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sharkeeper

Lifer
Jan 13, 2001
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They usually run away when I draw my surefire L4 tactical flashlight on them. Give them a piece of the sun!

Cheers!
 

Mookow

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Apr 24, 2001
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Originally posted by: Ameesh
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: minendo
That is the number of times I was given a new testament today while walking around campus. All 13 of them are sitting patiently in a classroom for anyone that wants them.

They used to do that at my campus, too. Eventually I put them all in my roommates desk (who is an atheist). There were ~20 of them

why do u people ALWAYS feel so compelled to include other in your belief system? what, were you jealous that your roomate was more intelligent than you? did you envy his ability to think for himself?! so what if he is an atheist? what if I wrote 666 all over your stuff? how would you feel?

I'm an agnostic. My belief system is pretty much defined as having no beliefs. And your ranting skills suck.

Also, unlike you, my roommate knows how to take a joke... he laughed for a good 45 seconds when he saw it.

i ordered dianetics for my catholic firend, his parents thought he was in a cult, hahah that was funny.

I ordered a "Over 60" pr0n mag for a kid I knew in H.S. that I didnt like... and sent it c/o his parents. :evil:;)
 

cheapgoose

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May 13, 2002
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well, at my school, there are these old ladies that sits at a bench with bibles laying out. they never bother anyone, they only talk to you when you show interest.

then there's those that you guys are talking about, usually a "fvck off!" works for me.
 

cliftonite

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Jul 15, 2001
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Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: Ameesh
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: minendo
That is the number of times I was given a new testament today while walking around campus. All 13 of them are sitting patiently in a classroom for anyone that wants them.

They used to do that at my campus, too. Eventually I put them all in my roommates desk (who is an atheist). There were ~20 of them

why do u people ALWAYS feel so compelled to include other in your belief system? what, were you jealous that your roomate was more intelligent than you? did you envy his ability to think for himself?! so what if he is an atheist? what if I wrote 666 all over your stuff? how would you feel?

I'm an agnostic. My belief system is pretty much defined as having no beliefs. And your ranting skills suck.

Also, unlike you, my roommate knows how to take a joke... he laughed for a good 45 seconds when he saw it.

i ordered dianetics for my catholic firend, his parents thought he was in a cult, hahah that was funny.

I ordered a "Over 60" pr0n mag for a kid I knew in H.S. that I didnt like... and sent it c/o his parents. :evil:;)

Lol, that must have been interesting.
 

Ameesh

Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: cheapgoose
well, at my school, there are these old ladies that sits at a bench with bibles laying out. they never bother anyone, they only talk to you when you show interest.

then there's those that you guys are talking about, usually a "fvck off!" works for me.

i swear im gonna start carrying around mace for those special people, lets see how much the bible helps when they get maced in the face. seriously the people that dont bother or chase you i couldnt care less about, but when they chase you or threaten or berate you, i cant stand them
 
Aug 14, 2001
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These guys used to pass out little orange bibles outside of the city schools when I was a student there. I think I have a couple sitting on my shelf back home.

I used to think that there were more religious people in the south, but the religious people in the north are so much more visible & crazy. These Bible people were around here this week trying to give me a bible (the same little green ones) and there have been other religious people around trying to convert people, too. I also live near a Planned Parenthood building and in some mornings (I don't wake up for all of them :) ) I see all of these people praying, holding signs that say 'don't kill me mommy' with a little baby's face on it, handing out papers, or standing around and praying/singing with a big cross. It's pretty weird.
 

minendo

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Aug 31, 2001
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Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Hah, I just hold my hand up in the "stop" position when I see those people on campus Mike. Did you see like 3 of those guys in wool suits over by CS today?
Never got over that way. The ones I ran into were by WTHR, CL50, Stone, and the AG campus.
 

yruffostsif

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Sep 8, 2003
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this usually worked to get rid of those bible pushers:

"jesus christ, another gd waste of a natural resource" then your back is to them while their mouths drop
 
Aug 14, 2001
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I've never really had problems with the people that pass out little bibles. I just say 'no thanks' and that's it.

