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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:43:51 PM EDT
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I usually spot them in my neighborhood and either go to a friends house to wait it out or don't go anywhere near windows or doors.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:44:11 PM EDT
[#2]
Be polite and send them to somebodys house you dont like
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:44:42 PM EDT
[#3]
I thank them for their interest in my spiritual well being and inform them that while I respect their beliefs, I have my own and ask that they respect mine as well and have a nice day
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:46:21 PM EDT
[#4]
+1 I'm polite, but i won't listen to them. I talk to them, but don't indulge them. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:47:29 PM EDT
[#5]
Always be polite, regardless of the situation. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:48:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:48:08 PM EDT
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My Father has run Jehovah's Witnesses out of the house using only the King James Bible (the words on the pages, not as a projectile).
They were screaming he was Satan on the way out  I don't tend to get solicitors since I live on post. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:48:09 PM EDT
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I say thanks but no thanks, keep up the hard work, and would you like a cold bottle of water.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:48:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:50:13 PM EDT
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And because this is never enough, I start to methodically remove articles of clothing until they retreat. To date, none have stayed past my zipper being undone. 
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:50:50 PM EDT
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I was polite for the first couple of times they came knocking. After the third or so, I pulled out the "Fuck off or I'll call the cops" obviously put me on the Mormon-do-not-knock list. Haven't been bothered for a couple of years.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:52:05 PM EDT
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I will be nice to them the first time they ring..i'll ask them politely to respect my beliefs and tell them im not interested.. if they persist...i stop being nice. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:52:14 PM EDT
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When the JW's came to my dad's house, he politely asked them not to come back...Well they did anyway---so he went to the door naked...
6'7 bucked naked at the door will make the religious folk not come back anymore *lol* |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:52:21 PM EDT
[#14]
"sorry, not interested. Have a nice day"
*close door* |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:53:03 PM EDT
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I was waiting for a package from UPS one day. Sleeping ( I work nights) about 10am I wake up to the door bell ringing. I'm all excited, thinking my package is here. So I pull some shorts and a shirt on and sprint up the stairs. Jerk to door open to find two jehovah's witnesses standing there.
My face went from  Hi! then I realized who it was and it went: and I just closed the door without saying another word.They haven't been back since. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 9:56:18 PM EDT
[#16]
I'm polite the first time I ask them not to return.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:01:10 PM EDT
[#17]
Last time they stopped here, they told me "thats is satans dog" and then left.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:01:34 PM EDT
[#18]
I don't like it when JW comes to our house, but they are so nice it's hard to be rude, especially when they bring kids. I usually take the little rag they offer and trash it when they leave.
I'll say those folks are dedicated. They have their heads in the sand, but you can't seem to get through to them. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:02:03 PM EDT
[#19]
I usually say, "no thank you."
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:03:15 PM EDT
[#20]
That shit does not work....They just keep coming... I am gonna try the naked thing
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:11:11 PM EDT
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Answer the door in your underwear and tell them you do not believe in door to door religion.For additional effect a beer in one hand and scratch your gonads with the other and then say thanks for coming by and try to shake hands with the same hand you scratched the balls with....
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:17:43 PM EDT
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Truth is...this is what I respect about them...they put up with untold abuse doing what they believe is God's work. Jesus did the door-to-door thing...more or less, didn't he? |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:21:15 PM EDT
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My dog barking at them usually keeps them away to start with. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:21:23 PM EDT
[#24]
I answer the door.
I say, "sorry, I'm not interested" and use the global/universal signal. No, not that one, lol. I hold a hand out at arms length, with my palm facing them. The old STOP!/Halt!. That's all it really requires. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:22:35 PM EDT
[#25]
Always be polite, but have a plan ready to kill everyone you meet, if necessary. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:24:35 PM EDT
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I have a copy of the Morman "BIble" around here somewhere, they left it on the porch one day. If you'll give me your address, I'll be happy to bring it by.... |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:27:49 PM EDT
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I have also started asking them why the ignored the "No soliciting" sign. They said it didn't apply to them. I tell them it does and shut the door. |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:27:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:30:39 PM EDT
[#29]
PICS! |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:33:17 PM EDT
[#30]
I talk to them thru a closed door and inform them that the complex has a no solicitation policy.....and then I usually inform the apartment office.
