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Today's win-moment
June 30, 2011 at 5:25 am
I sat at the bus stop, obviously waiting for my bus to arrive, when an elderly lady walked up to me with a bunch of JW magazines in her hand. She pointed at one of the headlines and asked me: "Do you want to live life withouth suffering?"
Now, I've been playing Dragon Age: Origins for two days in a row, so I saw this as a typical dialogue situation fabricated by BioWare. It felt like my answer options were these:
a) Get lost you old hag!
b) I'm an atheist, I don't care much of your silly superstitions
c) ( Ignore)
d) ( Persuade) I am already living a life without suffering, thank you!
I chose d) and the lady looked absolutely flabbergasted and walked away mumbling to herself. It might be a small win, but highly satifactory!
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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RE: Today's win-moment
June 30, 2011 at 5:55 am
(June 30, 2011 at 5:25 am)Kayenneh Wrote: I sat at the bus stop, obviously waiting for my bus to arrive,
Wait, you mean you weren't expecting your friends to roll up in a convertable and then give you the tricky decision of which seat to take?
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RE: Today's win-moment
June 30, 2011 at 7:47 am
"Yes, go away" ?
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RE: Today's win-moment
June 30, 2011 at 8:03 am
(June 30, 2011 at 7:47 am)fr0d0 Wrote: "Yes, go away" ?
I'll store that away ready for the next JW I meet. It's nice and simple, but curiously not the sort of thing I usually think of on the spur of the moment!
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RE: Today's win-moment
June 30, 2011 at 8:24 am
I had alot of JW friends as a child, they don't talk to me anymore of course. I'm actually profoundly upset by that, so, in an effort to exact revenge I've developed a little routine. I have a stack of Watchtowers within view of my front door, and when they show up, I lean out of the doorway, look left, right, back at the stack of watchtowers, ask "did you come alone?" and then ask them to come inside while gently stroking the back of their hand.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Today's win-moment
June 30, 2011 at 10:19 am
(June 30, 2011 at 5:55 am)Napoleon Wrote:
Wait, you mean you weren't expecting your friends to roll up in a convertable and then give you the tricky decision of which seat to take?
No silly, that would happen tomorrow
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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