Yes, I know it’s supposed to be Nelson and yes, I’m up in the night.

Hi, rfmers. I’m back in Utah, which is not a bad thing imo. It still feels like home. So I’m going along, trying my best to disregard the mormosity, when Monson dies. Good grief, the Governor was yakking away about reading Monson’s sermons and trying to better, and the news people were crying on TV! Super weird after 25 years away.

I was struck by a photo they showed of Monson with the Council of Ancient Doddering Con Men in 1965, 2 years after he was invited to join at age 36. Even Hinckley, who also looked youngish compared to the others, was 17 years older than Monson.

How’d he swing that deal, do you suppose? He couldn’t yet have been very wealthy. Did he have some dirt on somebody, or was he just that much better at schmoozing and being in the right places at the right times? Having Harold B. Lee as a stake president probably helped his cause.

Does anybody know?

The HBL connection is a compelling one. He hitched his wagon to that rising star?



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I think he showed early on he was a decent manager, was fully and delusionally mormon, was easy to manipulate, and was smack-dab in the middle of their home turf (SLC). Easy pickins.

Not to mention being of white and delightsome Swedish convert stock...

When did Elder Poopshorts become an asspostle? I must have missed that one...

Feeder F. Stuckfork ... Dither F. Dickdork ... gah! Stupid autocorrect.

:)

So he was in on the great excitement when the BoA papyri were found in 1967, and the subsequent confirmation that the BoA was obviously a complete fraud.

What can I say? He made a deal with the devil so he could keep living the life. Stan rewarded him well.

I was thinking the same thing about uchdorf. Or however you spell his name. They kept showing a picture on the news of the cryer and Uchdorf with Monson's empty seat between them. I can't remember the cryer's name (he actually looks like my old boss and my boyfriend knew his dad, so i don't know why I can't think of his name). But the cryer looks old. All the women would swoon if Uchdorf was called as president.

I find nothing attractive about the man, but the mormon women sure do.

Thanks for noticing that I came back. I’m still rooting for Snoopsnort. :)