But this one time when I was really young and waiting for a friend's mother & the friend to come pick me & my brother up for something, these two old ladies knocked on the door. I answered it and they started asking if I believed in god...I was like 'sure whatever'. And then they asked if I was Christian and I was like 'No' and then one of the old ladies whipped out this little pamphlet. On it were drawings of animals & people living peacefully together. It had pictures of little kids petting lions & tigers and stuff. Then they asked 'Wouldn't you like to experience real peace like these kids that are petting the lion?'. By then I just wanted to get away...luckily my friend & his mother came and she started honking the horn repeatedly to get those people to stop bugging me.

Also, this one time while I was at IHOP a 'christian cult' or something tried to recruit me and the people that I was eating with. It was a hilarious experience.
 
Jan 31, 2002
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Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: minendo
That is the number of times I was given a new testament today while walking around campus. All 13 of them are sitting patiently in a classroom for anyone that wants them.

They used to do that at my campus, too. Eventually I put them all in my roommates desk (who is an atheist). There were ~20 of them

why do u people ALWAYS feel so compelled to include other in your belief system? what, were you jealous that your roomate was more intelligent than you? did you envy his ability to think for himself?! so what if he is an atheist? what if I wrote 666 all over your stuff? how would you feel?

Settle down, dumbass. You're making the rest of us look bad.

He wasn't chosen to receive the bible-dump because he was an atheist - it just happened to be a coincidence.

I'm sure his roommate thoroughly enjoyed the Great Gift of Toilet Paper.

- M4H

Nope. You obviously arent familar with the little green new testament bibles that get handed out on campuses. The paper is too thin to use as TP in "single ply", and if you tried using 2+ sheets at once, its too slick and you'd just end up with crap on your fingers (although some here in ATOT my argue that "crap on your fingers" is exactly what you started with).

BTW, the above is the voice of experience talking... not my experience, but a guy down the hall tried it, and I'm willing to take him at his word.

The one I burned was black (even before I took the flame to it) with fairly hefty pages. While it wasn't Royale Double-Soft, it certainly seemed to be a cut above the one-ply sandpaper that comes in most college residences.

- M4H
 

Ameesh

Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
I've never really had problems with the people that pass out little bibles. I just say 'no thanks' and that's it.

But this one time when I was really young and waiting for a friend's mother & the friend to come pick me & my brother up for something, these two old ladies knocked on the door. I answered it and they started asking if I believed in god...I was like 'sure whatever'. And then they asked if I was Christian and I was like 'No' and then one of the old ladies whipped out this little pamphlet. On it were drawings of animals & people living peacefully together. It had pictures of little kids petting lions & tigers and stuff. Then they asked 'Wouldn't you like to experience real peace like these kids that are petting the lion?'. By then I just wanted to get away...luckily my friend & his mother came and she started honking the horn repeatedly to get those people to stop bugging me.

Also, this one time while I was at IHOP a 'christian cult' or something tried to recruit me and the people that I was eating with. It was a hilarious experience.

you should have maced them that would have been funny
 
Jan 31, 2002
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Originally posted by: Ameesh
Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
I've never really had problems with the people that pass out little bibles. I just say 'no thanks' and that's it.

But this one time when I was really young and waiting for a friend's mother & the friend to come pick me & my brother up for something, these two old ladies knocked on the door. I answered it and they started asking if I believed in god...I was like 'sure whatever'. And then they asked if I was Christian and I was like 'No' and then one of the old ladies whipped out this little pamphlet. On it were drawings of animals & people living peacefully together. It had pictures of little kids petting lions & tigers and stuff. Then they asked 'Wouldn't you like to experience real peace like these kids that are petting the lion?'. By then I just wanted to get away...luckily my friend & his mother came and she started honking the horn repeatedly to get those people to stop bugging me.

Also, this one time while I was at IHOP a 'christian cult' or something tried to recruit me and the people that I was eating with. It was a hilarious experience.

you should have maced them that would have been funny

pics? :D

- M4H
 
Aug 14, 2001
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Originally posted by: Ameesh
Originally posted by: RabidMongoose
I've never really had problems with the people that pass out little bibles. I just say 'no thanks' and that's it.

