jahovas witnesses

gavin - 5-30-2008 at 10:49 AM

just tried to convert me.
i answered the door in shorts with my gut and tattoos and beard everywhere.
they were not taken aback at all.
she read the bible to me.
the one was kinda cute.

XHonusWagnerX - 5-30-2008 at 10:52 AM

they come to my house ALL the time to bring me the magazines. When I was laid off from work a few years ago they came and I answered the door and was friendly so now they come back monthly and I cant bring myself to be rude. Once in a while Ill hide or not answer the door, but if I answer Im friendly.... I just made sure to NEVER LET THEM IN THE HOUSE!

I've answered the door in boxershorts, Venom 'Welcome to Hell' shirt, you name it... nothing phases them!

gavin - 5-30-2008 at 10:52 AM

she asked me if i thought it was amazing that a black man, a woman, and the oldest guy ever is running for office.
i said "yeah its sumthin alright"
she said jahovas have no political opinions and dont vote.
i called her "hon" the whole time we were talking.

then she commented on the flower boxes out front of my house........
"oh, are you into the earth and growing things?"
me.......
"ummmmm no its all weeds"

both of them laugh

gavin - 5-30-2008 at 10:53 AM

yeah im always nice to them
im only rude to people who knock and ask for money
at least these fools are trying to save my soul

Voodoobillyman - 5-30-2008 at 10:56 AM

I have a no soliciting sign on my door and get salesmen (religious and otherwise) knocking all the time. It's my license to be rude as fuck! I have gotten downright nasty sometimes based on my mood at the moment. My wife hates it, she tells me not to answer the door at all, but it's the little things in life ya know?

gavin - 5-30-2008 at 10:58 AM

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Originally posted by Voodoobillyman
I have a no soliciting sign on my door and get salesmen (religious and otherwise) knocking all the time. It's my license to be rude as fuck! I have gotten downright nasty sometimes based on my mood at the moment. My wife hates it, she tells me not to answer the door at all, but it's the little things in life ya know?

word
ive been flat out hostile to people asking for money
my wife rolls her eyes and tells me to sit down and behave

XHonusWagnerX - 5-30-2008 at 10:58 AM

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Im rude to the people that call trying to sell or ask for something. I guess I cant bring myself to do it face to face.

upyerbum - 5-30-2008 at 11:05 AM

Some guy was trying to sell me something (we never got that far), I open the door, and this guy I've never seen or met before says "Hey, big guy" (I was wearing a wifebeater with my tats hangin' out), I must have looked at him weird cuz he just stands there saying nothing, so I closed the door and went back to watching TV.
If you don't know me don't knock on my door, unless you actually need immediate assistance in the medical or "there's a maniac trying to kill me" sort of vein.

BDx13 - 5-30-2008 at 11:23 AM

ug, i HATE when people i don't know call me big guy. like, we've established some kind of bond now that you've recognized I'm bigger than you.

the only people we get commin' door to door out here in amish country are the local kids raising money for whatever... school, sports, theater club, whatever. i give 'em two bucks and i get an overpriced candy bar.

been on the do not call list for some time, so we never get telemarketers.

eliminating those annoyances have played a big role in calming me down.

gavin - 5-30-2008 at 11:31 AM

i got called "old head" not too long ago
yes it was by a black dude
yes i ignored him after

CR83 - 5-30-2008 at 11:36 AM

We often have the front door open and the glass door shut. I have a boxer/pit that is ALWAYS staring out of that glass window. That helps. He's brown with black tiger stripes.

When one sneaks through, I walk up to the door give them the "hey what's up" nod and then shut the door. Fuck 'em.

panzerkreuzer - 5-30-2008 at 11:37 AM

i ignore the bell when i don´t await anyone.so i don´t have trouble with anybody at all.my friends call me before they come.

