Our dogs are fed on Jehovah's Witnesses.

[Guest]

What do you think about this story? Religious hate crime or trampling of free speech rights?

Woman in doghouse over Jehovah's Witness sign

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060728...JRrANQuQE4F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-

Fri Jul 28, 10:12 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - A British woman has been ordered by police to take down a sign on her garden gate which read "Our dogs are fed on Jehovah's Witnesses."

Janet Grove, who owns a terrier puppy called Rabbit, insisted the sign was a gentle joke to discourage callers at her front door.

Her late husband put the sign up more than 30 years ago when members of the church called at their house on Christmas Day.

But police were forced to act after receiving a complaint.

"We were informed by a member of the public who found the sign to be distressing, offensive and inappropriate," a police spokesman said. "Officers attended the address and the sign was voluntarily taken down."

 

[cloudy]

If the sign's on their property, and isn't lit up in neon 24/7 to where it would be considered a nuisance, then let 'em have their sign.

damn...why didn't I think of a sign like that?

 

[rgraham666]

Some people desperately need to buy a sense of humour.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Signs don't keep them away anyhow. Wiring the droorbell to an electrical outlet does though

 

[matriarch]

Min read this report out to me earlier, and I have to admit I roared with laughter.

In a previous life, when I was a newly married woman, the ex and I lived in a small town cottage which was bounded by a lane which lead down to a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall. It was situated on the property of a local eccentric farmer. As a consequence of this positioning, every single freakin' time they started out on the door to door harrassment, we were the first door on the route. And they have no scruples about what time of day or which day they call. Pissed me off royally. I'd have LOVED to have had one of those signs back then.

As a footnote, the farmer also kept a flock of very aggressive geese in the field behind the hall, which would freely wander up and down the lane, ganging up on any unsuspecting pedestrian innocently walking across the entrance, so to my glee I would often see these blinkered zealots being chased by the hissing geese.

I knew there was a reason why I loved geese.

 

[cloudy]

I saw a comedian one time who had long brown hair, mustache, beard....and did a bit on Jehovah's witnesses.

He said how he stopped them from coming 'round was, one day he saw them coming, and ran and put on a sheet and sandals, and greeted them at the door with a big smile, and "I'm back!"

 

[matriarch]

I saw a comedian one time who had long brown hair, mustache, beard....and did a bit on Jehovah's witnesses.

He said how he stopped them from coming 'round was one day, he saw them coming, and ran and put on a sheet and sandals, and greeted them at the door with a big smile, and "I'm back!"

*nose spew*..........ROFLMAO

 

[cantdog]

I never understood the problem. They don't terrify me, they don't bite, they don't come around all that often. But then I read Mat's story. Being right next door might drive the frequency up intolerably high.

Our only difficulty was that we both worked nights a lot and had to sleep days. The ordinary DAY SLEEPER signs didn't work. So we killed the doorbell and left a fan running in the bedroom, for white noise. Easy.

 

[Guest]

I never understood the problem. They don't terrify me, they don't bite, they don't come around all that often. But then I read Mat's story. Being right next door might drive the frequency up intolerably high.

Our only difficulty was that we both worked nights a lot and had to sleep days. The ordinary DAY SLEEPER signs didn't work. So we killed the doorbell and left a fan running in the bedroom, for white noise. Easy.

We killed our doorbell, too, because they do tend to frequent our area quite a bit. Must be many sinners about.

But I think that's the irritation many folks have with them, cant.

EARLY morning visits, inconvenient timing and for many, an inability to comprehend the religion (by choice or by chance).

Besides, in their matching white shirts, black ties and black trousers, riding bicycles, hitting my house 7:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning? They look like the Stepford Sons or something.

 

[cantdog]

My mother used to purse her lips and go to the door. "I do not support the spread of false doctrine," she enunciated. "Good afternoon!" followed by a firm shut of the door, not a slam.

 

[Guest]

My mother used to purse her lips and go to the door. "I do not support the spread of false doctrine," she enunciated. "Good afternoon!" followed by a firm shut of the door, not a slam.

I stand in awe.

 

[cantdog]

Mom's pretty cool, sometimes.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Besides, in their matching white shirts, black ties and black trousers, riding bicycles, hitting my house 7:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning? They look like the Stepford Sons or something.

Sarahh,
White Shirts, Black Ties and trousers riding bicycles are not Jehovah's Witnesses. Those are Mormans on the mission requred for baptism. They are often confused. Personally, I find the Mormans even more irritating.

 

[Guest]

Sarahh,
White Shirts, Black Ties and trousers riding bicycles are not Jehovah's Witnesses. Those are Mormans on the mission requred for baptism. They are often confused. Personally, I find the Mormans even more irritating.

Truly?

Whoa - you mean I've been annoyed with the wrong group all this time?

Oops. *sorry*

JUST STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MY DOOR WHEN I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!

*ahem*

 

[elsol]

Signs don't keep them away anyhow. Wiring the droorbell to an electrical outlet does though

*burp*

An unfriendly 90lb Pit-Bulldog mix does the job better.

They don't even ring the doorbell when they hear him bounce off the door in his eagerness to greet them.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[elsol]

My mother used to purse her lips and go to the door. "I do not support the spread of false doctrine," she enunciated. "Good afternoon!" followed by a firm shut of the door, not a slam.

I like mine better.

"I'm Catholic... you're going to hell."

