Missionaries, don't call your companion your "companion"

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  • Indy Coug
    Heartless Bastard
    • Dec 2008
    • 18747
    #1

    Missionaries, don't call your companion your "companion"

    So my Aussie companion answers the door one day and this guy asks if our landlord is home. He says "No, just me and my companion".

    The guy at the door eyes perk up and he says "Oh, are you gay too?" and my comp says "Nah, mate." and slams the door on him.

    From that point forward, my comps and I referred to each other as "associates".
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    • Commando
      Explosivo
      • Feb 2009
      • 20748
      #2
      ha ha. Companion is a pretty gay term. Associate is pretty gangster.
      "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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        • il Padrino Ute
          Junior Member
          • Nov 2008
          • 19161
          #3
          That's awesome. LOL!
          "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


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            • ERCougar
              Junior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 10978
              #4
              Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
              So my Aussie companion answers the door one day and this guy asks if our landlord is home. He says "No, just me and my companion".

              The guy at the door eyes perk up and he says "Oh, are you gay too?" and my comp says "Nah, mate." and slams the door on him.

              From that point forward, my comps and I referred to each other as "associates".
              My BIL is serving in the Bay Area and it's an official directive from their MP to refer to each other as "friends" and specifically avoid the word "companion".
              At least the Big Ten went after a big-time addition in Nebraska; the Pac-10 wanted a game so badly, it added Utah
              -Berry Trammel, 12/3/10

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                • cowboy
                  Homer Weems
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 5740
                  #5
                  Shouldn't the appropriate term be Team Member? That seems to be all the rage these days.
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                    • Indy Coug
                      Heartless Bastard
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 18747
                      #6
                      My fellow doorknocking technician
                      Everything in life is an approximation.

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                        • FMCoug
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 6825
                          #7
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                            • il Padrino Ute
                              Junior Member
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 19161
                              #8
                              Colleague.
                              "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                              "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                                • SoonerCoug
                                  Joycelyn Elders Supporter
                                  • Nov 2008
                                  • 4680
                                  #9
                                  I always made a point of observing investigators' reactions in sac meeting when missionaries or former missionaries would mention being "in a threesome" on their mission.
                                  That which may be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. -C. Hitchens

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                                    • SteelBlue
                                      Senior Member
                                      • Nov 2008
                                      • 8180
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by il Padrino Ute View Post
                                      Colleague.
                                      That was the word we used in Dutch.

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                                        • TripletDaddy
                                          sweet triple
                                          • Nov 2008
                                          • 58186
                                          #11
                                          "He's the pitcher. I'm the catcher!"
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                                            • LA Ute
                                              Receiver of Memory
                                              • Nov 2008
                                              • 19512
                                              #12
                                              In El Salvador way back in the mid-70s, "companero" had a gay connotation. We were "amigos."

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                                                • RobinFinderson
                                                  Banned
                                                  • Nov 2008
                                                  • 10548
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                                                  (How do you insert a tilde or an accent mark on this site?)
                                                  Try using a Sharpie.

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                                                    • il Padrino Ute
                                                      Junior Member
                                                      • Nov 2008
                                                      • 19161
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post
                                                      That was the word we used in Dutch.
                                                      As it was in Italy.
                                                      "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                                                      "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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