When Beth and I bought this place (like 15 years ago) we were pounded by the door to door religous folk. Well on a Sat the doorbell rings, at 7AM, I look out the bedroom window and see a couple of pedal bikes in the yard. I get up, get dressed, answer the door, only to be hit with a fact that I was living wrong. I politly asked them to leave, and to remove me from thier mailing list. About 2 weeks later I was again woken by the doorbell, again a couple of pedal bikes were in the yard, and the same couple were at my door. I informed them that I wasn't intrested in leaving the Cathloc curch and to leave me alone. ( I wasn't overly polite) Again a few weeks later, yup, same thing, I answered the door, completly naked, and tried to invite them in to discuss thier beliefs, for some reason they havn't been back. Too bad the woman was cute. :)

Seen on a bumper: "I love Jesus...it's his fan club that worries me."

Oh yes they do... or at least, here in N Florida. We've been visited a few times by a few different sets of young ladies... tremendous potential, assuming they were over 18 (they were driving, but awful young lookin').

Coffee through the nose.............................................. ...............Too funny

Put up or shut up
and by that i mean pics, of the chicks.

I've become so fed-up with people (beggars, speaker salesmen, Bible Thumpers) approaching me @ gas stations, parking lots, stoplights, etc. that now I automatically put up my hand (e.g. - "Talk to the Hand") and loudly say "NO" before they even get one word out. Pretty effective.

The other day, leaving Home Depot, a guy walks up to me and I give him "the hand". He looks at me kind of funny and says "Do you know where the nearest Sam's Club is?".

Lately, when panhandled on the street, I reply, in a nice neutral mid-western tone,

"Sorry, I don't speak English." They always go "Oh, okay. No problem." And, 5 seconds later, by the time they turn around with that confused look on their face, I"m too far away.

In Chicago a few weeks ago, I passed the same guy three times, he never remembered me. The last time, I stopped and talked to him. He REALLY REALLY needed 2 dollars to ride the train, apparently. I said "You're in luck, man!!!!! Here's my CTA card, it's got 3 bucks left on it, and it's all yours!." He got so pissed you wouldn't believe it. Apparently he was lying to me.

gogar, that was funny, but so true in most cases. I'd love to be prepared with a "donation" for each time I'm panned.

As to the door bangers, I tell them all that I'm Jewish. I don't know why, but that shuts them up immediately. I've never been to a temple in my life, but if I were inclined to become religious, I'd probably start there just because of the apparent insulation factor.