Did you ever do this to pass the time during the talks? (page 3)

JWdaughter

I was always doing mental math-who was alive when so and so was alive. How old was Methusaleh when Noah was born? All the JW math made me weird that way:) I was always trying to figure out how they came up with THEIR numbers. I often would be listening to a talk and mentally arguing it, looking up scriptures that refuted it. . .The WT talks with the preprinted discussion questions(yeah, discussions-uh huh)often were answered by me in ways they did NOT expect. My mom told me to stop trying to be "clever". I wasn't trying to be a smart ass, I just figured discussions were discussions and studies were supposed to require study. Sometimes I went out of the 'paragraph' so to speak. I imagine some of the old timers are laughing about me even now:)

JWdaughter

BTW, too young then to have sexual fantasies, but had I stayed in about 6 mos longer, my hormones would have short circuited my brain and I would probably have been a lot less inquisitive about scripture temporarily, anyway.

Dave_T

"My mom told me to stop trying to be "clever"."
Happened to me too. Actually, I wasn't that clever but the audience and the guy on the platform were pretty far from bright people.
In my congregation there were mostly elderly persons but there were a couple of hotties too. Helped the long hours to pass.

mkr32208

Not only did I do the; I'd do her and her and her but not her. I RANKED them! She's the hottest today, I'd do her first! Now she's a close second, third is definitely HER. Etc...

cyberdyne systems 101

and trying to keep your eyes from hitting their crotches... since they were usually right at the audiences eye level.

I never noticed this when giving talks myself, but there were more than a few that i'd have liked to have seen looking there!

CS 101

ronin1

Actually, my husband and I would write notes to each other- some nasty and some about other people and then snicker and laugh during the meetings-especially when the speaker would say something we knew was false or stupid..

It was great!!

Ronin1

JapanBoy

me and my wife would do the nasty note writing too....funny thing she's still very much in the borg. I also used to work on the ads for my retail business while running the sound system yawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

K

xJ-HO

Actually, my husband and I would write notes to each other- some nasty and some about other people and then snicker and laugh during the meetings-especially when the speaker would say something we knew was false or stupid..

LOL - I used to do that with my mum. Another favourite was violating the illustrations in the Watchtower - drawing on false beards, giving Jesus a cool pair of shades etc.....

Did you ever do this to pass the time during the talks?

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