Furly - 5-30-2008 at 11:43 AM

I used to be rude to the bible pushers, I guess that got old.
Now I just tell them I'm not interested, but maybe my friend Dan (long haired metalhead covered in tattoos who drinks beer at 8-9 in the AM since he's a 3rd shifter). He's a lot nicer than I at getting rid of people and lives the next door over.

upyerbum - 5-30-2008 at 12:02 PM

Okay, I just remembered another time. My daughter had just been born and we had just purchased a house. This African fellow, I think he was a foreign student at one of the universities, comes walking over asking if we want to buy something or other, but his whole selling point was you get a free baby album for signing up for whatever it was. He of course saw my wife holding our weeks old baby, and thought he could convince us. I say No thanks, not interested and turn to head in the house. Again he starts up with the pitch, and now he is hanging over MY fence.
I turn around, and politely as I can, because some of my new neighbors are out and about, say, I said, no thank you. Well this African fellow, who apparently had no idea how things work in Dartmouth (pushy and rude will generally get you punched), says, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to her.
So now I'm starting to get really pissed, I say WHAT? he repeats his previous comment to which I reply, Get off my fence and off my property (this was the firat time I ever used the term "my property"). This insolent little prick says, I can stand whereever I want, so I open my gate and start headin' for him, he starts backing off, saying something along the lines of you can't touch me, then turns and runs, I gave chase for about half a block yelling that I better not see him around my fucking neighborhood again, and he's yelling he's gonna' call the cops, I turn to head back to my house and there's about 7 or 8 of my new neighbors checking out the scene.
That was my welcome to the neighborhood. That guy really pissed me off though.

JawnDiablo - 5-30-2008 at 12:17 PM

My supervisor is a JW.
He is warped and extremely brainwashed.
He gave us a speach about "wasting the seed" ie: pulling out / BJs etc. and how such things are not moral and stuff and which passages in the bible talk about it.
I told him he was nuts and one could interpret things to mean anything if they felt the need to.
He converted maybe 2 years ago.
Ever since, he's been ....uh.....a bit odd.
Some of us feel it was a cover up of some highly possible homosexual tendencies he seems to have.

My dad squirted a door to door preacher with the garden hose when I was a kid.
He was washing his car and didn't want to be bothered.
My dad is a grumpy guy by nature and has some social interaction issues.
They kept bothering him and wouldn't leave.
Squirt.
They left.

I haven't seen door to door preachers in years. Nobody comes around any more.
I could use some girl scout cookies too.....

BDx13 - 5-30-2008 at 12:59 PM

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Originally posted by juandiablo
My supervisor is a JW.

He gave us a speach about "wasting the seed" ie: pulling out / BJs etc. and how such things are not moral and stuff and which passages in the bible talk about it.

sue your employer for mental distress and intimidation.

random - 5-30-2008 at 01:01 PM

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Originally posted by upyerbum
Okay, I just remembered another time. My daughter had just been born and we had just purchased a house. This African fellow, I think he was a foreign student at one of the universities, comes walking over asking if we want to buy something or other, but his whole selling point was you get a free baby album for signing up for whatever it was. He of course saw my wife holding our weeks old baby, and thought he could convince us. I say No thanks, not interested and turn to head in the house. Again he starts up with the pitch, and now he is hanging over MY fence.
I turn around, and politely as I can, because some of my new neighbors are out and about, say, I said, no thank you. Well this African fellow, who apparently had no idea how things work in Dartmouth (pushy and rude will generally get you punched), says, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to her.
So now I'm starting to get really pissed, I say WHAT? he repeats his previous comment to which I reply, Get off my fence and off my property (this was the firat time I ever used the term "my property"). This insolent little prick says, I can stand whereever I want, so I open my gate and start headin' for him, he starts backing off, saying something along the lines of you can't touch me, then turns and runs, I gave chase for about half a block yelling that I better not see him around my fucking neighborhood again, and he's yelling he's gonna' call the cops, I turn to head back to my house and there's about 7 or 8 of my new neighbors checking out the scene.
That was my welcome to the neighborhood. That guy really pissed me off though.

So, do the neighbors love you for what you did or hate you for what you did? I can see it going either way.

random - 5-30-2008 at 01:03 PM

As for me, there are no good stories... I might try to say "no thanks" once, but then I turn around, shut and lock the door, and walk away. End of story.

