Reads the Bible I answered my door and there it was: shocking blond hair cropped and starched shirt. He had a pronounced crease in his trousers, a name engraved label that read "Carl" gold face Times New Roman, a thin black tie and a big white smile. This was to be brave, I thought. Jehovah's Witnesses often come to my door, but not often, they come alone.
"Good afternoon, sir, are you interested in the Word of God?"
To fully appreciate this situation, you must understand the state hurricane swept in. I kept my condo right in the crosshairs of the door was a striped beige leather loveseat I bought for $ 50 on Craigslist. To the right of that purple couch is a plastic body almost entirely covered by a black tablecloth restaurant serving as a bedside table. TV opponent, set in High Stakes Poker on mute, was the only light in the otherwise dull boy den. The smell of Cheez-It boxes neglected scattered on the blue carpet uneven ate discomfort on the face of every visitor. Each visitor is, but Carl.
"Can I come in, Mr. ...?"
He was cheerful, and he would not have looked sort of freckles, a bow tie and a small red car, but the Jehovah's Witnesses did not seem to send the most thick-skinned missionaries able to deal with the kind repeated breaches will and missionary work door-to-door. In addition, they have a uniform.
"Of course, Carl, Come, let's discuss."
"Please sir, my name is self-oh I guess you already know that!" He shrugged his shoulders and laughed goofily as he was to shake my hand. Despite my heavy cold heart, maliciously, there was something about seeing a disarming chuckle man fully developed and freely use the word "benevolent".
"I'm Nick, Carl. Why do not you sit? "I shook his hand, then motioned to the couch crowded.
"I'm sorry, Carl, I just did not expect all visitors. Let me do this for you, Carl. "I crushed an open box of Cheez-Its out of his leather seat on the other side of the viewing room of some snacks guarantee about.
"Please, Carl, sit down." Whenever I'm doing someone with a nametag ill at ease, I take advantage of their name. I guess nobody wants to wear a nametag so that it follows that nobody wants constant attention given to it.
"Thank you, Nick." Without missing a beat, Carl bounced on the couch dried, put his legs in the pads, folded in the middle and ends up sitting properly, occupying a half perfect.
"Nick, have you ever heard of the greatest book ever written?" Apparently, he must have thought I had an identification tag.
"Would you say the Bible, Carl?
"Yes, Nick, I do."
"Well sure, Carl, I have heard of the Bible."
"Have you ever read the Bible, Nick?
"No, Carl, I have not."
"Do you ever feel empty, Nick?" As life is meaningless. "
"Well, Carl, I play a lot of poker, so actually win pots means a good deal for me. "
"I see that Nick. Would you mind too terribly much if we turned off the TV, so perhaps improve on the topic at hand? "
"I like Carl, because without the TV, there is no light. I can not quite see the light without light to begin. "I with a smile of the Cheshire cat, until Carl squirm a little in her pants down, made by my pun Antsy slightly blasphemous. But the little booger did not uncomfortable at all - he laughed!
"Okay, Nick, we all have to do right." Then he turned to me, even pivot.
Posted on March 17, 2010.
