C of C People Can Be Mean

[Ivy]

If you mind your own business you won't be minding mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSeuDDzjIB8

[B.H.]

Even farmers don't have to be lonely anymore

Hah! We all know what's going on when that sheep goes "Baaaaaahhhhhh" real load at night!

Is it is fair to assume that B.H. can speak with such certainty and authority on this subject because he is speaking from personal experience???

I do not have sex with farm animals, but a lot of county sheriff deputies have had to deal with people who have. Dogs, horses, sheep, goat, you name it. I guess some some folks in Navarro podunk County really like the animal to come out in a sex partner.

[Ramblin' Jack]

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[Ivy]

If you mind your own business you won't be minding mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSeuDDzjIB8

Ha! The other say I was listening to my Hank Williams 40 Greatest Hits CD, and when this song came on I actually thought, you know, they should really make CoC folks listen to this.

Ol' Hank summed up my own personal attitude about privacy pretty well with this tune.

Also, I love the reference to the "party line." Now that is old school.

I am old enough to actually remember "party lines" ...... I remember once as a kid I was talking to one of my little friends and the lady eavesdropping
was laughing softly to herself about what we were saying.

[agricola]

You just remember party lines? My husband and I HAD one! With real live people at the switching station too, so if you wanted to make a 'long distance' call (all the way to town, about 8 miles away) sometimes you had to wait until the switchboard person got back from lunch or dinner!

[KLP]

As a young child I was confused by party lines. Seemed like it was always members who lived out in country houses (not the parsonage next to the church bldg.) I could not figure out why the phone would ring and they would say "don't answer that, it's not for us". Or you pick up the phone to make a call and there are strangers on the phone...what is wrong with those folks? LOL...as a child I could not understand. I also recall we used to do things like ask the operator to break in on a line when it was busy for a long time and we need to call that number. Those were the days,

[zeek]

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[ena]

I work with a couple of them who will make derogatory comments about people and then giggle or laugh about it. They'll giggle at the misfortune of others, a habit I've noticed among many C of C'ers. They're like Jr. High Mean Girls. I don't attribute this to nervousness--it's one thing if you're 12, another if you're in your 50s or 60s.

Common lack security. Push others down so you are higher. Some are more worried about social politics. Seen it many times. Been the victim of it even outside the CoC. Caught outright lies about me. It happens folks.

[Ivy]

I work with a couple of them who will make derogatory comments about people and then giggle or laugh about it. They'll giggle at the misfortune of others, a habit I've noticed among many C of C'ers. They're like Jr. High Mean Girls. I don't attribute this to nervousness--it's one thing if you're 12, another if you're in your 50s or 60s.

Common lack security. Push others down so you are higher. Some are more worried about social politics. Seen it many times. Been the victim of it even outside the CoC. Caught outright lies about me. It happens folks.

Have seen it in the workplace in non-cofc people too. Yes, sadly, it does happen.

[AtPeace]

KLP said:

As a young child I was confused by party lines. Seemed like it was always members who lived out in country houses (not the parsonage next to the church bldg.) I could not figure out why the phone would ring and they would say "don't answer that, it's not for us". Or you pick up the phone to make a call and there are strangers on the phone...what is wrong with those folks? LOL...as a child I could not understand.

You just described my memories perfectly! We didn't have a party line, but our farm relatives did. And I remember thinking just how you described here. Your post brought back some nice memories for me!