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Anti Federalist
11-16-2012, 03:48 PM
I fail to see the humor.

Having automatic weapons shoved in my face, split seconds away from some amped up asshole cop ready to light my ass up, ain't funny.

Who are these people???



Mormons stand off against the narcs

By Paul Rolly

First Published Nov 13 2012 01:46 pm • Last Updated Nov 14 2012 08:05 am

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/55269266-90/budd-rolly-president-elders.html.csp

Daryl Zadock Budd (who goes by Zadock) is a faithful Mormon known for his cheerful spirit and good sense of humor, not to mention his colorful writing style.

When he shared a gospel-spreading experience he had several years ago, the story spread on the Internet until it found its way to me in an email from a reader. I contacted Budd, who confirmed his humorous tale is true.

It’s too good not to pass along.

Budd and the elders quorum president in his Clearfield LDS ward were home teaching to lapsed members when they came upon a home containing a member more lapsed than they could have imagined.

They were welcomed into the woman’s apartment, which she shared with a boyfriend.

"As we were preparing to say the closing prayer at the conclusion of our visit, we heard someone pounding on the door and yelling, ‘It’s the police! Open the door!’ I thought, ‘Oh, that old joke.’ Then there was more pounding," Budd wrote.

Before the boyfriend could open the door, it flew open and 10 armed men wearing Kevlar vests bearing the word POLICE swarmed in, ordering everyone to the floor.

Budd wrote: "I thought to myself, ‘This is going to make a great story.’ "

As Budd lay face down on the carpet, the elders quorum president stood up from where he was sitting on the couch, thinking he could explain why he and Budd were there.

"The kind officers [who were spouting language the two LDS home teachers were not used to hearing] did not seem to like this action and one very large officer stepped toward Budd’s companion, who then found himself looking directly into the muzzle of the gun with a bright light shining in his eyes. The officer placed his finger over the trigger and shouted, ‘I said get on the ground!’ "

The portly elders quorum president quickly complied, but to Budd’s chagrin, there wasn’t enough room between the couch and coffee table, so he landed on Budd.

"I never thought I would need to ‘support the president’ like that," Budd continued. "I assure you, I really felt the weight of my calling."

While they were on the floor, the cops, who were part of a narcotics task force, continued to shout orders and threats. "The humor of the whole situation hit me full force and I started laughing," wrote Budd.

They were handcuffed and searched for weapons, not including their scriptures.

The elders quorum president finally blurted in one breath that they were home teachers from the LDS ward, causing the officers to look at one another in puzzlement. They asked for church ID and were quickly shown temple recommends.

"I knew that my temple recommend could help me get into the Lord’s house," Budd wrote, "but I never dreamed it could help me avoid going to the Big House."

Alas, they couldn’t save the couple they had gone to enlighten. "The lost sheep we were hoping to bring back to the fold sadly ended up going to a different pen."

(Can you point to a victim of the alleged crime, brother? A crime so horrendous it required a Soviet style military raid, that you found "humorous"? - AF)

Czolgosz
11-16-2012, 03:52 PM
Well the irony of the situation is mildly humorous.

What's sad is the acceptance of being treated like this, which isn't humorous, because it spreads to good people like you and I.

tod evans
11-16-2012, 03:55 PM
Fat Mormans aren't "bad" people...

Then again I'll bet neither was the woman in the apartment, or her boyfriend..

fisharmor
11-16-2012, 03:58 PM
So, LDS has some kind of PR problem? I can't imagine why.

heavenlyboy34
11-16-2012, 04:05 PM
AF, I think this is supposed to be the humorous part:
"I knew that my temple recommend could help me get into the Lord’s house," Budd wrote, "but I never dreamed it could help me avoid going to the Big House."

Alas, they couldn’t save the couple they had gone to enlighten. "The lost sheep we were hoping to bring back to the fold sadly ended up going to a different pen."
It's not really funny to me, but I suppose it's funny to these mormons. Someone hit mittromneyforums and get us in on the inside joke, plz. ;) :D

tod evans
11-16-2012, 04:06 PM
I thought the "funny" part was holding up the fat dude..

Henry Rogue
11-16-2012, 04:19 PM
Sad. The Lords shepherds end up being the governments sheep.

dannno
11-16-2012, 04:26 PM
"I never thought I would need to ‘support the president’ like that," Budd continued. "I assure you, I really felt the weight of my calling."

That is some Mormon humor if I've ever heard it before.

I guarantee those jokes got the biggest laughs of the whole Sacrament Meeting.

Anti Federalist
11-16-2012, 06:34 PM
Sad. The Lords shepherds end up being the governments sheep.

Pastor John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg

Toward the end of 1775, Muhlenberg was authorized to raise and command as its colonel the 8th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. After George Washington personally asked him to accept this task, he agreed. However, his brother Fredrick Augustus Mulenberg, who was also a minister, did not approve of him going into the army until the British burned down his own church in front of him. Then he joined the military himself.

According to a biography written by his great nephew in the mid-19th century,.[2] on January 21, 1776 in the Lutheran church in Woodstock, Virginia, Reverend Muhlenberg took his sermon text from the third chapter Ecclesiastes, which starts with "To every thing there is a season..."; after reading the eighth verse, "a time of war, and a time of peace," he declared, "And this is the time of war," removing his clerical robe to reveal his Colonel's uniform. Outside the church door the drums began to roll as men turned to kiss their wives and then walked down the aisle to enlist, and within half an hour, 162 men were enrolled.[3] The next day he led out 300 men from the county to form the nucleus of the 8th Virginia Regiment.

Muhlenberg's unit was first posted to the South, to defend the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. In early 1777, the Eighth was sent north to join Washington's main army. Muhlenberg was made a brigadier general of the Virginia Line and commanded that Brigade in Nathanael Greene's division at Valley Forge. Muhlenberg saw service in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. After Monmouth, most of the Virginia Line was sent to the far south, while General Muhlenberg was assigned to head up the defense of Virginia using mainly militia units.

At the Battle of Yorktown, he commanded the first brigade in Lafayette's Light Division.[4] His brigade was part of the Corps of Light Infantry, consisting of the light infantry companies of the line regiments of Massachusetts (ten companies), Connecticut (five companies), New Hampshire (five companies), and Rhode Island and New Jersey (one each). They held the right flank and manned the two trenches built to move American cannons closer to Cornwallis' defenses. The battalion commanded by French Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat led the night bayonet attack that stormed Redoubt No. 10 on October 14, 1781.

At the end of the war (1783), he was brevetted to major general and settled in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Muhlenberg was also an original member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Society of the Cincinnati.