The closest I've come to liquor was when I tried getting rid of facial zits with rubbing alcohol.
I didn't know about sex until I saw two people making love in a park on my mission to Italy.
I've got a 395-page book full of Jell-o recipes.
You?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
This is just a great dobie!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I have a closet full of flowered dresses.
I've said "Oh my heck" unironically.
I own more church videos than videos from Hollywood studios.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
I've made a door ornament out of wood and raffia at Relief Society.
I met my husband while at BYU.
I married him within six months of meeting him.
I felt guilty once after tasting green tea ice cream.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
I had a piece of cake with some kind of alcohol in it as a missionary. I didn't really notice until halfway through when the taste built up. I also bit into a chocolate covered cherry filled with kirsch. Blech. Definitely a taste I don't care to acquire.
I also stumbled upon two people having sex in the tall grass of a park. Whoops. Is that a common thing in western Europe?
Ruth, not only did you meet him at BYU, you met him specifically at Brick Oven.
[ October 18, 2004, 11:34 AM: Message edited by: advice for robots ]
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I saw some movie in spanish that was set in the 19th century where some dude and some chick got married and on their wedding night, the bride was covered with this sheet that had, like, a hole in the middle so she never had to expose herself and be seen, but the groom could do his husbandly duty and get her with child.
I am thinking this practice is probably used in many Mormon households.
Just kidding. Please, Mormon couples, do not flood the thread with posts about your hawt, hawt sex life and how awesome your SO is.
Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
I'm Roman Catholic. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
And I have been since the day I was born.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
Hawt? Let me tell you about Hawt.
Oh, who am I kidding? My wife just gave birth.
Come to think of it, I guess that's proof that we were at least a little Hawt once upon a time.
[ October 18, 2004, 11:37 AM: Message edited by: UofUlawguy ]
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
Stormy,
*wonders if anyone ever actually did/does that, even during the Victorian era*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
And if there's one thing you can say about Catholics,
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
You know, that scene in The Meaning of Life could just as well be used with Mormons. Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Um. . . at this point, I'd like to seriously state that none of what I posted above was really true.
This was meant to be a thread in which the foibles of your Mormonism are to be caricatured.
So, kat, you may have posted, "I have only flower-pattern dresses in my closet, and of those, I never wear the one that shows the lower half of my neck."
Another example--
The Hierarchy of Acceptable Authority:
God Christ Lavar Edwards Holy Ghost (No body, after all. . .)
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
I wonder the same thing, Brinestone.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
Fraud!
It's Lavell Edwards, not Lavar.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Well, I could add the caveats:
I have a closet full of flowered dresses. (Which I never wear, and that's if you count skirts, which I still have from my mission.)
I've said "Oh my heck" unironically. (Sadly, this is true. I went to college in Utah. My best friend made fun of me for it immediately and I never did it again, if that helps.)
I own more church videos than videos from Hollywood studios. (Because (1) I'm cheap, (2) I have Netflix, and (3) the videos are from my mission.)
*grin* I do think this is funny.
Added: *considers* I wonder what it says that I took your opening posts completely literally.
[ October 18, 2004, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
No, LeVar. LeVar Burton.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
quote: There are Jews in the world, there are Buddhists, there are Hindus and Baptists and then there are those that follow Mohammed -but- I've never been one of them. I am a Latter-Day Mormon and have been since before I was born, and the one thing they say about Mormons is they'll take you as soon as you're warm. You don't have to be a six-footer. You don't have to have a great brain. You don't have to have any clothes on, you're a Mormon the moment dad came ...Because... Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great, If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate. (2x) Let the heathens spill theirs, on the dusty ground. God shall make them pay for each sperm that can't be found. Every sperm is wanted, every sperm is good. Every sperm is needed, in your neighborhood. Hindu, Taoist, Baptist, spill theirs just anywhere but God loves those who treat their semen with more care. (misc choruses) Every sperm is useful, every sperm is fine. God needs everybodies, mine, and mine, and mine. Let the pagans spill theirs on mountain hill and plain. God shall strike them down for each sperm that's spilled in vain.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Well, that cake as a missionary was probably the first time I ever tasted alcohol.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Aw, that's not a good satire because it doesn't strike at truth. Mormons can use birth control no problem.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
But do they choose to?
'We will overwhelm.'
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Lavar, Lavell. . .
Erk. I'm discovered! Don't take away my baby-eating priveledges!
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
No more chicken sacrifices for you.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Chickens?
Wish I would've known the Church made a switch. I was still sacrificing bullocks.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
*snort*
That is SO mission field.
Posted by AmkaProblemka (Member # 6495) on :
Well, uhm...
