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To of laughed loudly when dp said this...

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Wheresmygalaxy · 11/11/2012 10:21

Door bell goes and as im sat with ds on my knee feeding him i asked dp to get the door (secretly already knowing it was Jehovah's Witnesses), so off he goes thinking its his dad popped round.

He opened the door and was faced with 2 older gentlemen whose first words to him where " Hello, Can i ask do you have a question you'd like to ask god?"

My dp thought for a few seconds and goes, " yes, how can i get rid of this flu? Ive tried beechams and lemsips but nothing shifting it!"

The 2 men stood stoney faced and persuaded him to look into his sole for meanings of being unwell Hmm i could see them through the window and just couldnt stop laughing Smile

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ivykaty44 · 11/11/2012 21:33

ghost - you don't give a flying fuck about what they will catch but they do - that is why they walk the streets and knock on doors to catch fish and to catch a fish you need to be nice - not horrid, it makes sense if you want someone to join your group you are friendly and welcoming.

GhostShip · 11/11/2012 21:35

Oh yes IVY because that always happens doesnt it Hmm salesmen are paid to get the sales in but we've all had experiences with them being tossers! JW are the same. They're human, they will slip. They will make comments that they shouldn't. Accept it and move on, instead of trying to convince someone they aren;t telling the truth.

Feminine · 11/11/2012 21:35

Exactly ivy exactly my point.

ghost I do believe you actually I'm scared you will go bang

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 11/11/2012 21:37

Ice you liar. Obviously counterfeit JW's. Don't you know the difference! Grin

GhostShip · 11/11/2012 21:38

Do counterfeit ones have belly buttons?

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 11/11/2012 21:39

ghost I believe not. So next time you have them at your door ask them to lift their top. If they decline they are obviously counterfeit

ivykaty44 · 11/11/2012 21:42

ghost salesmen have egos larger than the empire state building so it is easy to knock there ego and the little tossers erupt.

JW are brianwashed into knocking doors and prepared for the knock backs, they need to recruit as it is part of belong into the church they are in - I think, so they are very much less likely to slip up when they are out recruiting. But why advertiser who they are? Then say something nasty?

GhostShip · 11/11/2012 21:44

I don't know why they'd do that, maybe because their morals took over and they felt they HAD to say something about my skirt?

I don't have the answers, I just have my experience.

This was seven o clock in the morning mind, if they were these 'fake JW's then they're keen on.

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 11/11/2012 21:47

ghost It was 7am when that nutter told me the devil was waiting for me due to my sins. Damn those counterfeits! Tbh I don't know what religion she belonged too. All I know is she was a nutter.

Moominsarescary · 11/11/2012 21:47

Counterfeit JWs ? Shit they're really aliens getting ready to take over the world arnt they

ivykaty44 · 11/11/2012 21:48

Can you see why your story is odd?

They say we are JW then they say something horrid - and all this at 7am in the morning, bit early to be canvassing people to convert to be JW and with a bit of an attitude to boot. Not your commonal garden JW

And you with a hangover from hell?

Feminine · 11/11/2012 21:48

What were they doing at 7 in the morning?

They don't go out on field service that early ...all in a group? very odd.

Perhaps they were on their way to a convention, and were getting on a coach...Hmm the plot thickens...

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IceAndSliceOfBrainsPlease · 11/11/2012 21:55

InSPsFanjo clearly there's some kind of conspiracy. Fake JWs being horrible and offensive, just to give the real JWs a bad name.

GhostShip · 11/11/2012 21:56

So my story is 'odd' now too.

Shine a light.

I was on my way home, they stop and stare, ask them what they want, 'to share the word of jehovah' or whatever they said, I say no thanks, they look awkward and comment on my skirt and try to hand me a leaflet. I tell them to do one. Its not hard, nor odd.

I see them about once a month, I live up the road from the hall they go to.

I don't know why I'm trying to prove myself, I just hate being called a liar.

ll31 · 11/11/2012 22:01

fake jw?? who knew... why haven't they sold their 'most amazing training system in the universe' for millions? they could use the money to put those fake jws out of business....

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MurderOfGoths · 11/11/2012 22:06

So am I a liar too? Did I meet counterfeit JWs too? Hmm

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ll31 · 11/11/2012 22:07

Ghostship i believe you and think feminine possibly does too but doesnlt want to admit it.... which is how she came up with the fake jws....

GhostShip · 11/11/2012 22:08

Thankyou :)

I feel very silly getting so wound up, I'm in a 'nowty' mood today Angry

InSPsFanjoNoOneHearsYouScream · 11/11/2012 22:09

Obviously fake JWs with fake leaflets

MurderOfGoths · 11/11/2012 22:10

These counterfeit JWs go to a lot of trouble with their counterfeit leaflets don't they?

GhostShip · 11/11/2012 22:10

If I were a fake I'd at least have a lie in of a morning...