__________________________________________________ ("The telephone has no Constitutional right to be answered."--Justice Snow, (wtte), "First Monday in October") |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:34:46 PM EDT
[#31]
Answering the door naked usually takes care of it, although I have told the Jehovah's Witnesses that I could not join because I had not seen the accident.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:35:08 PM EDT
[#32]
I'll talk to them for a few minutes, then tell them that's it, got to go
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:37:38 PM EDT
[#33]
Half of ARFCOM may show up on your doorstep with a book of Mormon |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:38:41 PM EDT
[#34]
I tell them to leave the property and close the door.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:40:57 PM EDT
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I just roll over and keep on sleeping. My aunt was a Jehovah's Witness and I know their game plan, front and back. I am not the religious type, so instead of getting into a diatribe with them, I just don;t answer the door.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:43:45 PM EDT
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You might bring music--then you could have a real show *lol*... I am serious---they come to the house all the time...I am gonna be naked from now on...With like rap music in the background--just at the door dancing naked...I think the little old lady's will stop coming here... |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:46:22 PM EDT
[#37]
I REALLY need your address!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:49:25 PM EDT
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LOL... |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:50:49 PM EDT
[#39]
I have 2-100lb GSDs, 1 screen door, lots of barking and teeth.... they leave on their own...
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:52:23 PM EDT
[#40]
Tell them I admire their devotion to their beliefs, advise them I have my own, and tell them I hope they have a nice day.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:53:10 PM EDT
[#41]
No thanks or, I'm not interested, good bye while I close the door.
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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:57:17 PM EDT
[#42]
I spent 2 years of my life in Florida doing this. I met some of the most compassionate and kind people I have ever met while serving a mission. I also met a lot more of the most rude, disrespectful and horrible people I have ever met doing the same thing. I dont think a lot of people out there realize that "missionaries" arent there for themselves, they are there for everyone else but themselves. the feeling of finally finding that 1 person who actually wants to learn makes all those hundreds, if not thousands, or rude people and slammed doors worth it. Show a little class, and at the very least be respectful even if you arent interested in what they have to say.
perfect example! |
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Posted: 9/5/2008 11:00:00 PM EDT
[#43]
Offer them a drink? "All I got is pre-mixed Bloody Mary, want Tabasco and a stalk of celery?"
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Posted: 9/6/2008 7:39:36 AM EDT
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LOL, nice. I was thinking more along the lines of Used Cars Rudy: ..................Look... we had Jeff: Rudy: Yeah. I had to have Jim turn the firehose on them. Big Jim: [holds up the still wet firehose] And I knocked them motherfuckers right on they asses, too. <eta> I don't answer the phone if I don't recognize the # on the Caller ID, WTF would I answer the door for some random stranger? Don't care for unsolicited sales calls & door to door religious types are just another salesman trying to sell me their snakeoil. Even if I was looking for exactly whatever it is you're selling the fact that you've annoyed me at home means I'm never going to buy it from you. |
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Posted: 9/6/2008 7:42:59 AM EDT
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I've heard if you tell them you were excommunicated then they are forbidden to talk to you. So if nothing else works you could try that theory out.
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Posted: 9/6/2008 7:44:53 AM EDT
[#46]
I respect those of you that just say something polite and close the door.
That's all that is really necessary if you don't want to talk to them. Personally, as a Christian, I believe that God has directed them to my door so that I may share the Gospel with them. So, I always engage them in conversation, if they are willing. Some day, I hope to hear the words, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant..." |
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Posted: 9/6/2008 7:46:11 AM EDT
[#47]
I respectfully tell them I do not wish to talk to them and they go away.
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Posted: 9/6/2008 7:46:23 AM EDT
[#48]
I say, "Thank you, but I am satisfied with my current religion and am not interested in another." If it's hot, I'll offer them some ice water.
There's no reason to be rude. |
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Posted: 9/6/2008 7:46:40 AM EDT
[#49]
I never answer the door and I've disconnected the door bell. |
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Posted: 9/6/2008 7:51:04 AM EDT
[#50]
Tell them thanks, but not interested, as I already am a practicing Baptist.
If it's Jw's I'll accept a copy of the watch tower. They have some good news in there with a decidedly delicious right wing slant. Then I inform them to cross me off of thier list so others don't waste thier time in the future. Only had one get pushy, and that's when I pointed to the flag in the yard and told him that if recites the pledge of allegience with his gand over his heart, I'd listen to a 5 min. spiel, or I'd nail him for tresspassing. Works every time! S-28 |
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