I'm barefoot and pregnant.
I am a seven cow wife.
And I cry everytime I hear "I'll build you a rainbow".
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I'm beginning to wonder of I actually am Mormon. Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
I'm so Mormon I once walked into Albinos Anonymous and didn't realize I wasn't in church until one of the testimonials thanked his wife for supporting him and I realized he had only one.
I'm so Mormon I make Southern Baptists look good on the dance floor.
I'm so Mormon milk makes me tipsy, and grape juice has me committing probably illegal acts with my enemies' mailboxes.
Heh, crap, there's no real Mormon jokes, are there? According to the stereotypes you're redunkulously white, remarkably prudish for having so many wives, and oddly fond of Jell-O for a culture which regularly eats babies. Only so many to pull out of THAT hat...
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
quote:I'm so Mormon I make Southern Baptists look good on the dance floor.
*laugh* Okay, this one may be true. All the dancing Mormons I know/knew can swing, but that's it. Except the Latinoes here in Dallas can salsa.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
quote: Well, that cake as a missionary was probably the first time I ever tasted alcohol.
the first? what other occasions were there?
I always take the sacrament with my right hand and feel faint if I see someone using their left. (or is it the other way around?)
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
Why do I have a sudden urge to read Robert Kirby?
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
I'm so mormon I was conceived in married student housing at BYU.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
Why do I have a sudden disdain for OSC's short stories?
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
I'm so Mormon I actually care about the BYU/UofU football rivalry, but I'm not Mormon enough to root for BYU.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
quote:the first? What other occasions were there?
Uhhh, the chocolate covered cherry. That's it, I swear. Unless you count talking to drunks who were so pungent with the stuff that my blood alcohol level rose a few points through osmosis.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
quote:I'm so Mormon I actually care about the BYU/UofU football rivalry,
When I was in high school, I went to Y Weekend the weekend of the UofU/BYU game. I decided I wasn't particularly meant to go to either school when I got home and realized that I couldn't remember who won.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
If I recall correctly, UULG, Pres. Hinkley and Pres. Faust both graduated from the U of U, rather than the Y.
Flaunt your apostasy to the sky, my friend!
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
This is totally not the right place to mention that the season's first BCS standings just came out, and Utah is ranked #7 (#4 in the computers). Yahoo!!!
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Of course, the perfect riposte for my comments is, "Well, it's clear that Pres. Hinkley and Faust have repented, since they're both on the board of directors for BYU."
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Okay, I served my mission in Idaho. There are more Mormon's in the state of Idaho than on the entire East Coast. No joke there. Just thought I'd mention it.
And katharina, as for dancing Mormons, I know, Cha Cha, Rumba, Foxtrot, East Coast Swing, Triple Swing, Lindy, Waltz, Tango, Quick Step, Mambo, and the Wobble Waltz, and I can do them all fairly well. But then, I'm kind of an a-typical Mormon. Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
So when will you dance with me?
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
quote:But do they choose to?
'We will overwhelm.'
[Razz]
Out of curiosity, does anyone know how many kids the general authorities have on average? I bet collectively it is not more then 4. I bet they use birth control, why does the general membership seem so willing to have 12? Or do I not understand the Mormon Culture?
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Sure. I'll dance with anyone. <dance> Didja have fun? Just kidding. I might actually have a video of me doing the waltz for a test soon that I might be able to post...but I'll have to see on that one.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I'm so Mormon that I know how I'm related to YOU. Yeah, YOU.
I keep a journal in about 7 different places, just to make sure that my posterity can find it.
I have to hide my dear love of mocha flavored icecream and chocolate. (Nobody believes me that the coffee bean is as terrible as the cocoa bean!!)
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
The last couple of Hatrack get-togethers have included dancing - CalvinMaker is an excellent dancer and teacher, and when we all met in Chicago, there was a group that went off to do swing dancing in a fabulous ballroom at the UofC campus. I love it, but I need a capable teacher, because I'm not really experienced. You'll have to come to one of these things sometime.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
quote: I bet they use birth control, why does the general membership seem so willing to have 12?
Oooh. . . maybe the Church leadership is hypocritically telling us to do one thing while THEY, in their highrise apartment buildings, live in comfort on the back of our tithing monies! Travelling the world on my dime! In their cushy private airplanes, and their ritzy limosines! In their $600 suits, and their $200 Doc Martens!
Repressionist dogs!
I'll bet that there's no way that I'm going answer you with any thing related to seriousness.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Katie: "I...I...I dress up like a nun for the ward halloween party."
Dave and I: "And...?"
Katie: "That's it. Isn't that HORRIBLE?!"
