Mormons

Dimple said:
Around about 1982 a couple of Mormons knocked on my door, I told them I wasn't interested and then one of them looked past me saying "A Gibson Les Paul, I won't see mine for another 3 years because it's back in Sweden" so I invited them in while he showed me what to do with one.

Around 1985 I got a phone call from someone wanting to book my band and they asked for a list of material we did which was all 50s & 60s stuff at the time. They also asked if there was any chance of learning Leaving On A Jet Plane which I said was easy. It was a leaving do for a Mormon going on their door knocking tour and it was actually held in their hall up in Newcastle Under Lyme somewhere. It was a cracking night and we were told we could take our own alcohol but we stuck to juice and ended up playing Leaving On A Jet Plane 5 times.

This has been bought to you from the storybook of Dimple's Anecdotes.
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You have a strange ability to recall things from decades ago.... :p
 
Captain Planet said:
Old people do that. They remember stuff from decades ago, but cannot recall what they ate for breakfast. It's very sad :(
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Absolutely 100% true :D
I always say that when I'm even older than I am now I'm going to be a definite Alzheimer's case.
I'll be talking about things that happened on OCUK like it was only yesterday:)
 
Captain Planet said:
Old people do that. They remember stuff from decades ago, but cannot recall what they ate for breakfast. It's very sad :(
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take a week of work and hang around the house, I bet you can't remember much of what you did either.

people don't tend to remember the mundane stuff unless something happens to make it stand out like barry coming over with beer
 
I was just intending to be terribly cheeky to Dimple in that comment, not really making any kind of factual statement :p

(sorry Dimple)
 
I think as far as religions go this one is qwerky, fun and wholesomely American.

I nice set of rules to live your life by and a nice community for you to all smile in.

Not too in your face, not exploding everywhere, not too xenophobic and intolerant.
 
Efour said:
I think as far as religions go this one is qwerky, fun and wholesomely American.

I nice set of rules to live your life by and a nice community for you to all smile in.

Not too in your face, not exploding everywhere, not too xenophobic and intolerant.
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And only 150,000 of them in the UK :( this is a shame because they'd fit right in. We like quirky and unnoticeable.

Instead we get millions of the shouty, annoying one that no one else in Europe wants either.
#UKsuckers
 
Had a couple of Mormons knock on my door a few months ago. Unfortunately I was expecting a delivery so I answered, (quite often I don't bother if I'm working at home during the day and am not expecting anyone), and it was an English chap and an American guy.

They said who they were and I said that I was not really interested but the American started his spiel anyway, much to the embarrassment of the English guy judging by his expression. Fortunately I was able to point out that I was actually working at the time so I didn't have time to listen to them and that I wasn't interested and they eventually went away.

But I would say that they were well turned out and very polite overall. Personally I am not religious but if they want to be and they are not harming anyone (and not bothering me) then I don't really have any issue with them (particular compared with some of the complete weirdos I seem to get leaflets through sometimes)
 
Noticed that with the ones that approached me - one seemed to be English the other American (who was the one that actually talked to me) but they were very polite and not pushy at all. If it wasn't for the discrete clothing I wouldn't have even guessed they were religious as the English one looked like a black rapper and the American one typical football jock type aspect.
 
Rroff said:
Noticed that with the ones that approached me - one seemed to be English the other American (who was the one that actually talked to me) but they were very polite and not pushy at all. If it wasn't for the discrete clothing I wouldn't have even guessed they were religious as the English one looked like a black rapper and the American one typical football jock type aspect.
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because that's the types of folk they want to convert ;)

you might notice the women tend to be fairly attractive as well at least the ones trying to brainwash new recruits
 
arknor said:
because that's the types of folk they want to convert ;)

you might notice the women tend to be fairly attractive as well at least the ones trying to brainwash new recruits
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I could be easily converted, depending on how attractive. In for Mormon.
 
This is the type of coincidences that happen to me.
This is Sister Hallan & Sister Taggart that just called at my house, I talked about discussing them on a forum, said I couldn't get on with the underwear but I'd got to get back to Brazil v Chile and if you look at the time stamp on the exif Chile scored.

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This has been bought to you from the storybook of Dimple's Anecdotes.
 
arknor said:
because that's the types of folk they want to convert ;)

you might notice the women tend to be fairly attractive as well at least the ones trying to brainwash new recruits
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Not seen any of the women around here, only times I've encountered them its been blokes.
 
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