A fun Sunday addition to the blog...
Thought ya'all might enjoy this one. I made this sign after years of frustration. I have a wicked sense of humor and am known to tell religious soliciters that "sorry, right now you're interrupting my devil worship," or "Sure, I'll talk to you about your God if you talk to me about your sex life." I've tried all other methods, but I stay on their "hit list."
We have a neighborhood of Jehovah's, Born-Again's, and Mormons, like the dreaded triad of intrusiveness. I probably make it worse by putting my Celtic knot designs out front on my doormat and door, but then I'm Scottish, so I kind of wear it with pride. Come Halloween, I'm one of the biggest attractions in the neighborhood. Perhaps they thought it was time to save me (or win heaven points), who knows?
Well, I sat down one Sunday afternoon (instead of attending their churches) and made this sign with my woodburning kit. It's not a specialty of mine, I usually do crafts and oil painting, but I thought it got the point across. In fact, it got it across so well that every time someone comes to my door the first thing they say is, "where did you get that sign, I want one!"
I just want to say thank you to the Pagans, Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists who aren't out there pounding on doors, up in folks' faces, and waving their literature at me. They have my total respect.
We have to be related. LOL I woodburn and love it and make some unusual signs. I also have celtic mats and runners on my deck. Jehovahs quit coming after they asked my denomination and i told them heathern. LOL The vacumn cleaner guy quit coming after i told him i wouldn 't use a vacumn cleaner again after it sucked up my cat and i never saw it again. LOL I had a sign a few years ago that said, Beware of the owner to heck with the dog. I am going to make me another one of those. lol I don't get soliciators for anything now. LOL
ReplyDeleteElla; You're my hero! :-)
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea! The sign is polite while being direct to the point.
ReplyDeleteIn my town there are 16 churches and 2 grocery stores, so you get the idea how popular house-to-house witnessing is here. I played the religious shuffle: For the Mormons I politely said I was Jewish (true by matrilineal descent, anyway,) for the Jehovah's Witnesses I said I was Mormon, and for the Baptists I said I was Catholic. I haven't had a problem since.
...Now if I could only get the candle-selling volleyball players to stop coming I'd be set. Apparently the word "solicitors" isn't taught in the usual high school vocabulary anymore; last time I said I don't buy from solicitors the girls just blinked at me and asked again if I'd like to buy a candle.
I like Ella's idea too! Hah!
Yeah, I think we have to dumb it for the American masses by maybe taking out the term "soliciting" and using "selling, offering, or fundraising." I remember back when they took "inflamable" off of gas trucks (cause folks thought that meant 'can't go up in flames') and wrote "flammable" instead.
ReplyDeleteI love your sign and this post! A little personal story from me. A few years ago my brother was living with me for awhile, at the time I think he was about 23 or 24 and he worked a late night shift at work. One morning about 10am some jehovah's witnesses stopped at my house, they knocked on the door and woke him up. He answered the door wearing nothing but his underwear and has two skull tattoos on either arm...needless to say they didn't say anything to him. Just turned and walked away and then none of them ever came to my house again haha.
ReplyDeleteI hate those kinds of visits. Those are toughies for me. I think that's why they originally invented peep holes for doors. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the sign, very clever! I remember being about 14 years old and answering the door with a copy of The Satanic Bible in my hand. The lady on the other side of the door was one of our usual weekly Jehovah's Witness visitors. I didn't see her again after that for some reason. (No, I'm not Satanic, just very curious, LOL.)
ReplyDeleteOooo, I love that sign. I need one over here. Love your tattoo!
ReplyDeletevery cool! i haven't seen solicitors around here for a while; what a relief!
ReplyDeleteGood for you, girl! I don't like them either. They are a pain in the ass! Even though we do not get them comming to our door so much, I'm not in favor of what they do. Take it somewhere else. Not to me! I don't want to hear it.
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