Ezekiel Arrives Home After a Hard Day's Work in Israel

[TrueTomHarley]

After Colombine, newspeople said that grief counselors had been dispatched, with the same air as they might use reporting that fire fighters had been dispatched to the house fire. “I’d love to hear what they have to say,” I told one woman in service. Her eyes got big. “You have an interesting job!” she exclaimed.

But it’s not as interesting as Ezekiel’s.

“Honey, I’m hooomme!”

“Oh, Ezekiel. How was your day?”

“Great! Today I bored a hole through the wall and carried out some luggage.”

“Oh daddy, daddy,” the children come running to embrace him. “That sounds like fun. Can we do that?”

“Ha, ha, you’ll have to ask your mother first. Remember, she didn’t like it much when you crayoned on that wall.”

“How did you get that bump on your head, Ezekiel?”

“My boss had me cover my face so that I couldn’t see where I was going. Some of the guys at the assignment – it really is a rebellious place – said that I should report him to OSHA! Some of the other guys asked me what it meant that I was doing.”

“And what did you tell them?”

“I told them it meant they were toast.”

“Oh, honey, I’m so proud of you!”

“Thank you, dear. It was almost as fun as my gig last week, lying on my side naked staring at a brick.”

“It’s a wonder you didn’t catch your death of cold.”   

I have a lot of comments I can make at the spiritual gems portion of the meeting this week. The trouble is, will any of them be 30 seconds or less? (Highlights from Ezekiel 12)

[Anna]

7 hours ago, TrueTomHarley said:

. The trouble is, will any of them be 30 seconds or less?

I cannot ever imagine ANY of your comments lasting 30 seconds or less

I kind of feel sorry for Ezekiel. Especially when he had to lie on his side for 430 days, eating nothing but bread and water. I think I wouldn't want to have anything to do with Israel after that! But joking aside, I was wondering how that actually went on in practice, and how his wife (did he have one?) felt about it. I mean it would be physically impossible (unless you're dead) and detrimental to health to lie on your side for that long without taking long breaks, (I mean imagine the "bed" sores and clogged up arteries) so I wonder if he had to lie down like that for say an hour each day. That would be quite doable, just take a nap. I haven't found anything in our publications regarding that yet.

[TrueTomHarley]

5 hours ago, Anna said:

I haven't found anything in our publications regarding that yet.

This is because you no longer recall when the Watchtower ran, or should have, the comic strip Lil Abner. Abner would show up at his big city job as a mattress tester, descending from the hills. There he would sleep all day in the department storefront window. He looked so deliciously happy flipping and flopping that the store sold mattresses like hotcakes.

 

5 hours ago, Anna said:

I cannot ever imagine ANY of your comments lasting 30 seconds or less

You have inadvertantly touched upon something I feel strongly about. There is nothing worse than a brother or sister who rattles on and on. The congregation meeting is not the WorldNewsMedia forum and I do not run over there. Congregations that don't get enough comments can fix the problem by gagging the windbags. If they do not, the average publisher rolls his eyes and gives up. In time, he gives up preparing.

Thirty seconds or less. Elders should insist upon it. They need not be like Hitler, but Musollini is okay.

[TrueTomHarley]

23 hours ago, TrueTomHarley said:

“Thank you, dear. It was almost as fun as my gig last week, lying on my side naked staring at a brick.”

Elders later counseled him over this. 'Pay attention to your dress and grooming!' they said.

[Anna]

On 7/4/2017 at 10:08 PM, TrueTomHarley said:

There is nothing worse than a brother or sister who rattles on and on

We've had a few of those in the past, no doubt being responsible for the  birth of the 30 seconds or less "policy"

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