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Dermot
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1 Feb 2011 15:33 |
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There was a knock on the door this morning. I opened it and there was a young bloke standing there who said: "I'm a Jehovah's Witness".
I said "Come in and sit down. What do you want to talk about"?
He said " Damned if I know - I've never got this far before".
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Yvonne
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1 Feb 2011 15:39 |
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Afternoon everyone
Stephen and Dermot your jokes made me laugh
Rita pleased that your son is feeling better
Jean pleased about your results
Hope everyone is ok
talk later x
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Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/")
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1 Feb 2011 16:04 |
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im here lol laptop is in the menders hopefully it will be back tomorow i took it to a shop round the corner to my daughters the man want 45 pound to fix it and pc world wanted that just to look at it
now iv got to go back to earlyer post as i misted it now jean what on earth made you think we wouldent want to talk to you just becouse of your rutes we all are from diffrent places and you could come from timbuck too for all we care now stop being silly becouse you are now one of us
now i will see if i can pop back later that is is this thing runs a little raster
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Rita
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1 Feb 2011 16:34 |
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Dermot has daughter had no time for Jehovah's Witnesses sorry if I am going to upset someone here who is one. ?
but we always had them call at our door, they always shoved papers into my hands and you could not get rid of them they tried everyway they could to convert me. My daughter was standing there at the time she must have been about 10 I said to these two people I didnt beleive in their religion and wish they would not call.. I had a friend Phiylis she was deaf and married a man who was also deaf. she converted to the JW. and they had three sons one was very ill and needed a blood transfusion her and her husband refused they said they would take a chance. I was so angry the little one was about three at the time I said you have no right to do this. he cannot speak up for his self . so you should let the Doctor do what they need to. I have always beleived the child should make up his or own mind when they grew older what religion they wanted. Sadly my friend and I fell out over it. her son nearly lost his life the nurses and doctors were frantic at the time. That was when I told them dont knock on my door again. my daughter has put a big notice on her door Saying No jehovah Witnessethey dont call on her now, I am going back to the realy 60's now.
Rita
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GRMarilyn
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1 Feb 2011 17:10 |
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Hi All,
Rita I have no problem with JW they have always been polite to me of course I tell them that I am a Catholic and don't need to change my religion, and off they go !!
I did have a dear friend of mine that did convert as she was a sucker for talking to anyone at the doorstep !! And she did have to go out and about on doors herself. She also nearly died as she refused a blood transfusion and did indeed did die 2 years after due to complications.
I was ever so upset ,and often wonder if she had not refused that blood transfusion would she still be alive today ....Hmm there's a thought !
I have been and had my impressions done at the dentist , just coughed up £300 for the services .......got to go out singing now ...!! LOL
So that was a very expensive holiday and its not finished yet at dentist that's only temporary ...
back later ....phone going ..
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Stephen2009
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1 Feb 2011 17:43 |
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Marilyn,
I could have done an Impression of a Dentist for £299.99.
Pauline,
Have spent the last hour looking for a man in a pile of Coffee Beans The right side of my Brain has obviously not formed.ROFL (About 5secs really) Mrs Stephen didn't find him at all but I think that's more down to poor vision.
Busy day today. Time for coffee and a relax.
Catch you later.
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Stephen2009
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1 Feb 2011 17:53 |
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RITA,
JUST FOR YOU !
A friend and I were acting as Security on the Nuclear Sub Base at Faslane on the Gairloch.
When doing our rounds we came across a guy lying in the heather using binoculars to view the base.
We told him he was under arrest as a Spy . He protested he was doing nothing illegal and that he was a Shepherd.
So we arrested him as a Shepherds Spie.
Enjoy your tea.
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Mo in Kent
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1 Feb 2011 17:59 |
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PMSL Stephen, you crease me up with your cracks. Can you send an Irn Bru down the cyber hatch for me please, I can't be bothered to go out in the cold.
Good evening everyone.
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Dermot
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1 Feb 2011 18:11 |
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In memory of several family members, including my dad, who died of cancer over the years attributed to cigarette smoking.
Smoking - Irish style. ----------------------------------
I was born & raised in Ireland where the air is fresh & clean, In the village of Dureen near the town of Skibereen.
I always had the best of food & never liked the pan. I grew up healthily & could cycle with any man.
Oh weren’t they the happy days when I was young & free. I could dance & sing & have a drink wherever I might be.
Kathleen O’Houlihan was the girl I used to date. But, because of unemployment, I was forced to emigrate.
It was back in 1960 that I left my childhood home Determined to achieve success & make it on my own.
I stared work with Wimpey far from home & family And made new friends & some enemies too across the Irish sea.
Oh well I can remember the day of my first pay. I joined a jolly bunch of chaps down at the Travellers’ Way.
We drank some pints of beer but I’ll always have regrets Because before I left that tavern, I bought some cigarettes.
For more than 40 years now, I’ve smoked 20 fags a day Which means I’ve sent up in smoke an awful lot of pay.
I haven’t had a breakfast now for 20 years or so; Cup of tea, light a fag & off to work I go.
The people whom I’m staying with look after all my needs; And when I come home each evening, they put up some mighty feeds.
They really shouldn’t bother for my taste buds have disappeared; And bacon, beef or mutton chops - they all taste kinda weird.