Dave and I: *silence* then, "YOU ARE SO MORMON!"
Katie did eventually explain the nuances of how bad it actually was to her and others. so we got it. but the initial reaction was funny Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
That's funny mack, because Katie isn't the first sister missionary that I've heard of that has dressed up as a nun for a ward halloween party...I'm not sure if the others felt guilty about it, but I'm sure in hindsight, they've realized taht it's rather ironic. To say the least. Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
quote: Oooh. . . maybe the Church leadership is hypocritically telling us to do one thing while THEY, in their highrise apartment buildings, live in comfort on the back of our tithing monies!
I am surprised by your comment. I was not trying to bring up the dichotomy in a way to disparage the church leadership.
Everything I have heard about the church leaders is that they are frugal, invested time and money in the church, and have a sincere desire for service.
Why the profound reaction? I did not even mention money. I was merely pointing out that they probably use birth control. I assume the official church position is to favor birth control and to have only as many children as you can care for.
My observation was directed to church members. Many seem to have more kids then the leadership. I recognize the majority doesn’t have 8+ kids, but 8+ kids is associated with Mormonism. I was just trying to understand Mormon culture.
What is your defensiveness about? Where did the mock tone of leadership oppression and financial indulgence come from? Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
He was joking, lem. ScottR's a bit of a wisenheimer.
If you want a serious answer, the serious answer is that there may be a slightly higher birthrate per woman among Mormons, but it probably means average family size is 3.1 instead of 2.1 for the national average.
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
Exactly, LDS people use birth control; the Leadership very likely uses birth control. Mormons still have families. I was trying to understand why some families are so much larger.
I give up. Too many people will take unnecessary offense.
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I am sure you are right he is a bit of a wisenheimer, but
quote: there's no way that I'm going answer you with any thing related to seriousness.
was a personal reaction, not a smart-aleck reaction.
[ October 18, 2004, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: lem ]
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
No one has taken offense here...?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I'm not sure what you're question - why do some Mormons have big families?
Maybe it's because rural families used to be large and traditionally a lot of Mormons came from Utah and Idaho, which are often rural?
I don't know - my mother wanted a whole lot more than five but her body wasn't up to it. She didn't grow up Mormon, though.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
"why do some Mormons have big families?"
Well, I've met at least a few Mormons who think that it's their duty to produce as many bodies for the soul backlog as possible. Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Henry B Eyring-- 6 kids Jeffrey R. Holland- 3 kids Gordon B. Hinckley-- 5 kids Robert D. Hales- 2 kids Richard G. Scott- 7 kids Joseph B. Wirthlin- 8 kids M. Russell Ballard- 7 kids Dallin H. Oaks- 6 kids Russell M. Nelson- 10 kids Neal A. Maxwell- 4 kids James E. Faust- 5 kids David B. Haight- 3 kids L. Tom Perry- 3 kids Boyd K. Packer - 10 kids Thomas S. Monson- 3 kids
You said that you didn't bring up the dichotomy (no dichotomy, BTW, as the GA's have on average 5 kids, which is about on par with my experience with the membership) to disparage the leadership of the Mormon church. My mistake. I read your comments wrong.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Uh-oh.
how did this dobbie turn into a serious thread???
FG
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
It couldn't help it, everything here eventually turns into a discussion of mormon culture or religion. EVERYTHING! Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
Wow, they have more kids then I thought they did. I thought they had an average of about 3 or 4 kids with maybe 2 or 3 exceptions. I stand corrected.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I feel guilty when I eat a coffee cake, even though LOGICALLY, I know it doesn't contain a smidgen of coffee.
I go to the Bishop to confess taking pens from the workplace.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
I feel so guilty about drinking caffeine free mountain dew that I hide my stash in a secure compartment of our spaceship to keep my kids from knowing.
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
quote: I hide my stash in a secure compartment of our spaceship
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
We separate our vast collection of Church videos into "kid-appropriate" and "kid-innappropriate." Sometimes the subject matter, like the war chapters in the Book of Mormon, is just too heavy for the kids. But we have been known to put in one of the "racier" ones when the kids are in bed and enjoy it with our unsalted popcorn.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
I have been asked out on a date in a very weird way, and have in turn asked someone out in a very weird way.
But I have yet to have green jello in any form. I like trifle, though. Yum!
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
The ratio of times I've heard green jello references to the number of times I've even seen green jello is certainly over 100:1.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Okay, I’ll admit it. The real reason Bob and I decided to have a long engagement is that we were afraid that since we got engaged on our first date people might think we were Mormon. But this way we’ll have dated over a year before we get married, which should quell the suspicions.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I'd think that saying "I'm not Mormon" would be an easier way.
