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26 May 2006 08:53:01 AM |
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Hire me because I'm a born again Christian |
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
nafc
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: Hire me because I'm a born again Christian |
30 May 2006 10:36:29 AM |
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<nafc@snet.net> wrote in message
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Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
Really! Are these people so insecure that they have to constantly advertise
their beliefs? Or did they think that you'd be more likely to hire them
because of this?
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
You should also pick up "The Dark Side of Christianity" ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
Atheist ***** Extraordinaire
#1557
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Hire me because I'm a born again Christian |
26 May 2006 04:09:02 PM |
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schreef:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
nafc
You should only do that, after the job is finsihed,
and before you have made the last payment:)
really, you shouldn't do such a thing,
it's not honest,
unless you really believe in Satan:
Never heard of this though
Peter van Velzen
May 2006
Amstelveen
The Netherlands
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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| Title: Re: Hire me because I'm a born again Christian |
26 May 2006 04:12:18 PM |
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wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
I had to have the house painted last year,and after receiving payment,
one of them ran out to the truck and came back with a fundy pamphlet.
He just gave it to me without a word, no attempts at persuasion or
anything, so I didn't hold it against him, although I let him see me
fold it up as I shut the door.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references.
I won't do that, but mainly to make a statement. Where I live there
is a hardware store, an auto shop, a commercial valve and pipe
manufacturer and a neon sign factory within five minutes of my house,
all of which post bible verses on their signs, two of which have bible
fish painted on permanently, and one of which has several verses from
Job as a permanent part of the sign. I will not, under any
circumstances, allow them to think I hired them because of their
religious posturing.
The roofers who fixed a leak for me this month repulsed me when I
swung by their office to pay with a credit card. In the lobby was a
poster in support of the Promise Keepers, so they lost my business as
both an atheist and a woman. I had gotten several quotes for that job,
and when I next need a roofer I'll just call the other company I liked
best.
If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
That would be needlessly disrespectful if all the contractor did was
mention his superstitious leaning. If he tried to proselytize at all,
then I'd say he's fair game for anything.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "" |
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30 May 2006 10:45:16 AM |
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wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
I have never had a contractor do this, but I have seen those
fish signs on many business's.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
Since you seem to be asking our opinions I would definitely try
to avoid these born agains. The are trying to benefit from
discrimination
and atheists as well as less aggressive Christians will suffer if they
they succeed. On the other hand if this practice causes them
to lose business perhaps this discrimination will end.
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| User: "Liz" |
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30 May 2006 10:42:43 AM |
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wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
Networking. They figure if you are also a BAC, then that gives them a
leg up.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
In our area, there is even a Christian Yellow Pages called the
"Shepard's Guide" for religious people to advertise for other religious
people.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
Whomever you hire, check with your area Better Business Bureau and if
possible make arrangements to actually see some of their finished work
before you sign the contract. I redid my bathrooms a couple of years
ago. Good luck and yes, you will live through it.
Liz #658
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| User: "Josh Miles" |
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26 May 2006 12:20:16 PM |
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wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
So are many people on death row.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
nafc
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| User: "Sasha" |
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| Title: Re: Hire me because I'm a born again Christian |
26 May 2006 12:48:34 PM |
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I think it's more of a badge of honesty that they think people actually
give a crap about. To them, "I'm a born again Christian" translates
into "I won't lie or cheat".
You should hire the fundy and leave a couple of gay porn magazines
around the work area...throw them for a bit of a loop. :-)
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| User: "R. Pierce Butler" |
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| Title: Re: Hire me because I'm a born again Christian |
26 May 2006 08:43:09 PM |
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"Sasha" <scironi@gmail.com> wrote in news:1148665714.283697.83730
@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
I think it's more of a badge of honesty that they think people actually
give a crap about. To them, "I'm a born again Christian" translates
into "I won't lie or cheat".
You should hire the fundy and leave a couple of gay porn magazines
around the work area...throw them for a bit of a loop. :-)
Don't hire the fundy. In every single instance that I have had bsuiness
dealing with a fundy I have regretted it. Evey single ne of them were
incompetent. Want an example? Dr. Chung.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Hire me because I'm a born again Christian |
26 May 2006 01:23:20 PM |
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Sasha wrote:
I think it's more of a badge of honesty that they think people actually
give a crap about. To them, "I'm a born again Christian" translates
into "I won't lie or cheat".
That's the impression I got, "I'm a Christian so you can trust me".
You should hire the fundy and leave a couple of gay porn magazines
around the work area...throw them for a bit of a loop. :-)
Then give him a devilish smile? :)
nafc
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: Hire me because I'm a born again Christian |
30 May 2006 10:37:48 AM |
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<nafc@snet.net> wrote in message
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Sasha wrote:
I think it's more of a badge of honesty that they think people actually
give a crap about. To them, "I'm a born again Christian" translates
into "I won't lie or cheat".
That's the impression I got, "I'm a Christian so you can trust me".
Ha! And we all know what a crock of hooey THAT is :P
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
Atheist ***** Extraordinaire
#1557
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| User: "Joe Zawadowski" |
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| Title: Re: Hire me because I'm a born again Christian |
26 May 2006 02:56:57 PM |
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In article <bu2dnSKRAIxVperZnZ2dnUVZ_tGdnZ2d@sigecom.net>, Josh Miles
<no@thanks.com> wrote:
nafc@snet.net wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
So are many people on death row.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
nafc
In my experience, the more folks blab about how religious they are, the
more they will gouge you for their services, cheat you or stab you in the
back. Maybe it is an artifact of their inflated
self-esteem/self-righteousness. Give me a down-to-earth, hard-living
working man who wants to party rather than pray after work any day.
