Wacky Funster

Sabado Gigante??? Is this on cable? Q'est-ce que ce? I don't have cable...thank GAWD!!!!!

I watch alot of tv in the winter, as my business slows down... I have personal biases. I was a special education teacher for 12 years before my present occupation. I'm having big problems with shows like "Extreme Makeovers"...which devaluates the inner beauty and souls of people... I'm having big problems with "My big, fat obnoxious fiance" (which I think is absolutely hysterical)...but, it's a big fat lie of people playing off each other to the demise of this girls' parents and brothers...I am miffed at her insensitivity to other people... I'm having major problems with "Average Joe's", which remind me of some of the special needs folks I've taught...and the mocking them, and making them feel like **** and relive high school days of being mocked and criticized... I am pretty fed up with the world. I'm buying me a house in the mountains of Vermont and disappear. TV is scarey...and I think the world is far on the path of evil. It's very disturbing. God must be rolling over in disgust.

:(--> so sorry...

Sure enough!!! And the rest of the planet is all brainwashed ;)-->

Sure. Sounds like a plan. Meetcha in Private Topic Land...Hmmmmmm...now...to figure that one out ;)-->

I think I'd better start knockin' off the coffee :(-->

Hey JF :)--> Whatcha say we get a pile of GS'ers to commit (omg!!!! ) to go see it Ash Wednesday evening...and we can discuss it the next day?...on this thread, or in the chatroom... Whatcha say? Anyone else game??? :P-->

Al...that's because it doesn't come out til Ash Wednesday... I will be the first in line to see it...I can't wait...I saw preview this morning...with all the "gore", and it looked true to what I learned in twi...(I hope that doesn't mean I'm hopelessly unrecovered still :(-->) I think the hooplah...ahhhh...nice word...is more of the side of "politically incorrect"...or "hurting someone's feelings"...or...didn't the pope hail forgiveness once to the jews for what "they" did???? I think it's all hooplah... Like I said...the masses may be getting smudged on Wednesday...I'll be in line... :D--> Can't wait :)-->

Holy Moly...they sold the famed red drapes??? Boy...does that disillusion me :(--> BackForty- could I possibly have one of those rocks for my labyrinth? :)--> I said back in waydale when this topic came up, and I'll say it again... I still want vpw's eyeball. :D--> Truly

Good Morning Mandi...I'm not much for doing such long a read, but...HOLY MOLY...I read your blurb...!!! Poor dear!!! I think we had the same WOW brother!!!...mine was crazy too...I mean- real crazy!!! Thank God the limb leader saw it (and also the fact that my wow sister was having an affair with the other wow brother) and dispersed my family to other places...Actually, everyone but me was kicked off the field...they moved me to S.C. (where I was put with a nutcase wow sister who stole things from me)!!!! Golly...haven't thought about them in a while...thanks for the memories ;)--> Hey sometimes I wonder if I did the same...used the "word" to control situations when I saw people being unduly treated...I know I did...but, it was never in malice or like what you put up with. Glad you're on your road to recovery... :)-->

Oaks...I think that's about the moment I left twi... obeying leadership mindlessly is not in my make-up...must be the free spirit in me... ...my folks had trouble too ;)-->.