Either that, or become a minister of another religion. Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
"I can't...I'm not Mormon"
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I'm so Mormon that when I when I type da** or he** on a forum, it's obfuscating the word "darn" or "heck".
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
quote:I'm so Mormon that when I when I type da** or he** on a forum, it's obfuscating the word "darn" or "heck".
Posted by Samuel Bush (Member # 460) on :
Lavell, Lavar, whatever. He’s practically an honorary General Authority.
Anyway,
I’m such a Mormon that I have a set of resin grapes on my coffee . . . oops I mean Postum table.
. . . and a bust of Joseph and Emma on the mantle.
I’m such a Mormon that I once made a pilgrimage to Idaho to see a potato shaped like the Angel Moroni.
Heck, I’m such a Mormon that I was born in Idaho.
I’m such a Mormon that I don’t recognize other Mormons at Starbucks.
I’m such a Mormon that the only true and living sport is BYU football.
. . . unless, of course, it happens to be winter. Then it’s BYU basketball
. . . unless, of course, I’m on my annual sacred deer hunt.
I’m such a Mormon that I own a BMW (Big Mormon Wagon).
. . . full of kids
. . . with a bumper sticker that says, “FAMILIES ARE FOREVER”
. . . and people can’t tell if I’m bragging or complaining.
I’m such a Mormon that I never get better than 85% home teaching
. . . because I refuse to go on Halloween and New Years Eve.
I’m such a Mormon that they made me a High Priest, since, if I was going to sleep in church anyway . . .
I’m such a Mormon that I take things way too seriously to poke fun at my own culture.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
I'm suck a mormon that I know that Starbucks has some wicked awesome hot chocolate.
And the coffee beanery has some wicked awesome raspberry ice.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
quote: I’m such a Mormon that I never get better than 85% home teaching
. . . because I refuse to go on Halloween and New Years Eve.
*sides hurt from laughter*
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
How many of you are so Mormon that you refer to others who are not Mormon as "worldly"?
My parents used that phrase often when I was a child. I of course associated it with our religion.
When one of my Mormon buddies said something in high school about his "worldly association", I just about died.
I thought we had the monopoly on that phrase.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
Tammy:"How many of you are so Mormon that you refer to others who are not Mormon as "worldly"?"
Any Mormon who would use the word "worldly" that way would probably also use the word "Gentile" to refer to non-Mormons, and would use the word "mission field" to refer to the entire world outside of Utah.
In other words, they are the kind of Mormons who do not think about the words they are using before they use them.
I'm such a Mormon that I know the precise doctrinal reasons why each of the above usages is incorrect, and could write a ten page essay proving it to you.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote: CalvinMaker is an excellent dancer and teacher . . .
I don't know why I read this as "CalvinMaker is an excellent dancer and lover . . . "
O_O
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
O_O I don't either!
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
I am such a Mormon that...
I know precisely where the Lost Tribes are.
I can name all the members of all the quorums of the Seventy.
I'm going to name my first son Mahonri Moriancumer.
my middle name is Orson-Ezra.
I like the taste of Brigham tea and have eaten sego lily roots.
I have traced my geneology all the way back to Adam and Eve.
even though I am married, you can still slip a ruler between my wife and me when we slow dance.
if you hum, sing or recite the first line of a hymn I can tell you its title and its number in both the old and the new hymnbook.
I sell Amway, NuSkin and emergency preparedness supplies.
I did two Eagle scout projects just to be safe.
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
quote: I'm going to name my first son Mahonri Moriancumer.
silly Zal. You're supposed to name your first son Jared, and your *second* son Mahonri Moriancumer. Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
I have traced my geneology all the way back to Adam and Eve.
What's sad is... I have. From my father's to his father's to his father's etc.
Well, actually my dad did, I just added my name to his list. ^_^
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
They still sell Amway???
-o-
I'm curious about this whole geneology back to Adam and Eve thing. Can you elaborate on this? How is this done, and how, um, literally do you believe your geneology to be correct? I swear I don't want to insult, just to understand. If another thread is the appropriate way to answer the question, then tell me and I'll gladly start one.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
No it's not correct. Nor is it done anymore -- at least not by credible geneaologist.
But here's how it was done (quite easily if erroneously actually):
If you can tie your line in to European royalty (esp. British royalty) -- and many English Americans can -- then you're set because the royals (part of the whole divine right of kings you see) tied their family line in to Israelite royalty (line of David, etc.) which, if you accept Jewish geneologies, can then be traced all the way back to Adam and Eve.
Of course, while it's quite possible that there is Israelite (if not Jewish) blood among the some of the tribes from whence most Europeans descend, the specific claims made for these geneologies are a serious stretch.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Ah. Thanks for the clarification.
