Ruth MottramI had Jehovah's Witnesses round this morning (not a very common occurrence round here).
Them: "Do you ever think about the future?"
Me: "I'm a climate scientist, I think it about the future all the time.."
VHG 🇪🇺🇩🇪@Ruth_Mottram funny. Reminds me of an encounter back in the 1980s (yes, I am *that old*). I was living in a small apartments and these guys had their temple in same street.
I was doing the dishes or what. Door rang. I opened the door and an older and a not that old lady stood in front of me. The older one said “we all need god, don’t we?” And within a fraction of a second I channeled that guy from “life of Brian” and said “I don’t” and closed the door.
@vgoller 😂 I wonder if they have forums or something where they share all the witty responses they get?
Sue ArcherFor a while, when I was a child, our neighbours in the next door flat were Mormons. When they moved in, Mum and Dad braced for a knock on the door.
One day, the door knocked, and sure enough, there was a very smartly dressed young American man, who asked:
"Excuse me, do you have a cheese grater we could borrow?"
They never bothered us about God.
EQ@vgoller @Ruth_Mottram We also have one of their churches close by. When we were new in the neighbourhood they showed up now and then. We just close the door. But our downstairs neighbour invited them for coffee. It was two younger ladies and they had a very nice chat. After that they were not allowed to come to this area any more. I don't know much about JW but seems it's a very repressive women hating cult. After that we only saw two younger males in suits and then nothing.
Oblomov@vgoller @Ruth_Mottram I would have probably asked something like «why, will he wash my dishes for me?»