Well...Good Morning *yawn*...5 pages of Sunday morning reading...it was long...and I skimmed the last 2 pages... Rascal...I applaud the healing space you're in right now...YOU GO GIRL!!!!! ...and say it all...and say it over and over and over again, until it all gets outta ya' ;)--> ...and then say it again!!! In my area, when I saw something "off the word" and confronted it to the leaders I was slammed...not only privately, but a few times my name was called out in limb meetings as having "too much pride"...blah...(my profession was a teacher and a counselor at the time, and I tended to see things pretty sanely). They humiliated me whenever they could. When I was apprentice corps (and I chose to go into the corps to help these twi leadership people), I lived with a very very strong single "woman of god". She was a tyrannt...I loved her...and I hated her...but, I learned from her. One of the things she said I will never forget that saved me in twi was that I needed to learn the Word inside and out...for when leadership came at me with wrong accusations...to spew out a verse to their attack...and also for my own validation and peace of mine that I was right. I set out that day memorizing all I could. It helped me alot...and I did alot of fighting for alot of people. Perhaps it made me too strong...and too intolerant of what I saw crap happening in twi...because I eventually walked away. Presently, I try and live my life using principles in the word...and surprisingly, there are people out in the world milling around that try to walk this way too. It's not as much of a fight. I see alot of men manipulating and controlling their wives...it's not just a twi thing...it's pretty distasteful to me. I had alot of fun in twi until I left...and being in a college area, I didn't see much of the incidences that you all are talking about here...but...I do see how this could have happened...I was floored when I read Karl's book...I had no idea!!!

OK Onion...I can hardly believe you posted this!!!!!! The other day, while cleaning, I came across 2 14kt gold holy spirit doves. One, the typical twi lapel pin, the second was just a 14kt outline dove (to be put on a necklace). A hippie type guy from upstate NY gave them to me at the rock to sell for him. Well...I sold one (originally there were 3)...and have the same $30 sitting in a plastic baggie. He never gave me his address (go figure --> ) and don't ask me why, but, somehow I thought I'd run into him at the ROA the following year. I didn't. 20 years later, here it all sits... I'm sure this hippie guy is some old codger somewhere and may need his money and the other 2 pins back. Are you out there? :)-->

Hey Goey :)--> I've forgotten how to do all the fancy pics and sounds you taught me... :(--> ....so, this'll have to do... :D--> Have a happy birthday...hard to believe a whole year's gone by... XOXOXOXOX

Happy Birthday Z :)--> ...and many more to come...mehopes

A new employee is hired at the Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00am. The next day at 8:45 Am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager's door. The Foreman from the assembly line throws open the door and begins to rant about the new employee. He complains that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is backing up, putting the entire plant behind schedule. The Personnel Manager decides that he should see this for himself so the two men march down to the factory floor. When they get there the line is so backed up that there are Elmos all over the floor and they're really beginning to pile up. At the end of the line stands the new employee. She has a roll of red plush fabric and a big bag of marbles. The men watch in amazement as she cuts a little piece of fabric, wraps it around two marbles and begins to sew the little package between Elmo's legs. The Personnel Manager bursts into laughter. After several minutes of hysterics he pulls himself together and approaches the woman. "I'm sorry," he says to her, barely able to keep a straight face," but I think you misunderstood me yesterday. Your job is to give each Elmo two test tickles.

It seems to me, people have to put each of these links individually on their desktop as shortcuts... Perhaps before the next time this happens? I'll do mine now, but, I had to get here thru a back door...

Yes P-Mosh...Radar and I just met in the chatroom...both couldn't get in. I got in by going to my history...getting into the main page...clicked on a "favorite" thread...and got to the Open forum from there. I just created a shortcut to it(Open Forum), and can get here that way... but...can't get in with just GSC.com... I suppose there won't be many people posting today...but, who knows... Days like this, people tend to congregate in the chatroom...that, it seems, you can always get into.

Ex...I've been out since 1987, and I still sing... "Hark the Herald angels speak"... Oy vey :(-->