Hey, I have some distant tie to Spanish royalty in my blood . . . I should try to do this sometime!
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
From what I've seen, most people who can trace geneology back to Adam and Eve do it through the "Royal Line". In other words, they are related to some king or duke or whatever from way back when. The royalty of the past kept very close records of their lineage, as it was often required for them to prove their nobility. For instance, it is possible for me to trace my family back to William the Conqueror, who was (supposedly) directly related to Charlemagne, who was related to King David, etc. etc. etc. The tricky part is that I don't know if anyone has proven Charlemagne was related to King David, or whether he just made it up to have a claim to the throne. But anyway, I'm not completely sure of how it works, but that's what I imagine people have done when attempting to trace their geneology back to Adam. I could be wrong, if I am, correct me please (I've seen some chart that outlines the lineage of all the kings of England and France to Adam, in a vague way, I just don't remember it exactly).
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
I am also descended from William the Conquerer. If, like, half the population of England and quite a few Americans were wiped out, I'd be in line for the throne.
<----the "real" Prince William
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Heh, well I'm such a mongrel I doubt I'd ever be able to do any serious geneaology work.
My husband's father did on that family though, and got it traced all the way back to Ireland. The only notables in the ancestry were more recent, they are descended from the first schoolteacher in the state of Mississippi.
Okay, it's not royalty, but I like it. My kids are descended from an early pioneer in education. I think that's cool.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Belle:
I'm sure others could surpass this, but I have
English, Welsh, Scottish, Basque (by way of Ireland), French, Swiss and Danish ancestors.
I'm a total mongrel, and at the same time, yes, such a white boy.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote: I am also descended from William the Conquerer. If, like, half the population of England and quite a few Americans were wiped out, I'd be in line for the throne.
I would guess that it would be much higher than half of England. I'd guess it would be pretty close to half of America, though.
After 200 or 300 years, practically every member of a population is descended from practically everybody that was alive back then.
[ October 21, 2004, 07:49 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
Hey don't wipe me out!
I prefer my heritage of the Clan of the Hay though... heheheh...
(Summarized story, Scotish army is fighting... the dutch I think. The Scot army starts to run, a farmer and his two sons see this... They grab their pitchforks and convince most of the army to go back in battle. The dutch surrender quickly.
Kind is overly happy, he takes a falcon and says wherever this falcon stops flying, that is the ending of your land. Which explains quite a bit of our coat of arms.)
(P.S. Our family also throws in the joke that the king threw the falcon in the ground...)
But, the geneology of my family is probably highly un-accurate, it's mostly guess work... but my dad made a complete one...
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Hey, mr. p -- at least leave me *some* of my delusions of royal splenour.
Posted by Ace of Spades (Member # 2256) on :
quote:You know, that scene in The Meaning of Life could just as well be used with Mormons.
It works better with Catholics, because they have more sex.
Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
ok scott, i went to italy too.. where/when were you there? i was in with the cleggs.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I served under the Cleggs, too-- and President Goodman, briefly, before them. I served in Chivasso, Cuneo, Settimo Torinese, and Milano (II).
Ero l'Anziano Roberts. Tu? C'e un altro qua, chiama Dante che anche ha servito in Italia, pero' a Padova. Sfortunato lui. Sanno tutti che la missione di Milano e l'unica missione vivente e vero su tutta la superficie della terra.
Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
lol. sono anziano duckworth. le citta' dove' ho servito io sono torino campidoglio, vercelli, busto arsizio, piacenza, e torino monte rosa.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Torino Monte Rosa? Who was branch president there?
My memory's not as sharp as it was, but I think that was the branch I served in when I was in Settimo Tse.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
I'm such a Mormon I've used the word "ponder" in relation to cooking.
I've seen people compete over how big a tub of jello they could make.
Hobbes Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
you would have to ask me that... i don't remember anymore... it's been 5 years and my journal is in storage i think.
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
quote:How many of you are so Mormon that you refer to others who are not Mormon as "worldly"?
My parents used that phrase often when I was a child. I of course associated it with our religion.
Tammy, in my family (quasi-Catholic, and I say "quasi" because my mother found the RCC to be troublingly liberal), worldliness and the avoidance of it was also a subject of much discussion.
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This is just a great dobie!
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![[Taunt]](graemlins/taunt.gif)
![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
![[Confused]](confused.gif)
what other occasions were there?![[Smile]](smile.gif)
![[Frown]](frown.gif)
(Nobody believes me that the coffee bean is as terrible as the cocoa bean!!)
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
![[Wink]](wink.gif)