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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    We used to have Mormons in London,  little boys dressed in smart suits like the elders, don’t get the down here,  we have had JW’s though. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2023
    We have a large Mormon ‘temple and study centre’ in our village. They appear on the doorstep from time to time 
 I just say No thanks and close the door. During lockdown they put letters through the door. I found that more annoying. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    All the more for the compost heap @Dovefromabove. 😉

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • AnnaBAnnaB Posts: 524
    Up here we dont get cold callers - long rough driveway puts them off, too much danger to their precious vehicles. But once a year the JW's do call for a chat/catch up. This means that we gossip together for about 20 minutes about farming, the state of the countryside, the state of the country/world etc. Not a religious word is spoken and we part as (occasional) friends. However one of them does have his video recording thing running showing the general work of the JW's, although none of us are watching it. Do they have to report at the end of the day the number of people who have been willing to watch and listen I wonder?
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    It will be interesting to see how many are out and about following the Rebekah Vardy story last night. 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    why is it only christian god botherers who come knocking? 
    I've never had Muslims, Sikhs , Hindus , Buddists, and Jews etc come knocking. Are they just generally more polite about wasting folks' time?
    Devon.
  • pansyface said:
    If the doorbell rings and I’m not expecting anyone, I always put on a coat before I answer it.

    That way, if it’s someone I like, I can take it off and say “Oh, I’ve just got in, come in” and if it’s someone I don’t want to talk to I can say “Oh I’m sorry I’m just on my way out to an appointment”.

    I like that idea. I'll have to try it sometime.😎
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    I seem to remember my mother always putting her hat on to answer the door. Couldn’t  think why at the time, but maybe that was a version of the coat trick?
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Is Coffey Widdecombe's secret child?
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