Back in the early 90s, when Nirvana was at it’s peak, my brother idolized Kurt Cobain and followed his example in wearing women’s dresses.
One Sunday a couple of female Mormon missionaries came to our home to try and convert us, and it was my brother who answered the door in his favorite navy blue dress with white flowers. They launched right into their sales pitch until my brother excitedly pointed out that he and one of the missionaries were wearing the same dress.
In my experience, the best way to get rid of missionaries of any sort is to have a statue of Ganesh or some other exotic looking god prominently visible from the door (Buddhas don’t work). Works even better than saying you are Catholic.
Surprisingly claiming you are a Satanist just makes them more eager.
Apparently you all missed the “MOONIES”Reverend Moon followers???I just love to mess with folks like that.One group came to my door wanting to talk about “things” I turned and hollered back in to the house“Hey when you finish strangling that cat could you get me a beer!!!!” I turned back and went “Yes?”They just backed away.Another time they came to the tire shop I worked at they came in wanting to sell gum and talk about Reverend Moon. I hid in the back in a stack of big truck tires. When the Moonie came back going “Hello? Hello?” I said “Yes, I am here.” He said “Where are you?” I said “Everywhere and anywhere. I am your GOD.”He just slowly backed out of there looking scared out of his mind.Had one had me some of the gum. I took it and began to chew it. He held out his hand for the “donation” I spit the gum out and put it in his hand saying “Thanks! Needed a chew.”I still do the same thing to unsolicited calls and door knockers.You come see me expect the unexpected.Never hurt you but will mess up your mind.
FYI – []Active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, better known as “The Mormons”. []I try to be nice to others; please do the same to me.[]Thank you.
Actually, the church has spent the past decade attempting to move away from door-to-door witnessing, and now instructs the missionaries to regard it as a last-resort in the event that they do not have any referrals or appointments in place. []Instead, the push is for current members to refer people who they feel would be receptive.
Being a Mormon, and quite familiar with Mormon missionary practices, I can safely say that the pair that turned up here on Greater Llewellynland’s doorstep were not Mormons (I won’t get into the specifics why, but they’re actually pretty obvious).
So if it was Dana’s intent for them to be LDS, then she didn’t do her research (but seeing it was a gag for one comic for (at the time) a free webcomic, I can’t say I blame her). I would hazard to guess it was more likely Jehovah’s Witness, but I confess I’m no expert, only encountered their missionaries once in my life. It was…awkward.
As for my own practices for dealing with missionaries turning up at the door, unlike most of everybody else here, I try to be nice and patient, seeing I would only expect the same treatment were I in their position. Besides, they’re only trying tell others what they believe to be truth. I know most of you would do the same for matters you see as truth, even if they aren’t exactly religion, such as who you believe should be elected as president and who shouldn’t (yes, I just totally brought politics into this). So why not at least humor them? They aren’t MAKING you join their religion (or at least they shouldn’t be. If they are, they’re doing it wrong) after all.
I let them talk, if they want. I figure that they’re spending a lot of time on a good day (or even worse, on a bad day) trying to tell me what they think is important stuff, the least I can do is let them have at it. After letting them know their chances are slim, of course.
I’ve had both Mormons and JWs show up at my door. The difference between the two is that the Mormons seemed willing to actually engage in civilized debate with me on the pros and cons of Mormonism vs. not-Mormonism. The JWs, on the other hand, seemed to take offense that I would question any aspect of their religion and seemed more interested in “selling” it than in listening to anything that I had to say. Needless to say, my opinion of Mormonism was slightly higher than that of JWs. (At least until Mitt Romney and Glenn Beck showed up and pretty much destroyed any and all respect that I may have had for them.)
Where I used to live I had just about proselytizing organisation you can name showing up regularly. Like I said they all stopped showing up after I obtained that statue of Ganesh. On the other hand, at my present address I think I’ve had 2 visits in 6 years. I don’t mind people trying to spread their word, but it gets really tiring when they are doing it on an almost daily basis
Q4horse almost 11 years ago
Was that a Mormon or a Jehovah’s witness?
Simon_Jester almost 11 years ago
Best way to get rid of Mormon Missionaries.
“If I join can I marry BOTH my girlfriends?”
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I’ve never heard aynone say outright that they want to convert you. That is their aim though.
overzen almost 11 years ago
Back in the early 90s, when Nirvana was at it’s peak, my brother idolized Kurt Cobain and followed his example in wearing women’s dresses.
