Yeah. LOL. A concerned sister once asked me if I had mono because I was always "sick" on sunday afternoon.

Patti, I always suspected you were a rebel at heart!!  Not only does everyone know now, but they knew then and the ones who were there wished they weren't     Okay, I have a confession, there were times I ran off to the library to study for a test, but really didn't have one,  it was only to be with someone I was spending time with    

I have to confess that once or twice when my kids acted up in the meeting, I took them out to the car and drove around town (to calm them down, of course) and came back just before the closing prayer!

Also, Tom and I snuck McDonald's into our back bedroom and ate Happy Meals after a particularly healthy Pritikin dinner in the home.  (Tom and a brother had gotten into a serious discussion about whether or not his half of the food money should be spent on lunchmeat that wasn't turkey.)

Finally, and this is a doozy- our bedroom was right down the hall from the livingroom where the Saturday tape meeting was held.  One Saturday at 7:30am we decided we wanted to go out to breakfast as a family, but we couldn't get out of the house without being seen.  So, Tom opened up the big window in the bathroom, and all 5 of us crawled out onto the front lawn one by one.  Unfortunately, the neighbors saw us and remarked to the head steward about the strange site of a couple with three little girls being hoisted from the window to the front yard.  That night at dinner we were chastized, but Tom and I both shared a big laugh about it later.

Sneaking the tv out of the closet?

Show of hands.

Yeah, I thought so!

Here's a better one. My dad was scheduled to give stated ministry one Sunday afternoon.

It was the shortest Sunday meeting in the history of the Assembly. We flew out the door and headed to my grandma's to watch a game. Can't remember if it was an Illini game or NFL playoff or what. He had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Fortunately, everyone thought it was funny and were relieved to have a shortened meeting. He's still hearing about that one!

Oh, I've got another, not as good as Susan's.  I used to spend many weekends with my mom, so I could go out with friends I had who were not associated with the assy.  I also had friends that I worked with and sometimes we'd go get something to eat afterwards.  

One thing that seemed a bit strange to me was how the children of the LBs in our assembly could miss Sunday to go to their choir performances and such. It would have been unthinkable for the peasants to do this unless they wanted to be 'encouraged.'

Ken,

This is Vince G. Remember when (you might not)....

It was a Sunday meeting.  All of us were sitting down after a song or prayer.  I was in the front row of the meeting at Bel-Nor. I had the little 5oz. stryofoam cup empty and got a wild hair. So I placed it under Roger Hommes (or maybe Joe Babor's) metal chair. CRAACK!  I was so busted. And I thought I was the biggest sinner too. Then Rudy sat me down afterward to chide me. Boy did that make me serious. Anyway, it was a crack-up. VPG