Comments on: Mormon Crickets!!! (I

By: Eve

Eve — Mon, 08 May 2006 18:56:37 +0000

Oh, I see; I guess there are still people who find the term unfamiliar.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 01 May 2006 23:56:50 +0000

Nope. Her dad was part of the conversation. She did not know what an atheist was. We explained to her that it was someone who did not believe in gawd. She said “Oh, then I’m an atheist!” And her dad asjed, “So you don’t believe in and afterlife?” And she said, “Well, I didn’t say that. I mean, there must be something beyond all this. And I believe there is some kind of power out there that created the universe or something…” In other words, she really hadn’t given it all that much thought. I’ve met other people like that before.

By: Eve

Eve — Mon, 01 May 2006 23:51:31 +0000

Sean: When I told my English Pal’s daughter — who is 29 years old — that I was an atheist, she said “What’s an atheist?”

This is no country bumpkin. She works for one of the biggest companies in the world and does quite a bit of travelling.

Hmmm – you sure she wasn’t hitting on you? Some women pretend ignorance with guys they’re interested in to get them talking about themselves. They’ve been told it’s a sure-fire way to “hook” them.

Even if it were true, it wouldn’t mean anything bad about her; most good conversationalists are good listeners first.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 20:39:11 +0000

One thing I totally forgot about the story of My Dinner With a Mormom. When I told my English Pal’s daughter — who is 29 years old — that I was an atheist, she said “What’s an atheist?”

This is no country bumpkin. She works for one of the biggest companies in the world and does quite a bit of travelling.

Always a bit of a shock to the system, and a reminder that I do indeed have it good here in San Francisco.

By: King Retard

King Retard — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:49:57 +0000

Ryan, I like your new use of Mormon crickets. I’m going to use it myself from now on.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:12:21 +0000

ryan said:

(You see that? in one fell swoop I brought the whole discussion full circle back to the post. I believe I deserve a golf clap for that one.)

Very good indeed. Let me know when the nickname Mormon Crickets is no longer ironic. I will no longer be afraid to walk down Market St. in SF in the summer (those ties, those buzz cuts, those crazed smiles!)

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:43:13 +0000

Anyway, if he didn’t get a little ribbing for that while here in San Francisco, we wouldn’t be doing our job

Agreed, and thanks for the story.

In response to KR’s statement about Tom and Sean, I think there’s a lot of Mormons who expect people to be open-minded about our belief system and whatever idiosyncracies come with it, only to turn around and be overzealous in our preaching. It’s not very fair and it makes more enemies than converts.

From this point on I think I’ll call the annoying members of our church who behave that way:

Mormon Crickets.

(You see that? in one fell swoop I brought the whole discussion full circle back to the post. I believe I deserve a golf clap for that one.)

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:40:46 +0000

Okay, I’ll confess. I did make one smart-ass remark. When I overheard him tell my English pal he was Mormon (I was talking to the daughter at the time), I turned around and said “Wait, you’re from Salt Lake City and your Mormon? That’s original.”

He blinked and smiled and shrugged it off. He may not have even heard all of it, since others were talking. Anyway, if he didn’t get a little ribbing for that while here in San Francisco, we wouldn’t be doing our job.