One Sunday a couple of female Mormon missionaries came to our home to try and convert us, and it was my brother who answered the door in his favorite navy blue dress with white flowers. They launched right into their sales pitch until my brother excitedly pointed out that he and one of the missionaries were wearing the same dress.
They haven’t been back since…
Olddog1 almost 11 years ago
No Mormons around here, just the witnesses. No, I’m not telling where “here” is.
andrew_c almost 11 years ago
In my experience, the best way to get rid of missionaries of any sort is to have a statue of Ganesh or some other exotic looking god prominently visible from the door (Buddhas don’t work). Works even better than saying you are Catholic.
Surprisingly claiming you are a Satanist just makes them more eager.
Dampwaffle almost 11 years ago
I just realized he’s wearing Captain Crunch’s squared off hat…
Vet Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Apparently you all missed the “MOONIES”Reverend Moon followers???I just love to mess with folks like that.One group came to my door wanting to talk about “things” I turned and hollered back in to the house“Hey when you finish strangling that cat could you get me a beer!!!!” I turned back and went “Yes?”They just backed away.Another time they came to the tire shop I worked at they came in wanting to sell gum and talk about Reverend Moon. I hid in the back in a stack of big truck tires. When the Moonie came back going “Hello? Hello?” I said “Yes, I am here.” He said “Where are you?” I said “Everywhere and anywhere. I am your GOD.”He just slowly backed out of there looking scared out of his mind.Had one had me some of the gum. I took it and began to chew it. He held out his hand for the “donation” I spit the gum out and put it in his hand saying “Thanks! Needed a chew.”I still do the same thing to unsolicited calls and door knockers.You come see me expect the unexpected.Never hurt you but will mess up your mind.
kaykeyser almost 11 years ago
I think every house should have at least 1 pirate, ………..or a Ninja.
Ironhold almost 11 years ago
FYI – []Active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, better known as “The Mormons”. []I try to be nice to others; please do the same to me.[]Thank you.
Ironhold almost 11 years ago
Actually, the church has spent the past decade attempting to move away from door-to-door witnessing, and now instructs the missionaries to regard it as a last-resort in the event that they do not have any referrals or appointments in place. []Instead, the push is for current members to refer people who they feel would be receptive.
scyphi26 almost 11 years ago
Being a Mormon, and quite familiar with Mormon missionary practices, I can safely say that the pair that turned up here on Greater Llewellynland’s doorstep were not Mormons (I won’t get into the specifics why, but they’re actually pretty obvious).
So if it was Dana’s intent for them to be LDS, then she didn’t do her research (but seeing it was a gag for one comic for (at the time) a free webcomic, I can’t say I blame her). I would hazard to guess it was more likely Jehovah’s Witness, but I confess I’m no expert, only encountered their missionaries once in my life. It was…awkward.
As for my own practices for dealing with missionaries turning up at the door, unlike most of everybody else here, I try to be nice and patient, seeing I would only expect the same treatment were I in their position. Besides, they’re only trying tell others what they believe to be truth. I know most of you would do the same for matters you see as truth, even if they aren’t exactly religion, such as who you believe should be elected as president and who shouldn’t (yes, I just totally brought politics into this). So why not at least humor them? They aren’t MAKING you join their religion (or at least they shouldn’t be. If they are, they’re doing it wrong) after all.
farren almost 11 years ago
I let them talk, if they want. I figure that they’re spending a lot of time on a good day (or even worse, on a bad day) trying to tell me what they think is important stuff, the least I can do is let them have at it. After letting them know their chances are slim, of course.
reynard61 almost 11 years ago
I’ve had both Mormons and JWs show up at my door. The difference between the two is that the Mormons seemed willing to actually engage in civilized debate with me on the pros and cons of Mormonism vs. not-Mormonism. The JWs, on the other hand, seemed to take offense that I would question any aspect of their religion and seemed more interested in “selling” it than in listening to anything that I had to say. Needless to say, my opinion of Mormonism was slightly higher than that of JWs. (At least until Mitt Romney and Glenn Beck showed up and pretty much destroyed any and all respect that I may have had for them.)
andrew_c almost 11 years ago
Where I used to live I had just about proselytizing organisation you can name showing up regularly. Like I said they all stopped showing up after I obtained that statue of Ganesh. On the other hand, at my present address I think I’ve had 2 visits in 6 years. I don’t mind people trying to spread their word, but it gets really tiring when they are doing it on an almost daily basis
Lektio almost 11 years ago
“Have you found Jesus?”“Yeah, I’ve got him up in my attic.”