How To Discourage Church Solicitation... - Page 3

Sorry, but this is a long story.

I live in a very small town on a river.  Our first GSD was many years ago, no papers, just a farm litter.  We named him Patton.  If you were less than 5 ft tall you could beat him to death with a stick and he would take it.  Taller than that meant you had better stay well away from anything that he thought was his; his kids which included mine and any that they were with, his house which included mine and any house that the kids were in, his mom (my wife).  There was no leash law at the time. 

There is an annual river float that stops here for a night of partying.  Sunday morning I was wandering to the front door to get the paper when I heard two short, sharp barks from Patton, who I had let out about 15 mins earlier.  That was his warning bark so I scrambled out the front door to see what was up.

There in my front yard was a pup tent.  Patton was crouched in front of the tent opening 5 or 6 ft away.  Every time there was movement in the tent Patton would snap out two short nasty barks and move a foot or so closer to the front of the tent.

I guess I’m a butt, but I just watched for awhile.  Finally I went around to the front of the tent and the following conversation ensued:

Me:  What the hell are you doing with a tent pitched in my yard?

Young guy w/girlfriend: Umm, sir, is that your dog??

Me:  I asked you a question, what are you doing here?

Young guy:  sir, I don’t know, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Sir, is that your dog?????

His voice had gone up an octave and he made the mistake of squirming too much so Patton barked and moved again and was now nearly at the door of the tent.

Young guy:  Sir, please, is that your dog?????

Me: Yes, he’s my dog, and yes he bites.   I think I’ll take him in the house for about 2 minutes.  Is that ok with you?

Young guy: thank you sir, thank you.

Patton and I went up to the porch and watched.  There was nothing but assholes and elbows gathering up that tent and getting out of there.

We had no need of a “No Solicitors” sign.

I didn't care for the "religious idiots' title either, but I did find the article quite funny, and the writer did not go out of her way to be mean or nasty to the family. I'm a Christian, but I, too,  find door-to-door peddling of religion very annoying. If I happen to notice them coming, I simply won't answer the door.

I don't mind having a little fun with this, but please, can we refrain from bashing anyone and turning it ugly, okay?

I had some Seventh Day Adventists drop by the other day. Fortunately, I was out, but they left some magazines in my mailbox. Usually it's the JHW crowd, though.

"I don't mind having a little fun with this, but please, can we refrain from bashing anyone and turning it ugly, okay?"

                    sort of like this?

"What a bunch of horse's asses!   "

Tsk Tsk

Sunsilver, I may be a warped old grouch but I thought it was hilarious!  The reason I thought so is because I really don't mind being rude to someone who is rude to me.  The people going door to door are invading my privacy.  Most of the time (not always) they will not go away with a simple firm but polite no thank you.  Like most fanatics they think that everyone should believe the way they do and pull out all the stops to make that happen.  IMO, short of bodily harm, they deserve whatever they get.  If thay don't like it, they should stay off my porch!!!