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RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 05:43 PM Aug 2014

Two of those Mormon clean-cut guys just showed up at my door.

The minute they said they were from the Church of Jesus Christ, I said that I was an atheist and not to bug me, and then I shut the door on them. First time I have had Mormons at my door. It is usually the fundie Baptists from the local church.

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Two of those Mormon clean-cut guys just showed up at my door. (Original Post) RebelOne Aug 2014 OP
Mormon boys are dreamy to look at Heddi Aug 2014 #1
You are a dangerous lady. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #5
Aaah, see, I like to corrupt the good ones Heddi Aug 2014 #7
Equal Time... onager Aug 2014 #9
Wow just wow AlbertCat Aug 2014 #10
I usually say something like: Mr.Bill Aug 2014 #2
That is a good one. I'll have to remember that RebelOne Aug 2014 #13
"these tracks are side by side. Sand people travel single file, to hide their numbers" Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #3
Two seems to be the minimum, but I got a mixed group of four once. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #4
You probably had two newbies learning the ropes. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #6
You should be very careful what you say to or about these sorts of people. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #8
It was mid-November... NeoGreen Aug 2014 #11
If they are female Cartoonist Aug 2014 #12
The best way to get rid of Mormon missionaries to ask about the groping they get in the temple EvolveOrConvolve Aug 2014 #14

Heddi

(18,312 posts)
1. Mormon boys are dreamy to look at
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 06:05 PM
Aug 2014

I had one give me the woo-woo hoochie-coochie eyes at a Shoneys buffet in Cherokee, NC, in 1996. I was 20 and hot. He was....not 20 and scrumptious. I often dream of his face, turning around on his bicycle, waving at me as my family drove away in the other direction. Sigh. Unrequited love. I'd wear magic underpants just for him to take off :

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
5. You are a dangerous lady.
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 07:42 PM
Aug 2014

Dangerous to the Mormon boys, at least. I never found any of them to be dreamy. They were always too clean-cut for me. I liked the bad boys.

onager

(9,356 posts)
9. Equal Time...
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 08:25 PM
Aug 2014

From the calendar "Hot Mormon Muffins - A Taste of Motherhood." Which apparently wasn't a real big hit in Salt Lake City, at least among the Mormon patriarchy.

You can see the whole thing by Googling "hot mormon muffins." (Actually, I just want all of you to have that search term in your Internet History...)

Mr.Bill

(24,300 posts)
2. I usually say something like:
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 07:05 PM
Aug 2014

"Boy, am I glad you guys stopped by. I am on a mission to convert Mormons to Catholicism, and the beauty of it is, I don't have to walk around and knock on doors looking for you. You always come to me."

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
13. That is a good one. I'll have to remember that
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 02:23 PM
Aug 2014

the next time they or the local Baptist church bible-thumpers stop by.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
3. "these tracks are side by side. Sand people travel single file, to hide their numbers"
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 07:34 PM
Aug 2014

Seriously, do those guys ever come in packs of less or more than two?

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
4. Two seems to be the minimum, but I got a mixed group of four once.
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 07:40 PM
Aug 2014

They were walking up to my doorway, as I pulled into my driveway. I locked up my brakes in the gravel and all four of them jumped a fair distance at the sound. (There was no danger, I was about 60 feet away, off to the side, but the noise startled them badly.)

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
6. You probably had two newbies learning the ropes.
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 07:45 PM
Aug 2014

Every time I have had them show up, it has been two. I think two is a magic number.

And I used to be bothered by them all the time because there was a Mormon church in the subdivision I lived in....they seemed to start close to home on their mission.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
8. You should be very careful what you say to or about these sorts of people.
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 08:17 PM
Aug 2014

You never know who might be listening. Even in your own home, or other safe haven, the lurkers could be looking for things they can get outraged about.

NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)
11. It was mid-November...
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 09:17 PM
Aug 2014

...deer hunting season, I was in my mid to late thirties, with a scruffy salt and pepper beard, all dressed out to spend about 8-hours in the woods, with my wool red/black jacket (over sized to accommodate the hoodie and wool shirt plus warm accoutrements underneath) and big warm orange-blaze hat all of which made my typical 5'-10" and 185 lbs look like a lean 6+feet and 225+lbs (I had some really nice hiking boots with a thick soles) as I casually strode out of my front door carrying my 12-guage shotgun with scope when I heard a gasp and almost stepped on this unbeknownst to me, maybe 100-lb dripping wet, waif (who looked to me younger than 12 but was likely anywhere from 16 to 19) standing on my front stoop with a bible in her hand.

Her mentors/parents were in my driveway huddled by the car maybe 30-feet away.

Now, I had had a cold the previous couple of days so my voice was in a gravelly octave that could have given James Earl Jones a run for his money.

Before the waif could stuff her lungs back into her thorax and collect her breath to begin her spiel,
I held up my hand and grumbled out.. Not...Today...Please

Not a peep...not a sound... she floated back to the car like tinkerbell dodging a cannon ball and everyone there piled in quicker than you could say bambi.

And I have never, ever, had anyone knock on my door since.

It has been ~12 years.

EvolveOrConvolve

(6,452 posts)
14. The best way to get rid of Mormon missionaries to ask about the groping they get in the temple
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 07:44 PM
Aug 2014

There's some weird shit that goes on in Mormon temples and it makes them VERY uncomfortable to talk about. They like to claim they won't talk about it because it's "sacred", but it's mostly embarrassment.

For laughs: http://mit.irr.org/mormon-temple-endowment-ceremony

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