I met a young lad recently - he came from Donegal; He’s a qualified accountant & thinks he knows it all.
He asked me how many fags I smoke & when I started; I didn’t take much notice for I was trying to kill my thirst.
He took out his calculator & began to add it up; T’wasn’t that I asked him - cheeky little pup.
And when he had finished, he looked at me and spoke; “You have £67k pounds all gone up in smoke”.
Now, £67k is an awful lot of dough; And to spend it on a poisoned weed is hard to take I know.
I used to think that all my friends would surely be impressed; But now I think of all that muck I’ve inhaled into my chest.
I can never stop coughing - I even cough all night; My eyes are kinda watery & my face is deadly white.
My memory has started failing & it’s often I forget; Oh, what the hell about it - I’ll have another cigarette.
Sometimes I sit & dream awhile when I’m all alone; About the days when I was young & weighing 13 stones.
I was then in peak condition for cycling was my thing; And I hoped one day to emulate Stephen Roche or Christy Ring.
Oh God be with those happy days & things that might have been; Had I the chance to stay at home & work in Skibereen.
Still, it isn’t emigration that’s caused my main regrets; It’s that day in 1960 when I bought those cigarettes.
I’m lying in intensive care with my body wrecked with pain; Oh what I would give to see my Irish home again.
In my mind, I have a vision of the fields of new moan hay; And I see the sun ascending way beyond old Bantry bay.
The doctor’s been to see me & his face was rather grim; And the Matron asked me yesterday to name my next of kin.
If only I could breathe again the air I can’t forget; I swear to God I’d never smoke another cigarette.
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PatriciaAnn
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1 Feb 2011 18:12 |
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Dermot and Stephen you are real comics! The last time i has JW ring my bell I tried to tell them that one of my favourite bits of tge bible was trhe Beatitudes but it was obvious I didn't know where in the bible it was! I'm home from work. I'll be watching a dvd which I was lent on my lappy. It's called Amelie.It was lent to me by the Parish priest so I think it's got a message! Shelley I'm glad you lappy is fixed. About to put tea int he oven x
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Rita
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1 Feb 2011 18:17 |
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Stephen I am sure you are a nut case I was just siping a glass of water when I read your Shepherds spie and nearly choked to death .
Marilyn I was told the reason they refuse to have blood transfusions is they say the blood carries deseases . I know there is some sense in that . but I still think they should allow the Doctors the choice if they think the child is going to die if he or she does not have that transfusion..If it is an adult then they can make their own minds up but children cannot.
The the JW have never been rude to me unless you call putting there hand in the open door or a foot to stop the door from closeing LOL
That was expensive dental treatment I suppose Peters pocket t money will be cut.
Rita x
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Rita
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1 Feb 2011 18:25 |
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Dermot that is so sad it was brilliant written but so sad. I dont smoke, I only have a glass of wine a few times a year when out to lunch. I eat fresh veg and lots of fruit mostly grilled or oven food. yet I have cancer they cannot cut it out but keep it under control t I knew two people husband and wife they smoked over 100 cggies a week each . their house smelt of tobacco and the walls and ceiling was yellow yet they both lived till 100. so I often wonder who is right the non smoking brigade or the fruit and veggie brigade.
Rita
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Stephen2009
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1 Feb 2011 18:28 |
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Back again,
Thought I heard a wee chap at the door.
I was right.
He was only 4ft 6ins.
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Pauline $(*-*)$
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1 Feb 2011 18:34 |
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I've never smoked either Rita, but both my parents did.......... that was enough to put me off for life.
Good poem Dermot.
Stephen, did you manage to change the colour of the ball?
Isn't it lovely that both the men on our thread are nutters?
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Cath2010
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1 Feb 2011 18:37 |
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Good evening to you all, just popping in with a quick hello as I have lots of work to do on my tree. Hope everyone is well, back later if I can,
RITA, special thoughts to Mike and his continued recovery.
Cath xx
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Rita
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1 Feb 2011 18:38 |
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well are we not all Nutters on this thread. ?Pauline I often wonder what someone must think when they click onto this thread and read what we all say and do. for the first time. But we do get a laugh and live a life of friendship
Rita
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Pauline $(*-*)$
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1 Feb 2011 19:03 |
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Marilyn, that's an expensive tooth, is it gold?
Rita, you mean other people read this thread? ............LOL
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Dermot
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1 Feb 2011 19:08 |
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Pauline $(*-*)$ - I have a life-time membership of the Nutters’ Club & got the bus pass at the same time.
The bus driver today was not too amused when I inadvertently flashed the wrong card at him. But, he was an outsider from beyond the Tamar in Cornwall - so, I overlooked his supposed middle-class superiority.
Off with their heads!
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Stephen2009
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1 Feb 2011 19:57 |
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Pauline,
That Ball Swing is great. Took a minute or two to get the hang of it.
Pity only Blue and Green for the colours. Someone could probably upgrade this to get faster the more colours you change. Great fun.
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Pauline $(*-*)$
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1 Feb 2011 20:10 |
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Stephen, I got loads of colours...blue, purple, red, grey, pink, yellow, lime, white, cream, green......... loads of colours and shades, 3 different shades of pink.
I did it up and down like a yoyo.
Dermot, I'm thinking of getting a bus pass........ just an ordinary one though.
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