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The smell of God Botherers in the morning


One thing about living in a rural circumstance is that a knock on the door is not something that happens every day ,this morning my rural idyll was disturbed by just such a sound.
At my door was a young couple he with the skin problems of the adolescent but wearing a long sleeved shirt and a tie. She was wearing a modest blouse and a skirt but the real giveaway was the bundle of watchtower magazines in her bag.
She introduced her self and read me a line of scripture from the small red bible she had taken from her bag.
“I’m an existential atheist” I told her “and frankly I’m just not interested” Knowing that my wife had been bothered by such visitors on other Saturdays when I am usually out taking our daughter to her Gym class I told them to please not bother us again. They left and I went back inside.
Imagine my surprise when I heard the sound of a car going down the separate driveway that goes to my studio. I hotfooted it to the point where the drive way goes past our house paddock fence and bailed them up.
“This is your house too?” he asked from the car.
“Yes it is and I want you to leave now.” I told him in a business like voice.
Usually when some one goes down to my studio drive way it is a good idea to go all the way down to the bottom and there is space to turn around. However I did not tell these unwanted visitors this little fact. So it was with a certain smug pleasure that I saw the young man engage reverse and struggle to back the car up the driveway which is rather long very narrow and far from straight.

I am usually more than willing to chat with visiting God botherers but today I felt somewhat less than generous after having my peace and quiet disturbed twice in as many minutes.

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3 Comments

  1. The Editor says:

    Maybe they saw your beard and thought you were Jesus.

    Watched that video yet, Iain? You’re not making excuses still, are you?

  2. Iain says:

    no I have not watched any of your vids

  3. The Editor says:

    I think you’d really enjoy it, Iain. The resemblance between you and one of the characters is striking. Just in case you’ve lost it, here’s the link again.

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