briar patch

[JohnH]

John never answers the phone when I call. I think he’s shunning me

I haven’t had any missed calls - unless you changed your number and got lost in call screening. I do check my voicemails too.

[JohnL]

John never answers the phone when I call. I think he’s shunning me

Big John?
Little John?
Johnny come lately?
John Wayne?
Papa John’s?
John Deere
John Hancock?
Johnny Cash?

[Neto]

John never answers the phone when I call. I think he’s shunning me

Big John?
Little John?
Johnny come lately?
John Wayne?
Papa John’s?
John Deere
John Hancock?
Johnny Cash?

You missed the "Johnny" that cannot read.
EDIT: Not to mention 'John Denver'.

[Soloist]

John never answers the phone when I call. I think he’s shunning me

Big John?
Little John?
Johnny come lately?
John Wayne?
Papa John’s?
John Deere
John Hancock?
Johnny Cash?

So far I haven’t got any of the above to call me. Even such a distinguished gentleman such as yourself refuses to call me.

[Soloist]

John never answers the phone when I call. I think he’s shunning me

Big John?
Little John?
Johnny come lately?
John Wayne?
Papa John’s?
John Deere
John Hancock?
Johnny Cash?

So far I haven’t got any of the above to call me. Even such a distinguished gentleman such as yourself refuses to call me.

Wife: No Juan ever calls us anymore

[temporal1]

Watch it! Off topic. This stuff belongs in I think it is funny.

[JohnL]

A sweet berry for the briar patch
Did you want a fight?

[JohnH]

And furthermore, No, I didn't find Robert's approach to be a role model. Quite the opposite. His approach was unhelpfully partisan and 1-party biased,

Goodness gracious.

[Grace]

You didn't answer my question... "How would you talk about this event in a way that you would characterize as not-political?" If you're so good at not-politicking a current event (and I'm not) then you help me out here and show/tell how it should be done...

And furthermore, No, I didn't find Robert's approach to be a role model. Quite the opposite. His approach was unhelpfully partisan and 1-party biased, which IS the political aspect I think we can/should avoid. So that probably explains our contentions. Like JohnH alluded to elsewhere, we have different understandings of the term "political".

If Robert's approach wasn't a role model, was unhelpfully partisan, 1-party biased, and is something we should avoid, why do you continue to do that very thing.

This is the typical response seen over and over from certain factions here. They boss others telling them what not to do, yet they themselves do that very thing.

Aside from that, I find the denigration of Robert, sad.

[Soloist]

You didn't answer my question... "How would you talk about this event in a way that you would characterize as not-political?" If you're so good at not-politicking a current event (and I'm not) then you help me out here and show/tell how it should be done...

And furthermore, No, I didn't find Robert's approach to be a role model. Quite the opposite. His approach was unhelpfully partisan and 1-party biased, which IS the political aspect I think we can/should avoid. So that probably explains our contentions. Like JohnH alluded to elsewhere, we have different understandings of the term "political".

If Robert's approach wasn't a role model, was unhelpfully partisan, 1-party biased, and is something we should avoid, why do you continue to do that very thing.

This is the typical response seen over and over from certain factions here. They boss others telling them what not to do, yet they themselves do that very thing.

Aside from that, I find the denigration of Robert, sad.

Wife: there were times that I didn’t agree with him, but I remember especially how surprising it was that he was so insistent everybody stop harassing do not perish, even though that guy was being angry with everybody, and Robert exposing himself to being denounced just to try to have a reasonable conversation with him on the phone.

I also liked his heartening stories, and the fact that he usually ruled with decency. nobody’s perfect and politics is pretty divisive, but I got the feeling that he wanted to follow God.