Forrest Gump & St. Peter The day finally arrived : Forrest Gump dies and goes to Heaven. He is at the Pearly Gates, met by St. Peter himself. However, the gates are closed and Forrest approaches the Gatekeeper. St. Peter says, "Well, Forrest, it's certainly good to see you. We have heard a lot about you. I must tell you, though, that the place is filling up fast, and we've been administering an entrance examination for everyone. The test is short, but you have to pass it before you can get into Heaven." Forrest responds, "It shor is good to be here St. Peter, sir. But nobody ever tolt me about any entrance exam. Shor hope the test ain't too hard; life was a big enough test as it was." St. Peter goes on, "Yes, I know, Forrest, but the test is only three questions. First: What two days of the week begin with the letter T? Second: How many seconds are there in a year? Third: What is God's first name?" Forrest leaves to think the questions over. He returns the next day and sees St. Peter who waves him up and says, "Now that you have had a chance to think the questions over, tell me your answers." Forrest says, "Well, the first one -which two days in the week begin with the letter "T"? Shucks, that one's easy. That'd be Today and Tomorrow." The Saint's eyes open wide and he exclaims, "Forrest, that's not what I was thinking, but you do have a point, and I guess I didn't specify, so I'll give you credit for that answer. How about the next one?" asks St. Peter. "How many seconds in a year?" "Now that one's harder," says Forrest, "but I thunk and thunk about that and I guess the only answer can be twelve." Astounded, St Peter says, "Twelve? Twelve!? Forrest, how in Heaven's name could you come up with twelve seconds in a year?" Forrest says "Shucks, there's gotta be twelve: January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd..." "Hold it," interrupts St. Peter. "I see where you're going with this, and I see your point, though that wasn't quite what I had in mind.....but I'll have to give you credit for that one, too. Let's go on with the third and final question. Can you tell me God's first name?" "Sure" Forrest replied, "it's Andy." "Andy?!" exclaimed an exasperated and frustrated St. Peter. "Ok, I can understand how you came up with your answers to my first two questions, but just how in the world did you come up with the name Andy as the first name of God?" "Shucks, that was the easiest one of all," Forrest replied. "I learnt it from the song... "ANDY WALKS WITH ME, ANDY TALKS WITH ME, ANDY TELLS ME I AM HIS OWN....." St. Peter opened the Pearly Gates and said: "Run Forrest, run."

Happy Belated Birthday, Per... So glad you were born :)--> Love, Wacky :D-->

Leave it to ex-biblical researchers to find the true answers to Christmas... ...ya gotta love it :D-->

Hi Wonder and Welcome to Greasespot :)--> I hear ya. I had alot of fun in twi until 1987 and then left as many others did. I really miss the fellowship...with everyone. We were all different and odd, but had a common thread of being "brothers and sisters in Christ". When I left twi, I realized that, overall, people in "the world" didn't really give a ****...and it was a real shock to my system. I grieved and struggled for a long time. I didn't have a purpose anymore. My "purpose" was always "Word over the World"...and it shaped my every day....for years. It was all I knew. I had many hobbies in twi...I was constantly knitting and crocheting, rug making...making little gifts for everyone. When I left twi, there was no one to give any of these things to...it was very strange. I stopped doing all my hobbies...which also left me with alot of idol time. I don't miss what twi became, but I do miss the comradity of my area...which was a nice college area full of wonderful people. We had sooo much fun. I miss having card partners...and snagging anyone at a moment and hitting a mall or going to have coffee. People in the world seem to be sooo busy and stressed out. I still wonder what the earthlings do for "purpose". I guess I do what HopeR says...I do the first commandment the best I can...give to people whenever I have opportunity to...and tell myself that god will bless me if I do these things with a pure and willing heart. It seems to work. My life has been blessed beyond what I could have ever imagined. After twi I sat in a Quaker meeting church for a few years....just sat there and prayed...then I checked out the unitarian church and Unity. I still struggle with finding a "church". I still don't go...but think about wanting to now and then. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing to go back to. The good times are gone. The people are dispersed...and I just pray, that we, WE ALL, take the little of the good of what we learned in twi and live a life condusive to what god had in mind... I'm not saying any of us know "the truth"...but, I think alot of us have a small grip of what god's love is....

IT'S HAWKEYE'S BIG 50!!!!!!! Any of you fancy puter people .... find a cake for the old man??????? I wish I had "the gift"... alas... Happy Birthday Hawkeye...I'd give you a nice rubdown if you were here...close your eyes and see if you can feel the rub... Hope it was a festive one :)--> Love, Wacky

Cake....yummmmmmmmm I'm glad it was a great one ex10... :)--> Sounds like you're a great detective ;)-->