Joe Z.
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"Freedom begins between the ears."
Edward Abbey
"Which ever way your pleasure tends,
if you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind"
Hunter
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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26 May 2006 06:42:28 PM |
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"Joe Zawadowski" <joseph.zawadowski@duke.edu> wrote in message
news:joseph.zawadowski-2605061556570001@zawa.duhs.duke.edu...
In article <bu2dnSKRAIxVperZnZ2dnUVZ_tGdnZ2d@sigecom.net>, Josh Miles
<no@thanks.com> wrote:
nafc@snet.net wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
So are many people on death row.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
nafc
In my experience, the more folks blab about how religious they are, the
more they will gouge you for their services, cheat you or stab you in the
back. Maybe it is an artifact of their inflated
self-esteem/self-righteousness.
I guess they figure that if they're going to be a wretched sinner no matter
what they do, they might as well act like one, the Jesus character will
automatically forgive them anyway.
Sheesh. What a lesson...
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "Witziges Rätsel" |
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26 May 2006 09:10:02 AM |
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Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Fundies finally noticed how Jews have been networking and hiring each
other for a thousand years. Now many of them will only deal with businesses
within their own circle and endeavor to recruit others into those cartels.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
You might wish to consider hiring people who don't base their lives on
childish folklore. If they screw up your project: "Oh well, it's god's
will." Also, any believer worth his salt carries no insurance.
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| User: "" |
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26 May 2006 12:06:56 PM |
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Witziges R=E4tsel wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Fundies finally noticed how Jews have been networking and hiring each
other for a thousand years. Now many of them will only deal with business=
es
within their own circle and endeavor to recruit others into those cartels.
Never thought of that. They're thinking that I'm a fellow Christian so
I'd be more likely to hire them.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
You might wish to consider hiring people who don't base their lives on
childish folklore. If they screw up your project: "Oh well, it's god's
will." Also, any believer worth his salt carries no insurance.
I really don't care what they base their lives on as long as they do a
good job. If they screw up they can say it's god's will but they'll
also have to sue me for the money. As for insurance, they have no
choice since it's require by law in the state I live in. Yes I do
check.
nafc
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| User: "Enkidu" |
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26 May 2006 04:13:19 PM |
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wrote in
news:1148663216.320791.218700@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
Witziges Rätsel wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in
my house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come
over to give me estimates. While talking about my project and they
doing their usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on,
two of them mentioned they're born again Christians.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would
make a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't
mention to them that I'm an atheist.
Fundies finally noticed how Jews have been networking and hiring
each
other for a thousand years. Now many of them will only deal with
business
es
within their own circle and endeavor to recruit others into those
cartels.
Never thought of that. They're thinking that I'm a fellow Christian
so I'd be more likely to hire them.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic
Bible and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the
project. :)
You might wish to consider hiring people who don't base their
lives on
childish folklore. If they screw up your project: "Oh well, it's
god's will." Also, any believer worth his salt carries no insurance.
I really don't care what they base their lives on as long as they do a
good job. If they screw up they can say it's god's will but they'll
also have to sue me for the money. As for insurance, they have no
choice since it's require by law in the state I live in. Yes I do
check.
nafc
Hire the best man for the job, regardless of his race, religion or
national origin. I only wish Christians would do the same.
--
Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.thoughts.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
PGP ID: 0xC4CE8CF0
The Bible was written by the same people who said the Earth was flat.
-- bumper sticker
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| User: "stoney" |
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31 May 2006 11:15:00 AM |
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On 26 May 2006 06:53:01 -0700, wrote in alt.atheism
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
To me, in general, that's a warning bell of someone to stay away from.
If they have to advertise it then their trustworthiness becomes very
shaky.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
I've had Christian Contractors work for me. One, who I found out later
was a fundy, was honest and did a fantastic job. Another christian
contractor did some lying and his work wasn't that good.
One older gent did some front end repair on my daughter's car. I knew
these folks were heavilly Christian, but they treated it as a private
matter. We mentioned putting things in writing and the gent was quite
[honestly] offended and indicated he didn't want to work with us. If my
word isn't good enough then I don't want to do business with you.
So we said, ok.
He said it would take him a day and a half to complete the work. He was
as good as his word. He did a great job on it and his only regret was
he couldn't locate a used grill assembly, so he wired in the closest he
could find fully expecting to find a proper one within a month.
You couldn't tell it wasn't the proper one or that it had been
temporarily wired into place.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
I suggest checking out his work at a couple of the references yourself.
--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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26 May 2006 12:48:42 PM |
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On 26 May 2006 06:53:01 -0700, wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
Hang a bible with torn-out pages instead of the bathrrom tissue.
nafc
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| User: "" |
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26 May 2006 01:18:17 PM |
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Christopher A. Lee wrote:
On 26 May 2006 06:53:01 -0700, wrote:
Had a weird experience lately. I decided to have the bathroom in my
house renovated so I called a few contractors and had them come over to
give me estimates. While talking about my project and they doing their
usual sales pitch on how they're reliable and so on, two of them
mentioned they're born again Christians.
I've had contractors over to my house before for other projects and
none of them ever said that. I guess these guys think that would make
a difference. Anyone else have this experience? I didn't mention to
them that I'm an atheist.
Anyway, I'm actually considering hiring one of them because of his
knowledge and references. If I do, maybe I should get a Satanic Bible
and leave it out where he'll see it on the last day of the project. :)
Hang a bible with torn-out pages instead of the bathrrom tissue.
I'm sure he wouldn't like when he walked into the bathroom and saw
this:
http://www.religionisbullshit.org/bogroll.gif
nafc
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