But this one time when I was really young and waiting for a friend's mother & the friend to come pick me & my brother up for something, these two old ladies knocked on the door. I answered it and they started asking if I believed in god...I was like 'sure whatever'. And then they asked if I was Christian and I was like 'No' and then one of the old ladies whipped out this little pamphlet. On it were drawings of animals & people living peacefully together. It had pictures of little kids petting lions & tigers and stuff. Then they asked 'Wouldn't you like to experience real peace like these kids that are petting the lion?'. By then I just wanted to get away...luckily my friend & his mother came and she started honking the horn repeatedly to get those people to stop bugging me.

Also, this one time while I was at IHOP a 'christian cult' or something tried to recruit me and the people that I was eating with. It was a hilarious experience.

you should have maced them that would have been funny

I was 10 years old - I was too stupid to mace them :(

But sometimes you can get GREAT stories if you play along with people like this...maybe not the 'normal crazy ones, but the craziest of the crazy!

 

Chaotic42

Lifer
Jun 15, 2001
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After I was 7 my mom was very handicapped. She was at home alone (she could be alone), and we locked the door, but she unlocked it when some Mormons came over. When we got home they were eating our food. :|
 

Gnurb

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Mar 6, 2001
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they've been doing the same thing around my campus in boston the past 3 days. i wonder what organization is funding it (more specific then christianity)
 

Walleye

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Dec 1, 2002
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Originally posted by: Gnurb
they've been doing the same thing around my campus in boston the past 3 days. i wonder what organization is funding it (more specific then christianity)

gideons international.

the same ones that put a bible in every hotel room in america.


if they want to distribute bibles, let them. i dun care.
 

Ameesh

Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
After I was 7 my mom was very handicapped. She was at home alone (she could be alone), and we locked the door, but she unlocked it when some Mormons came over. When we got home they were eating our food. :|

man if anyone deserves a good macing its them
 

Bryophyte

Lifer
Apr 25, 2001
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I just throw them in the nearest dumpster. Unless I am given one of those damned Jack Chick pubs. I tear them up in small pieces before throwing them away.
 

Ameesh

Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: BigDan
I just throw them in the nearest dumpster. Unless I am given one of those damned Jack Chick pubs. I tear them up in small pieces before throwing them away.

i wish i could do that, but i cant bring myself to throw away books no matter how much i dislike them
 

Mookow

Lifer
Apr 24, 2001
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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: minendo
That is the number of times I was given a new testament today while walking around campus. All 13 of them are sitting patiently in a classroom for anyone that wants them.

They used to do that at my campus, too. Eventually I put them all in my roommates desk (who is an atheist). There were ~20 of them

why do u people ALWAYS feel so compelled to include other in your belief system? what, were you jealous that your roomate was more intelligent than you? did you envy his ability to think for himself?! so what if he is an atheist? what if I wrote 666 all over your stuff? how would you feel?

Settle down, dumbass. You're making the rest of us look bad.

He wasn't chosen to receive the bible-dump because he was an atheist - it just happened to be a coincidence.

I'm sure his roommate thoroughly enjoyed the Great Gift of Toilet Paper.

- M4H

Nope. You obviously arent familar with the little green new testament bibles that get handed out on campuses. The paper is too thin to use as TP in "single ply", and if you tried using 2+ sheets at once, its too slick and you'd just end up with crap on your fingers (although some here in ATOT my argue that "crap on your fingers" is exactly what you started with).

BTW, the above is the voice of experience talking... not my experience, but a guy down the hall tried it, and I'm willing to take him at his word.

The one I burned was black (even before I took the flame to it) with fairly hefty pages. While it wasn't Royale Double-Soft, it certainly seemed to be a cut above the one-ply sandpaper that comes in most college residences.

- M4H

The problem with the industrial 10-grit sandpaper they hand out at college dorms is that its too rough. The pages in the little green bibles, OTOH, are too slick... and they'll stick to sh!t much better than they will to your hand... and then you try to pull it away and it rips.

At least, that's what DB from up the hall said the night after they passed out the green bibles. I always just bought my own T.P. and was done with it.
 

Jeff7

Lifer
Jan 4, 2001
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Idea - find various Satanic works. When they hand you a Bible, give them some of your literature. :D
Or just carry along some Hustler mags for them. It always affects the mind. Among other things.