Door bell wired wrong

[JoeSpareBedroom]

Damn. I wish I'd known that earlier. This explains all the subsequent visits.

[Goedjn]

I'm still looking for something that will let me play back a scream and a loud crash, with breaking glass and metal clanging, when someone pushes the doorbell.

[Doug Miller]

Hmmm... Wonder why they haven't ever done that with me. Maybe they think Catholics are beyond salvation?

[JoeSpareBedroom]

I think that for training purposes, they've attended Catholic weddings and funerals. As a result, they know you can withstand the lengthiest diatribes without being harmed.

[Mark Lloyd]

I would consider that lying. I am NOT thankful for another dose of BS. Then, I was never very good at social lying.

They probably think they're doing a good thing. I just close the door without saying anything.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

By claiming they can help you, they are also lying. And, trespassing. Do whatever it takes to get rid of them.

[West Alarm]

You should refer them to your website!

[Mark Lloyd]

Hadn't thought of that. I do have an appropriate picture.

[Doug Miller]

LOL... but, in all truth, you've missed the mark. I'm an adult convert to Catholicism; I was raised in a Protestant denomination. One of the things that I found strikingly different, when I began attending Catholic services with my wife, was how much *shorter* a Catholic priest's homily is, compared to a typical Protestant sermon. The length of the worship service is about the same, though, due to the time spent receiving Communion. It seems to me that Catholic weddings and funerals are typically slightly shorter than the corresponding Protestant services, although I don't have a large sample to judge that from.

[Doug Miller]

I look at it differently, as in "Thank you for concerning yourself with my welfare" -- which truly *is* how they see it. [snip]

They do think that. I clearly don't agree. But I see no point in being rude to them.

[Doug Miller]

It's not trespassing to go up to someone's door and ring the bell, unless you have previously been told to stay away.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

My sample is also mercifully small. One wedding: 3 hours. Three. As in one, two, three. Three funerals: 2 hours minimum. My funeral: money set aside to hire a serious band. Maybe Hot Tuna, although I hope I don't go before they do.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

Ha! They should sense my wishes before they set foot on the property. :-)

[Steve]

I just googled for the best way to keep JW's from coming to your house

- Put a "Blood Doner" sticker on your door!

Steve

[Doug Miller]

Man! That's a *long* time. I've been to -- I think -- seven Catholic weddings. Longest one I can remember was about an hour and a quarter.

Longest Catholic funeral I've been to lasted less than an hour. The *shortest* Protestant funeral I've ever attended was an hour and a half.

:-)

[Doug Miller]

You could post a sign -- if they ignore a posted sign, they *are* trespassing.

[Doug Miller]

I might just do that -- I've been donating blood for a long time. Almost up to ten gallons total.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

What's their problem with blood donors???

[Doug Miller]

I don't know if they actually have a problem with *donors*, but the JW church teaches that they cannot *receive* transfusions. Even to save life.

[Harry K]

Yes, the polite "no thanks" and immediate leave will work...once, twice...thrice...etc. They will keep coming bck every year. My method is a one shot thing as they apparently keep some sort of a 'don't go there' list.

Harry K