Yesterday I didn't feel like eating the frozen cuisine I brought for lunch, and since the sun was shining, decided to venture over to Za's to get a salad. Za's serves pizza, pasta, salad, and sandwiches, very tasty stuff. You fill out menu cards, which allows you to customize your meal. When I got there, the parking lot was pretty full, but I managed to sneak a spot by the front door. As I was walking in, I saw two college age guys in suits also walking in. I figured they were young professionals on their lunch break. I got in and filled out my menu card, and started waiting in line. One of the young guys was ahead of me, and I noticed he was wearing a name tag which read "Church of the Latter Day Saints". I looked behind me, and there were about ten more guys and a couple of girls, all wearing black suits (the girls were wearing black dresses). Mormons!!
Overall, I don't have a problem with religion. I went to a Catholic grade school and a Catholic high school, and I don't know that I would have a lot of the values I have if it weren't for that. I'm not a religious person, but I respect other peoples religious beliefs. That being said, Mormons kind of creep me out. They strike me as kind of cultish, and they have to wear special underwear. Not to mention the whole polygamy thing. And Donnie and Marie. The other thing that popped into my head was they aren't allowed to have caffeine, so they would be ordering water. Sure enough, they all did. Since I was surrounded by them, I got iced tea just to prove I wasn't one of the clones.
I was able to snag a seat in the restaurant where their whole group wouldn't fit, so none of them sat by me. I was getting close to finishing my salad when I noticed that some of them were already done eating. To kill time, they started talking to a woman sitting at a table by herself reading her book. Where are you from, that kind of thing. I figured they would start talking to her about religion next. At that point, I realized that I would be the next target, since I was also sitting alone reading a book. So I scarfed down my last bite and got the heck out of there. No special underwear for me!!
Saturday, March 18, 2006
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I'm pro-polygamy, but con-special grundies. Unless it's really soft or something. That said, there's just something about a hot Mormon girl...
Mormon's creep me out too. For a good read about the whole mormon thing...check out the book "Under the Banner of Heaven". Very interesting/disturbing.
BTW welcome to the world of blogging...hope you do better than I have done!
I remember whenever BYU would play Fresno State in football, the frats would all dress like Mormons and ride their bikes around the edge of the field. Of course it lost some it's impact because people saw Mormons riding bikes around Fresno all the time. They always rode in twos--like CHiPs.
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