Sunday, August 20, 2006

growing up adventist

if you grew up adventist, then you probably share a lot of cultural experiences with me… and this email forward makes you laugh…

but last night, merv and i were trying to outdo each other with our “i was sooo sheltered...” stories, and MAN! looking back on our lives, it’s actually rather funny to think of the stuff that we went through as kids.

for example, my brother and i weren’t really allowed to watch tv.  neither was merv.  but if my brother and i were allowed to watch tv (only shows such as “jeopardy”, “family ties” and “the cosby show"), we had to turn off the volume on the commercials because we couldn’t let the “bad music” enter our house.  yeah - i’m not kidding - and that’s exactly how they said it.

on the other hand, merv’s parents had a “tv allowance box” which allowed merv and his brother to watch 2 hours of tv each week.  so they ended up not watching commercials either, but only because they wanted to save their 2 hours of tv watching time.

the funny thing was that merv’s brother actually figured out the parent code - the one that allowed unlimited tv usage - and they would watch tv while their parents weren’t home and then turn off the box and dive outta the living room when they heard the garage open.  if that’s not funny enough, get this - one time, the code was actually 1844!

can anyone out there beat these stories?  there are so many more i think we could both pull from, but i thought i’d give you a chance to participate before i wow you with the conservativeness that was our parents raising us to be good little adventists.

what type of weird little quirks did you go through as a result of being raised adventist?  i’d love to hear that i wasn’t alone…

Posted by kgrp on 08/20 at 12:43 PM
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