Terminalcoffee discussion

Not really. Right? Your neighbor does not really have a crossbow.

Why is that so hard to believe?

I suppose you have a neighbor with a crossbow, as well.

Phil's neighbor with the crossbow killed his child with the crossbow.

Whose child?

The neighbor accidentally killed his own offspring.

I need to hear this story.

::taps finger waiting for thread to magically appear::

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

Here's one comment referring to it. There may be an earlier one, I'm not sure.

You are magical.

::crosses Utah off list of places that might be desirable to live in::

You're just NOW doing that?

Have Phil tell you about the polygamist wives at Costco.

It's not my list. It is just a list.

I walk about 1.5 miles a day when I'm at school.

Look at Laurin, whipping us back into the thread topic.

I like walking.

And here I thought you never took the new page.

Susan wrote: "Look at Laurin, whipping us back into the thread topic."

I'm occasionally useful.

I don't even have to think about it.

And that picture of the FLDS women is creepy, so I was trying to get away from that.

Two birds, Laurin. There is still hope for our youth.

Félix wrote: "I don't even have to think about it."

Braggart.

They are a common sight where Phil lives. They have to look like that, while the men and boys look like regular people. It's really fucked.

Félix wrote: "They are a common sight where Phil lives. They have to look like that, while the men and boys look like regular people. It's really fucked."

Unbelievably so.

The men should have to wear those hairdos.

Is it the "higher the hair, the closer to god" principle?

Laurin wrote: "Is it the "higher the hair, the closer to god" principle?"

Yes.

You are suppose to put animals in the cute aminals thread not on Donald Trump's head.

Lobstergirl wrote: ""

They really like horribly unflattering pastel dresses.

Are those the wives jumping on the trampoline?

Their hair is like that because they aren't allowed to cut it.

Laws in Michigan:

A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission.

Susan wrote: "Laws in Michigan:

A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission."

It is illegal in Harper Woods to paint sparrows and sell them as parakeets.

Phil wrote: "He lives on the cross street you need to use to reach my house. Keep your head down."


ls it likely he'll be on his porch with his crossbow?

Uh oh, Mr. D. Detroit Law:

It is illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Have Phil tell you about the polygamist wives at Costco."

They're at WalMart, too, but I don't go there.

::patiently waits for stories::

Nothing much to tell. It's usually a group of about six women, all dressed and coiffed as in the pictures above. Occasionally there is a man or boy with them. The women tend to keep to themselves, though they do respond when I say, "hi."

At Costco, they'll load up one of the large, orange flatbed carts with groceries and sundries, always staying in a group. The goods get packed into large 15 passenger vans (once in a while it's a regular mini-van) and off they go.

By the way, the men do stand out somewhat. I believe they are required to wear the old style, full-length garments (underwear), extending to ankles and wrists. To cover those, they wear jeans and long sleeved button-up shirts, even when it's 110 degrees in the summer.

Huh.

Oh, I read that as 15 separate vans. That would be something.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Oh, I read that as 15 separate vans. That would be something."

I did too the first time that I read it.

These families make me sad. As an outsider I try not to judge, but it's impossible to feel good about the lives the women and children are having.

Lobstergirl wrote: "These families make me sad. As an outsider I try not to judge, but it's impossible to feel good about the lives the women and children are having."

I agree. It can't be a very fulfilling life. What if these women and children have things they aspire to, like a profession, but it's not allowed. I would hate to live like that.

The men have several wives ? I would not like to share my man.

These women are not often asked what they would like.

Heartbreaking. It would seem we have come so far and then there is this.

Cesspools of backwardness are everywhere even as we seemingly progress as a world. Another gang rape after a bus ride in Punjab, India today.

Yes, it is everywhere, every day. I hate the evil that can grow in some hearts.