Itinerant Visitors

[original PM]

:when the JW came to my house recently (2 males unfortunately) i explained why have a background in science I simply could not commit to any sort of belief system based on myths and fantasies.

They tried to produce some stuff from 'respected' scientists who were also JW - which was interesting.

I then showed them a picture of one of my young ones throughly enjoying her birthday - that sent em packing!

[Mich the Tester]

PPS How many times can we discuss the EU, immigration etc? We never convince anybody, all hard wired in the brain I reckon. Only true way to alter someone's views is a) drugs or b) a large hammer.
PPPS Or c) Ensure that they personally actually pick up the bill for their ideals, that often works too.

I don't think you can change the views of someone with whom you're discussing a subject. However, there are often others observing and not getting involved in the discussion, and they often CAN be influenced by the exchange of views. In fact, I know of a couple of posters who've given me rep saying they hadn't thought of things the way I'd put them and were being somewhat persuaded by my arguments.

Anyway the Jehovas were around our way on Sunday morning, hopeless really as it's a village with about 95% catholics, two muslims and a few atheists. I don't think they had very rich pickings. Lady Tester dealt with them; being trained as a psychiatric nurse she has experience with nutters.

[Doggy Styles]

Indeed! I've said this before, they always have tasty looking ladies. Almost worth 20 minutes discussing evolution (Again).

Agreed, but they are not always lookers. Two knocked on our door only last week; one was probably seventy years old, the other 25 stone, which was a lot for someone only 5 feet 2 inches tall.

They were very polite though, and after some pleasant but brief verbal intercourse they didn't hang around too long.

[xoggoth]

Many years ago I actually invited two Jehovah's Witnesses into my house to discuss whatever it was they purvey. But only because they were both pleasant, fit-looking sorts in their 20s or 30s.

I'm sure there's a lesson there somewhere, if only I could put my finger on it.

Indeed! I've said this before, they always have tasty looking ladies. Almost worth 20 minutes discussing evolution (Again).

[DimPrawn]

Many years ago I actually invited two Jehovah's Witnesses into my house to discuss whatever it was they purvey. But only because they were both pleasant, fit-looking sorts in their 20s or 30s.

I'm sure there's a lesson there somewhere, if only I could put my finger on it.

I had two young ladies come round, JW, both incredible lookers.

If they are representive of the crumpet at church, I'm seriously thinking of joining.

[Doggy Styles]

Many years ago I actually invited two Jehovah's Witnesses into my house to discuss whatever it was they purvey. But only because they were both pleasant, fit-looking sorts in their 20s or 30s.

I'm sure there's a lesson there somewhere, if only I could put my finger on it.

[xoggoth]

Fortunately we live on a hill well off the main road in a small village so don't get many uninvited callers - hawkers, Jehovah's Witlesses, burglars etc.

PS I agree with doggy styles. Keep it up MB.
PPS How many times can we discuss the EU, immigration etc? We never convince anybody, all hard wired in the brain I reckon. Only true way to alter someone's views is a) drugs or b) a large hammer.
PPPS Or c) Ensure that they personally actually pick up the bill for their ideals, that often works too.

[Doggy Styles]

This sockie is duller than Gricer.

0/10.

Gricer's threads are far more interesting than average. They are probably all in the top quartile of interestingness. For his part, I'd imagine he couldn't care less about My Lunch, or the regular banker-bashing threads, which are rather samey.

[MarillionFan]

Whs

[AtW]

This sockie is duller than Gricer.

0/10.

[Malcolm Buggeridge]

FTFY

Certainly not. Behind the dumpsters at the local services if you want that kind of action. Or so I'm told.

[DimPrawn]

I've lost count of the number of oddballs and misfits that have come banging on my door over the years - gipsies, travelling salesmen, gentlemen of the road - I've had them all here.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkiix0aveRk

[darmstadt]

I've lost count of the number of oddballs and misfits that have come banging on my door over the years - gipsies, travelling salesmen, ladies of the night - I've had them all here.

FTFY

[Malcolm Buggeridge]

I've lost count of the number of oddballs and misfits that have come banging on my door over the years - gipsies, travelling salesmen, gentlemen of the road - I've had them all here.

A few years ago, I went to answer a knock at the door to find an elderly couple in a state of some agitation. They explained that they had been walking but had lost their way and were anxious that they wouldn't make it back home to Bath in time for that evening's episode of Hearbeat and would I mind awfully if they came in and watched it on my TV.

My old man would have none of this when he was alive and had one of those "No hawkers, gipsies or purveyors of religious knowledge" signs afixed to the gate post at the bottom of the garden path and, as a last resort, he always kept a policeman's helmet on display inside the porch.

I found myself wishing these measures were still in place the other night When I was accosted on my doorstep by an old tinker woman who asked in a gravelly Irish brogue:

"Beggin' yer pardon mister, but I was wondering if you could help me out. Me little girl's just pappered her knickers and I was wondering if you might have a spare pair if it's not too much trouble that is".

I was just about to explain that that I didn't have much in the way of kids' undies when the 6'4" frame of her "little girl" darkened the entrance of my wisteria festooned porch clutching a can of Special Brew and leering menacingly at me.

I grabbed a pair of the wife's size 48s out of the laundry basket and sent them packing before shutting the door on them and slamming the security bolts into place.

Gave me a terrible fright it did.

I've a good mind to reinstate that sign at the bottom of the garden path - I can't help thinking it may contravene present day race relations laws though.