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I talked to some interesting people on the radio in the last couple days. There were two that I thought you would especially enjoy hearing about.
The first one was this evangelistic guy who was talking about Jesus and he had this whole "Holier than thou" attitude about it and everything. Don't you hate those people that butt into your business and try to force their beliefs on you? Anyway, I wanted to say to him, but I didn't because I hadn't thought of the right words at the time, something like this;
"Listen, I respect your beliefs, and I even agree with you on some of them, but there's a few points to be made: First of all, you don't know me. If you knew me, you wouldn't bother wasting your time preaching. Second, my relationship with god, whatever happens between me and god, and yes, even whatever stands between me and god, is just that: It's between ME and GOD. And it is none of your business. Third and last, even though we're on the road, this is still a workplace, and this radio is meant for traffic and weather information to be shared among professional drivers. It is not a place for you to thump your bible and spout evangelistic jargon."
I wish I had thought to say all that. But whatever. The second one was really funny and I DID say it, and my dad was proud of me, he thought it was funny as hell.
There were these truckers talking about homosexuality, and one of them said, "Well, the way I see it, leave the queers alone. Let 'em be. I mean, if there's a man, and he takes another man with him, well then that leaves two more women for me!"
Then another guy said something about how two men together is disgusting, blah blah blah.
Then this female driver got on and made an interesting point that's been made a thousand times before that I definately agree with. She said, "Yeah, butchya'll ain't got any problems seein' two women gettin' it on."
The first guy said, "Well yeah, but that's just natural. All us guys are that way."
To which I replied, "Yeah, but you got to realize that that leaves two men open and available for you"
Then my dad laughed his a** off and gave me a high five. He loved it. The people on the radio didn't say anything. There's not really much you CAN say in defense to that remark without digging yourself into a deeper hole.
The first one was this evangelistic guy who was talking about Jesus and he had this whole "Holier than thou" attitude about it and everything. Don't you hate those people that butt into your business and try to force their beliefs on you? Anyway, I wanted to say to him, but I didn't because I hadn't thought of the right words at the time, something like this;
"Listen, I respect your beliefs, and I even agree with you on some of them, but there's a few points to be made: First of all, you don't know me. If you knew me, you wouldn't bother wasting your time preaching. Second, my relationship with god, whatever happens between me and god, and yes, even whatever stands between me and god, is just that: It's between ME and GOD. And it is none of your business. Third and last, even though we're on the road, this is still a workplace, and this radio is meant for traffic and weather information to be shared among professional drivers. It is not a place for you to thump your bible and spout evangelistic jargon."
I wish I had thought to say all that. But whatever. The second one was really funny and I DID say it, and my dad was proud of me, he thought it was funny as hell.
There were these truckers talking about homosexuality, and one of them said, "Well, the way I see it, leave the queers alone. Let 'em be. I mean, if there's a man, and he takes another man with him, well then that leaves two more women for me!"
Then another guy said something about how two men together is disgusting, blah blah blah.
Then this female driver got on and made an interesting point that's been made a thousand times before that I definately agree with. She said, "Yeah, butchya'll ain't got any problems seein' two women gettin' it on."
The first guy said, "Well yeah, but that's just natural. All us guys are that way."
To which I replied, "Yeah, but you got to realize that that leaves two men open and available for you"
Then my dad laughed his a** off and gave me a high five. He loved it. The people on the radio didn't say anything. There's not really much you CAN say in defense to that remark without digging yourself into a deeper hole.
I thought the first one was really great... that's why I posted it here... the second one I posted just because I thought it was funny. lol.
