I know. I mean, can you think of anything more pitiful? The guy who gave the blessing must have just watched "A Christmas Story" and visions of Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim were on his mind.
First time DH told me that I was dumb-founded. Her sons all have bad backs to boot!
"I told my daughter about the whole "walking back to Missouri" thing, and she was like "why wouldn't people ride a bike or something?"
Shortly after I returned from my mission in 1976, our Gospel Doctrine lesson one Sunday was on this subject. The teacher was this middle-aged lady who was one of the TBM "pillars of the ward"---a Hardshell Mormon. She related the line about us having to walk to Missouri one day. I raised my hand and said "Well, it wouldn't be like it was in pioneer days. There are paved roads and vehicles now" etc. She just looked at me like I was the first person who had ever thought of such a thing.
She didn't really say anything in response, but I could hear her thinking "The prophet said we're gonna walk to Missouri, so by God, we're gonna walk!"
Uhhhhh..."the coming gas shortages"? Are you posting from like, 1979? There's more oil production now than ever before, and new oil deposits being discovered. That's why gas prices are so low.
Newly converted neighbor told me his patriarchal blessing said that he was in a wheelchair (been in one for 14 years) so he could do genealogy. I am like WTF? You are in a wheelchair because you have MS and can't walk.
randyj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "That's priceless. I try to picture granny riding > piggy back down the freeway to Missouri." > > I wonder---when granny makes the trek, will the > huge billboards that advertise the nearest adult > stores still line the interstate?
Of course they will! There are so many in Missouri anyways!
But there's one little problem: by law, pedestrians are not allowed on the Interstate Freeway system (though bicycles are tolerated on some rural stretches if no other suitable route exists). So it seems the Mormon Exodus has two options to face: risk arrest or walk along Highway US 40 instead.
Well, luckily for them, Highway 40 runs mostly unbroken all the way between Park City and Independence, though with Denver right smack in the middle, where Hwy 40 is Colfax Ave. Hey, maybe they could eat a good mid-journey Mexican meal at the Casa Bonita there!
But on the other hand, I expect the Mormons will be making the pilgrimage during the apocalypse...
Why did he Osmonds move their big growing families to Branson, Missouri several years ago then move back to Utah if Missouri is the PLACE TO BE? Same goes for several LDS performers in Branson. They only stay as long as they have a popular show(s).
Stupid just never ends...had a buddy dove headfirst into missourri and the old testament with all its jubilees and feasts and animal sacrifice...nuthin like killin the goats then having a party...seemed like a fairly smart guy...last he wrote me he was looking for donations...a little or a lot....guess it worked for plygs and mormons...whynot...there were quite a few buggered off from utah to missourri twenty years ago...all i hear theyre still bickering over who gets to run the show...then the disappointed promptly chased after ol winkys line a bull....seemed smarter than that...guess they missed the yellow dog wagging its tail talk...oh well