by sweet tee 105 Replies latest jw friends
These people are lunatics. I wasn't allowed to have blond highlights, buying a two door car was 'frowned upon', couldn't say the word 'bugger', couldn't listen to music with heavy guitars or an aggressive beat (possibly demonic, having the 'spirit of the world'). Couldn't be myself.
GBL
I remember, at a circuit assembly, there was a whole talk about not saying certain phrases, including "hang in there." The brother said that if you were just "hanging in" you weren't secure...or something screwy like that. I was sitting there like WTF, but of course, my mom took it as the word of God.
the hokey cokey
listen to bridge over troubled water
say good grief
I remember a CO who told a brother he disapproved of his career. The brother was a fireman. All I could think of was: "at least he works for a living!!!"
I also remember an elder in my congregation who disapproved of gum chewing during the meeting. Okkkayyy....I just let you smell my morning breath.
My MS ex-husband was a narrow-minded, opinionated, racist (although he never admitted it). I recall how he reacted when a young, white brother was helping out a black sister by holding her baby. My ex-husband took the brother aside and told him "this looks odd. People might think something sexual is going on between you and this baby. Maybe you sould give it back to it's mother".
Be Normal!
Brooke
Oh yeah...
no mustaches that extend past the width of the lips or go down pas them.
No sideburns past the tragus of the ear.
No BEARDS. "just cause jesus had one doesn't mean you can"
Did we forget Goatees?
and tattoos... damn those evil things.
and body piercings... we don't want people expressing themselves.
and according to one sister in my congregation... We can't own guns or knives that we use for personal protection...
and off of that.. no BB guns or water guns or cap pistols..
I WANT MY CHILDHOOD BACK DAMN IT!!!
Couldn't wear ANY sports team or beer t-shirt when working on a quick build KH. (the bros were told to go out and get plain t-shirts)
Couldn't use the term "brown nose" and also rub the nose while using this term in a public talk. ( I did this and was chastised by a sister afterward as to the meaning of the term........no one else said a thing about it )
Couldn't buy ethnic food from a church because that was supporting Babylon the Great.
Couldn't buy a Harley-Davidson but could buy any other motorcycle because of the bad image of Harley. ( yeah....right. I finally bought my Harley in 2001 after I quit going to the KH)
Couldn't let my mustache (that I grew in 1973) grow down over the corners of my mouth. (Fu Man Chu was too hippie)
Couldn't wear a leather ball cap in FS but is was ok to wear a dorky 1940's style fedora ( I let my head freeze before I would look like a dork) The bros that did wear these looked sooooooooo stupid. I didn't want to be seen with them.
HappyDad
As a kid, I couldn't wear a shirt with writing on it or own any thing with a character on it. My mom got this in her head (a little after the Smurf thing) and went out and bought me plain folders to use for school...She trashed my Strawberry Shortcake ones! She said it was idolizing a character.
Couldn't buy ethnic food from a church because that was supporting Babylon the Great.
But you could buy ethnic food from a casino because that wasn't supporting Babylon the Great... just a gambling concern.