DAK - 5-30-2008 at 01:17 PM

I look out the peep hole and if I don't know who it is I ignore them.

upyerbum - 5-30-2008 at 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by random
So, do the neighbors love you for what you did or hate you for what you did? I can see it going either way.

I don't know, those guys haven't been back though. And I've done a lot of work on my property, I do a little at a time, when I got the cash, but a little at a time adds up after a couple years.
So basically I'm a good neighbour, in that I mind my own business and don't fuck with people. And if someone's causing a ruckus I'm outside to tell them to move along, so I don't think they hate me. After 5 years, I think they see the advantage of having a skinhead in the neighborhood.

random - 5-30-2008 at 04:31 PM

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Originally posted by upyerbum
After 5 years, I think they see the advantage of having a skinhead in the neighborhood.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome!

godabandonedme - 5-30-2008 at 04:34 PM

This thread is cracking me up. I'm a genuinally distrustfull person, and like Juan's dad I have some social issues so I rarely even answer the door. Plus I have a pitbull that sits and suns himself in the bay window, he looks like a cow an is a pretty good distraction, however if someone knocks on the door or rings the bell he goes fucking balistic.

joemaconmovies - 5-30-2008 at 05:01 PM

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Originally posted by MrBadVibes
just tried to convert me.
i answered the door in shorts with my gut and tattoos and beard everywhere.
they were not taken aback at all.
she read the bible to me.
the one was kinda cute.

i woulda hit on the kinda cute one

Siczine.com - 5-30-2008 at 05:34 PM

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Originally posted by MrBadVibes
yeah im always nice to them
im only rude to people who knock and ask for money
at least these fools are trying to save my soul

Actually surprised to see you say that.

And I have answered the doors for jahovas and yes I have been very, very rude. I can't stand people trying to get others to convert to their religion. FUCK YOU, if I want to follow your doctrine I'll do it on my own and on my terms.

SS76 - 5-30-2008 at 05:42 PM

My pitbull Ilsa barks like a girl and looks too cute to be intimidating......

joemaconmovies - 5-30-2008 at 05:53 PM

i've answered the door to kids doing it and i could easily say no thanks but i really don't care. if i wanted to be left alone i'd say so. i'm not gonna be rude. they're just knocking on a door. they're not shoving anything down my throat.

JawnDiablo - 5-30-2008 at 06:01 PM

This board jinxed me.
The Jehovah's witnesses came by my apartment today, in the form of a letter.
Hand written.
Musta taken some time to do it.
I must say I admire their effort to turn me to the dark side.

DaveMoral - 5-31-2008 at 10:23 AM

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Originally posted by MrBadVibes
i got called "old head" not too long ago
yes it was by a black dude
yes i ignored him after

Funny thing about "old head," it's not a term of disrespect. It's like a term of endearment. It's like calling a dude your elder.

Most of us whiteys don't like being old though, so it's an insult.

My only real good JW story is from just after I converted to Islam. They came knocking on my apartment door in Portland. I let them do their speil, then I gave them a bunch of pamphlets about Islam and specifically one about the Islamic perspective on Jesus. I call it inter-faith dialogue.

A couple months ago I was in the Borders in Wynnewood and this 80 year old Catholic dude starts trying to turn me Catholic because I was looking at Islamic books in the religious section. Gave me poems and starts talking to me about miracles and saints and communion literally turning into blood and flesh. No one is going to convert me to any religion that's all about eating it's god on a regular basis...

morgan - 5-31-2008 at 11:07 AM

I love the fact I have a gate and about a 1/2 mile drive to get to my house from the road. No random people coming up to the house trying to sell shit or get me to quit being a heathen. JW's have left magazines rolled up in the gate though

DAK - 5-31-2008 at 01:04 PM

I guess we don't have many JW's around here. The Mormon's come around sometimes on their bikes.

BDx13 - 5-31-2008 at 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by morgan
I have a gate and about a 1/2 mile drive to get to my house from the road.

someday... someday...

JawnDiablo - 5-31-2008 at 05:42 PM

BD...are the homes too far apart to pedal Jebus out in your parts?
like way too much walkin for the Jebus luverz?

BDx13 - 6-1-2008 at 04:39 PM

some absolutely are, but not our neighborhood.