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You got it, Digi! (Sandra DEE + LIVER + ANTS = DELIVERANCE) Post one! George

Okay, here's one: George

The re-reward business actually started with Wierwille. And the pronunciation of the Greek requires a glottal stop between vowels not elided into a diphthong, which is fairly well approximated by the "ck" that Wierwille used. We don't have the same considertion in English, although consider the differences between "reel" and "reelect" or "coop" and "cooperate." We tend to fill the doubled vowels with another consonant, as well (reYelect or coWoperate). If you try to pronounce "reelect" or "cooperate" by simply stopping the sound with your throat, you would be using a glottal stop. George

This thread seems to have wandered a bit, so I'm going to stray a bit further before returning it where it belongs. Jonny's remark reminded me how we would chide someone if he hadn't been to Twig in a couple of weeks, but if he came back after several MONTHS, he was welcomed back like the prodigal son! A bit screwed up there, I think. Back to the topic. I was never in the Corps, though I was occasionally ratted on by Corps and other "believers." Near the end of my "tenure" with TWI, it had gotten to the point where I wouldn't share anything with ANYONE, because I knew I'd get hammered for it. George

I do think that this puzzle stretches the concept of Pictionary a bit, since the clues weren't really sound-oriented. I would have had trouble with that one if I didn't know how Raf thinks. (It's an acquired taste.) Rick, give us your best shot. George

My first impression was Rodney Dangerfield doing Elvis. Upon further review, I think it was Elvis doing Rodney Dangerfield! :D George

You're up, Digitalis. We usually use a different font to give a clue (bolder, larger, whatever). Using quotes helps, too! George

Bluze. Think "Big Apple, Big Apple" George

Paw? If you don't want to post a puzzle, just say so. George

Rick, Good grief! CK, cute. It reminds me of an old cartoon (strip) I saw where an interviewer is interviewing Santa, who is dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and surrounded by elves working under palm trees. Santa says, "I've never regretted relocating to Florida!" (The cartoon was over twenty years ago, and a Google search didn't find it.) George

Sudo, At first I thought your link was "March of the Toy Soldiers" but that wasn't right. I have a feeling that it involves a wind-up doll, but I just can't place the tune for sure. George

I'm guessing that that was a TV show theme. It sounds familiar, but even the"water" clue doesn't help. I can't open mp3 files at work, and last night I was too busy, so I haven't heard ANY of those links. Walla Walla is a town in Washington. Whether it has anything to do with the Chipmunk "Witch Doctor" song or not, I don't know. George

That would have been my guess. George

I like to try to give clues where a picture may "bridge" two of the words, so "Aisle" picks up "I" and part of "love," while "Lovett" picks up "Love" and part of "trouble." Actually, Lyle Lovett will be performing down here next month, so that's why I was thinking of how to work him in. Come on, Paw! Your go. George

I remember Twig Leaders' meetings from this time. Our Branch Leader would say, "Things are getting better at HQ (according to CG)," or "Things are worse now." I would always ask "What things?" Unfortunately, my BL didn't know; all he could do was repeat these barometer readings. It drove me nuts! I didn't want to know all the deep, dark secrets in the BOT's lives. I just wanted to know what was wrong with TWI, and what was the plan to fix it. That info never surfaced. George

A stab in the dark: "The Punisher"? George

Hey, Wasway. Far out, man! Was that LATER Cheech and Chong? Not as edgy as their early stuff, but fun just the same! :D George

"Fight Club"? George

Just FYI, Cowgirl, if it was a big C&W hit it would still be probably off my radar! George

You got it, Paw! Your turn. George

Okay, boys and girls, this SHOULD be easy: George

Not so much a version as a "theme and variations." Very nice. I especially liked the "breakdown" at about three minutes. George

There are two that come to mind. I suppose it's against the rules to give two guesses simultaneously, but they're almost the same title, so I'm going to try "Shattered" or maybe "Shattered Glass." George

