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WhoWee said:Does their lack of English make them more or less attractive?
? They speak english just fine, considering there american.
Funny Ways to Decline Fliers: Share Yours!
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The discussion revolves around humorous and creative ways people decline flyers and solicitations. Participants share various tactics, such as pretending to be unable to read, walking away, or making sarcastic comments. Many express a common annoyance with aggressive sales tactics, particularly from cell phone kiosks in malls, and the awkwardness of declining donation requests at grocery checkouts. Experiences with flyer distribution, especially from religious groups like the Church of Scientology, are highlighted, with some recounting instinctive reactions to being handed unsolicited materials. The conversation also touches on the discomfort of being solicited by attractive individuals and the strategies used to avoid engaging with them. Overall, the thread captures a blend of humor and frustration regarding unsolicited offers in public spaces.
? They speak english just fine, considering there american.
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Cyrus
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Huckleberry said:
Take your pants off.
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turbo-1 said:
A fun way to annoy someone you don't like (an ex, for example) is to donate money in that person's name to a cause they absolutely abhor (along with that person's contact info). Nothing annoys an atheist more than to be eternally thanked and pestered for follow-on donations to Focus on the Family. Or a member of the New Life church than being thanked and pestered for eternity by The Unholy Apostolic Circle of Satan.
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Math Jeans said:
Sometimes I pretend to be a foreign tourist: shrug, shake my head sadly and babble something in Finnish. "Valitettavasti en ymmärrä englantia!"
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When the Jehovah's Witnesses come to the door I always try to be polite. The standard response is to say "thanks for coming by, but we already have our own beliefs". On one occasion, after closing the door, I realized that I was wearing a rather pornographic t-shirt that I would never wear in public. 
I had just received it as a joke gift...I think for my birthday.
I am pretty sure that we didn't see them for a long time after that. At the least, we didn't see them nearly as often.
I had just received it as a joke gift...I think for my birthday.I am pretty sure that we didn't see them for a long time after that. At the least, we didn't see them nearly as often.
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Sometime early in our marriage, my wife and I were living in one of a series of run-down-dump apartments in our quest to save money for a home of our own, and the Jehovahs came calling. A couple of well-dressed women came to the door and tried to get me to accept their literature, and I told them "Only if you'll trade with me." I had picked up a Playboy off a newsstand because of a W.F.Buckley submission, and having read it, and looked at the tame photos (of course) the magazine was on an end-table near the door ready to be tossed. Somehow, I was never bothered by JW evangelicals for quite a few years until a few months ago when I had to Un-invite them from my property. (Don't come back!) Those people keep some pretty impressive records, because my wife and I have lived in a LOT of places over the last 30+ years.