes leave a mess in the flower bed.
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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 02:30 AM
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4. I would rather have my stuff stolen
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nemo137 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 02:38 AM
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6. i answer the door for them, and for people selling stuff for school
and i listen to telemarketers. do i buy anything? no, but i'm polite. they're out there all goddamn day, so why shouldn't i give them a liten.
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Rocinante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 02:50 AM
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8. I'm not too kind to people
who knock on my door to convert me or sell me something, but I am nice to the kids who sell stuff for their school. It's a damn shame that school kids have to get out on the streets and do that and it's a shame that teachers have to pay out of their pockets for classroom supplies. I bet Chimp wouldn't part with a penny if he was smart enough to be a teacher.
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 02:43 AM
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7. I Do Too
But I always make sure I have my car insurance papers on my desk by the front door so I can scare them off with a good, pushy and "offical" line of BS.

What burglars are going to steal your TV if they think they won't escape with a 20 year Term Policy?

I couldn't fit a used car in my living room anyway....

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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 07:02 AM
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9. If it's a lady, I do too.
Otherwise, they can open their own doors.
;-)
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Seneca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 12:16 PM
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11. answer the door naked
Like I always do. Gives them something to talk about for many years.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 08:23 PM
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12. They are brainwashed ignorant sheep slaves who wish to drag yo ass into
the fold too.

The JWs are a cult, an evil cult who prey on the meek and weak.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 08:42 PM
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14. I open the door to let my 'Jehovah's Witness Hound' out!
And watch them do a hundred yard dash for the front gate! I guess they don't have the same brand of faith that Daniel had in the lion's den! You ain't lived till you see a JW do a wind sprint for Jayzuz!
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 09:06 PM
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15. My dad used to witness to them
and to the Mormons that would come to the door. I think he converted a young Mormon to Southern Baptist one time. They must have marked our address because no one ever came back.
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carpetbagger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 09:21 PM
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16. I do the same thing, only for Unitarian Christianity.
It's nothing they've ever been prepared for. I give them equal time, but you can say quite a bit in ten minutes.
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Bombero1956 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 09:46 PM
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17. that's why I have a sign on the front door
Edited on Sat Oct-25-03 09:48 PM by Gargoyle
"if you ring my doorbell to sell me something, you're gonna have to take out my trash"

on edit:
What goes "klop,klop,klop,klop,bang!,klop,klop,klop,klop.

An Amish drive by
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