There I was... I was eating breakfast in the Student Union at the University of Illinois in early summer of 1978. Two college kids sat down next to me and started chatting. Eventually, the Bible came up, and though I'd been a "good Catholic" for over 20 years, I thought it would be good to know about the Bible, so I agreed to got to their fellowship. They said they would take me, but I insisted that they just give me the address and time. A couple days late, I got a phone call saying the location had been changed, would I like a ride? No, thanks. Just give me the address. Well, Monday night comes around (Twig night), and the Baseball Game of the Week is supposed to be the Reds vs. the Pirates. Being a big Reds fan, i decided to watch the game. I turn on the TV, only to hear "Live from Comiskey Park, it's the Red Sox vs. the White Sox!" The heck with THAT! I might as well go to that Bible thing! So I did. Fellowship was fun, though I thought the speaking in tongues was weird and was deathly afraid that I would have to try speaking French, or something! But the teaching was good, and the people were nice. "Rhino" was the branch leader at the time. (Hi, Bill!) After a couple of weeks, there were preparations for a "Freedom" PFAL class. A public exhibition was held, and the first hour of the class was played. I thought it was cool, paid $100, and then took the class. There didn't seem to be a lot of pressure, though maybe that's because I was pretty eager to take the class. Anyway, there were 25 people signed up, so we had a "film" class. As I recall, the quotas were: 7-12 students -- audio class; 13-24 students -- video class; 25+ students -- film class. I always had a lot of questions, and the fact that I read Greek spooked some of the grads; but no one gave me any grief. In fact, "Rhino" was always very cool-headed about it. We often had a beer or two after a session and talked about it. I really thought that The Way was a greaat medium for getting a knowledge of God to people. Oh, and I still keep in touch with a couple of people from that class, whom I sponsored in the Corps in later years. There were some cute girls in the fellowship, and I dated a couple of them, but there was no promiscuity that I could discern. Darn. ;) Right after the class "Rhino" went off to the 9th Corps, and two women (6th Corps, maybe?), Sue D**ko and Janie So***er took over the branch. (Actually, Janie married John So***er; I don't remember her maiden name.) The campus twig was taken by Vickie Se****ck, who had just come back from a year studying in France. She helped get me through all the classes I needed to go to the "live" Advanced Class. There were several Twigs in the Champaign-Urbana area, so I got to know a lot of the believers pretty well. Again, I didn't really see a big push to get people in classes or Twig. It all seemed to flow rather naturally. (This blessed me, why don't you try it? No? Okay.) We occasionally went to Peoria for classes (W&U, etc.). The Limb was in Shirley (just outside of Bloomington). We would go there once or twice a year, too. I went to AC '79 in Athens. At the time, I still wasn't convinced that Jesus was not God. (In fact, I even "threw" some questions on the Entrance Exam. I knew the answer that was expected, but I wan't convinced it was right.) Obviously, a lot of others didn't do too well on that part of the test, because VP spent about three days hammering on it. I remember him saying "If you still think Jesus Christ is God, you've got to be possessed!" I was sure he was going to get revelation, single me out of the 3000 students, and cast devils out of me! It didn't happen, of course; but the LOGIC of JCING finally got through to me. Mo**y Pe**o gave his deprogramming story there, too. (I didn't go to ROA that year, so I know I heard the story at AC.) There was also some other young lady who escaped deprogrammers adn made it to the class with only the clothes on her back. Deprogramming WAS big back then. My mother admitted that she had looked into having ME deprogrammed, but the high price tag on the "service" ended THAT! As I recall, there were four teachings every day. Individual leaders taught "Morning Watch" teachings (before breakfast?). Later in the morning was a session of the AC. In the afternoon there were "series" teachings. I believe G. Wren taught "JC the Twig Leader" the first week, and LCM taught about Acts the second week. Then, at night there was another AC session. On the weekend, Saturday night, I believe, there was a seesion open to the public. I remember JAL doing a comedy routine about the "Devil's Bathroom." (Trivial enough, for you WW?) At the end of the summer, Vickie headed off to 10th Corps. Sue and Janie were replaced by Don Br****le, interim 9th Corps. He really got the twigs moving, but he was never heavy-handed. He was serious about the Word, but was loving and a fun man. (Sadly, he died of a heart attack some years ago.) Another young lady took over the campus Twig, with me as her assistant. I enjoyed the leaders' meetings and the fellowhip on campus. Still no fooling around, as far as I could tell. I think it was in 79 that R. Kehoe took over as Limb Leader. I liked him, too. He was short, but he had a commanding presence. That pretty much runs through fall of '79. Maybe I'll write more later. The basic gist is: people were fellowshipping and witnessing because they ENJOYED it. Leadership, even Corps, were cool. George

I've found that "Blame it on the Bossa Nova" can block out any other tune. Unfortunately, then I can't get THAT song out of my mind! :blink: George