Poetic justice or just my perverse sense of humour?
Silly little things seem to amuse me endlessly.
Had a visit this morning from a coupla folk pushing the Bible. Very pleasant they were too. Couple of real nice polite ladies; one rather elderly, t’other somewhat less so.
Its just that I object on principle to the notion of people knocking on my door trying to sell their religion.
So there I am then, mid-morning, and a knock on the door. Having had a rather late night (on the computer I’d hasten to add, not through anything more self-indulgent) I was still in me bathrobe and very little else.
Anyway, as they launch into their sales pitch I gently interrupt them with a “No thanks, I have my own religion.”
Full of polite interest (I know it was “polite” interest cos it was easy to see they weren’t really interested) they ask “Oh, what religion are you then?”
“Druid” sez I. (Stretching things a little bit maybe cos its not quite a religion in the accepted sense, but it’ll do.)
“I don’t think I’ve heard of that” sez she.
“Bloody should have done” thinks I, “considering how we were here before you lot and you nicked a lot of our festivals!” (Didn’t say that out loud though, what with me not being a confrontational type person. Well, not much anyway. And rarely when I’ve just surfaced. Cos usually I’m only half-awake.)
Very politely then what I actually say is “Well, I prefer not to push what I believe. Its personal.”
“Do you believe in the Bible then?” asks she.
“Nope.”
Heh heh. That seemed to stump them a little bit. So they thank me and turn to wander back up the garden path. And on turning I hear “Oh, I’ve just been stung by a stinging nettle!”
Quick as a flash I come back with “Well, that’s one of the things I believe in y’see… letting Nature do its own thing”, pointing to the rather overgrown state of my garden (not that laziness has anything to do with it of course).
“That’ll teach ‘em not to come knocking on my door” thinks I, relishing in the co-operativeness of the growing thingies in me garden.
And I’ve been chuckling ever since.
-- fotdmike
