Prepare to repel boarders...

[vernon]

Namely Jehovah's Witnesses.

This morning I was girding my loins to go out for a bike ride when I heard voices at the front door. As I was in a state of near undress I wasn't too keen to answer it but on peering through the ripled glass in the front door I determined that it was likely to be a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses - they matched the profile of previous JW callers.

I opened the front door to reveal my magnificent body sporting only a pair of bib shorts with the braces down and the greeting - "I can't be bothered to get dressed to talk to you."

The woman looked startled and her male companion was rendered speechless. They turned on their heels and left without saying a word.

Result!

 

[ComedyPilot]

Maybe we ought to 'doorstep' people to talk to them about cycling.....?

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Maybe we ought to 'doorstep' people to talk to them about cycling.....?

Turn up at their doors in bib shorts?

 

[ComedyPilot]

I am sure there must be a JW address database, gather their addresses, then ride round:

[Knock knock]

"Hello madam, I'm a cyclist, and I'd like to talk to you about the benefits of Brooks saddles if you have the time?"

 

[ColinJ]

I opened the front door to reveal my magnificent body sporting only a pair of bib shorts with the braces down and the greeting - "I can't be bothered to get dressed to talk to you."

If I tried that, they would invite themselves in to discuss the spiritual aspects of cycling!


I once tried getting rid of two persistent JWs by telling them that I was a devout Jew. (Actually, I am an atheist, but they didn't know that.) My cunning plan backfired when they declared Judaism to be a fascinating religion and invited themselves in to compare religious notes ...

 

[ComedyPilot]

If I tried that, they would invite themselves in to discuss the spiritual aspects of cycling!


I once tried getting rid of two persistent JWs by telling them that I was a devout Jew. (Actually, I am an atheist, but they didn't know that.) My cunning plan backfired when they declared Judaism to be a fascinating religion and invited themselves in to compare religious notes ...

You can at least get rid of them when you talk about DVT and its treatment.....

 

[mark st1]

Hope they weren't your new neighbors popping round for a bowl of sugar

 

[ColinJ]

You can at least get rid of them when you talk about DVT and its treatment.....

They would never escape Groundhog DVT thread day - muhaha!

 

[ColinJ]

They would never escape Groundhog DVT thread day - muhaha!

I don't know why I'm laughing - I just looked up the NHS advice about Warfarin and alcohol ...

My policy had been to stay off booze until I was healthy and wealthy (enough) and then perhaps allow myself 2 non-consecutive beer-drinking nights a week, and a maximum of 4 strongish pints or maybe 5 weaker ones on those nights. The Warfarin rule seems to be 1 strong pint, 1.5 weak pints a day. I think I'd rather do without than get the taste for it and then immediately have to stop!

 

[Crackle]

They've gotten clever round here, I was drawn to the door by a quite beautiful young woman, who looked into my eyes and .....pressed a watchtower into my hands.

I think I'm getting old.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I think I'm getting old.

 

[David Haworth]

I quite like it when the JWs come calling. No-one else will argue religion with me but I can usually keep them going for more than half an hour before they have to leave.

 

[Arch]

Hope they weren't your new neighbors popping round for a bowl of sugar

We had a couple of Mormon lads move into the flat next to us when I was a kid, and I remember Mum and Dad talking about how they'd be round all the time trying to convert us. Sure enough there came a knock at the door, and there were this pair, and one of them asked in a very polite American accent:

"Do you have a cheese grater we cold borrow?".

We did, and they went away and never bothered us again...

 

[Saluki]

I quite like it when the JWs come calling. No-one else will argue religion with me but I can usually keep them going for more than half an hour before they have to leave.

I will happily argue the bible with JWs too. If I really cannot be bothered with them I tell them that I am a Roman Catholic and they leave. My neighbour - a Catholic - put me on to that argument.

 

[vernon]

Sure enough there came a knock at the door, and there were this pair, and one of them asked in a very polite American accent:

"Do you have a cheese grater we cold borrow?".

We did, and they went away and never bothered us again...

Didn't they bother to return the cheese grater?