--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In light of the two letters to the editor that Rick Archer > reproduced for us -- and which I found were of the Fundamentalist > Christian ilk wrapped in TM cultspeak -- I am ready to predict what > the next direction the Movement will take. > > In the last of the two letters, the writer relates that he got into > a discussion with a prostelytizer at the door (sect and religion > not mentioned). And it struck me and others on this forum how very > similar both the door knocker and the letter writer -- the TMer -- > were. > > Then it came to me that it would be only natural that MMY require > all that are recertified to spend 3 hours each day going door-to- > door spreading the world of TM. > > Heck, the Mormons do it; the Jehovah's Witnesses do it; Girl Scouts > do it (aren't those chocolate-coconut cookies the best? > http://www.girlscoutcookiesabc.com/atc/Caramel_deLites.asp)...so > why not TMers? > > If the kooky idea of malls was breached and taken seriously by the > TM powers that be, knocking on doors is not too much of a stretch, > eh? And, hey, once it's pointed out to MMY that there's no cost > per square foot to do door-to-door, I think it will start to have > an appeal! > > Anyone want to take any bets that this will happen?
The real secret of the girl scout cookie drive success is that it's a contest -- the girls are earning college money for selling the most cookies, that sorta thang. So to really make it a success, you'd have to come up with some sort of TM contest. Maybe the "poor" recerts could earn their way to Raja status. "Bring in 108 new initiates and earn your robe! Bring in 300 and get the crown that goes with it." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