Campus Christians find that SOOOOO offensive for some reason.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[Liar]

My current place had a locked-gate policy, so no doorknockers can come in. Had a run-in with Jehovas a few years ago though. I found that the best way to confuse them was to start quoting the "holy script" to them. passages that didn't exist, or were taken from other books, like the qu'ran, Shakespeare or Nostradamus for instance. And if they opened with "Have you let Jesus Christ into your life?" a friend of mine taught me to answer "Oh yes, Jesus is a great man, a true and holy prophet who guides my steps. Now, may I ask, have you let our greatest and most holy prophet Mohammed into your life?" The change of expression on their face was priceless.

And then I shut the door in their face.

 

[cloudy]

My current place had a locked-gate policy, so no doorknockers can come in. Had a run-in with Jehovas a few years ago though. I found that the best way to confuse them was to start quoting the "holy script" to them. passages that didn't exist, or were taken from other books, like the qu'ran, Shakespeare or Nostradamus for instance. And if they opened with "Have you let Jesus Christ into your life?" a friend of mine taught me to answer "Oh yes, Jesus is a great man, a true and holy prophet who guides my steps. Now, may I ask, have you let our greatest and most holy prophet Mohammed into your life?" The change of expression on their face was priceless.

And then I shut the door in their face.

 

[bronntanas]

I once accidentally answered the door nude. They came really late in the evening, around 9 pm or so. I'm with my sweeties and we're all nekkid and getting our collective grooves on and someone's knocking on the door! Which is really unusual, so I answered it. I was in the living room looking for my jeans to pull on, about halfway to the front door when they knocked again, harder. So now I'm thinking it's a real emergency, and I gave up looking for my jeans and pulled the door open. I figured if it was the police (who were the only folks it SHOULD have been that late in the evening!) I didn't have anything they hadn't seen before! But it was two Mormons. And they were shocked. Really really shocked! I blurted out something about what the heck did they expect, calling so late! One of them was saying "Um, we've found it's easier to reach people at home in the evening." About this time, one of the two ladies came to the door, also nude and informed them they were interrupting. They could either drop trou and join us or go away. I've never seen them again.

 

[matriarch]

Truly?

Whoa - you mean I've been annoyed with the wrong group all this time?

Oops. *sorry*

JUST STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MY DOOR WHEN I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!

*ahem*

The JW's are the ones who come around in family groups.....they even send the kids out.

I had a really good way of ealing with Mormons. I was suffering almost intolerable morning sickness (why call it morning when it goes on all freakin' day??), and was trying to get through the day without taking the Debendox prescribed to help me.

After my 10th visit to the bathroom that morning, still in my robe, hair dishevelled, stomach heaving, blotchy face, puke breath, the doorbell rang. I staggered down the stairs to open the door to be greeted by two neat-peas-in-a-pod black and white penguins. I knew what they were, and was about to say politely, 'piss off', when my stomach rebelled and I simply threw up over their nice shiney size 9's. They didn't even blink, as I muttered 'sorry' from behind my hand, closed the door and took refuge in the bathroom.

Again.

*sigh*.

 

[MechaBlade]

What do you think about this story? Religious hate crime or trampling of free speech rights?

Woman in doghouse over Jehovah's Witness sign

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060728...JRrANQuQE4F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-

Fri Jul 28, 10:12 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - A British woman has been ordered by police to take down a sign on her garden gate which read "Our dogs are fed on Jehovah's Witnesses."

Janet Grove, who owns a terrier puppy called Rabbit, insisted the sign was a gentle joke to discourage callers at her front door.

Her late husband put the sign up more than 30 years ago when members of the church called at their house on Christmas Day.

But police were forced to act after receiving a complaint.

"We were informed by a member of the public who found the sign to be distressing, offensive and inappropriate," a police spokesman said. "Officers attended the address and the sign was voluntarily taken down."

I can kinda understand why some JWs might be offended. I mean what if it said "Our dogs are fed on Jews"? I know Jews don't come to your door to bother you, but I'm just saying.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

I staggered down the stairs to open the door to be greeted by two neat-peas-in-a-pod black and white penguins.

LMAO... Love that line

 

[scheherazade_79]

* Snickers *

Mat and Bronntanas are right. Jehovas Witnesses, or 'Holy Joes', as my nan calls them, are a real fucking pain in the arse around the UK.

I live far enough out of town to be off their conversion route now, but in my previous house they always used to descend on a Saturday morning - just when you recovering from the previous night.

I used to take their propaganda magazines just to get rid of them, then throw them into the bin as soon as the door was closed. As I got older, though, I started getting a little more feisty.

There was an elderly couple, who kept calling round to prey on my grandmother. One morning I answered the door to them, because it had reached the point where my nan hid whenever they came. They sounded quite posh, and I discovered they came from Brighton. I looked thoughtfully at them for a couple of seconds, then asked -

"Brighton... Now isn't that the gay capital of Britain?"

The old guy flared up and started on about Sodom and Gomorrah. It had me in fits of laughter. When I told him that as a gay woman I had little time for homophobic organisations, the guy turned a deeper shade of purple. The wink that I gave his wife was enough to persuade the pair of them to leave. They never came back after that.

Yet another occasion where it really was good to be gay!

 

[rgraham666]

Would have been even funnier if the wife came back, eh?

 

[scheherazade_79]

Would have been even funnier if the wife came back, eh?

I think my smile might have faded if she had! She really didn't seem to be my type...