Two young men in black suits...

[SquirrelDip]

So I'm walking my dogs at an off leash park this morning...

I'm approached by two young men in black suits, they ask if I would like to talk. I asked what are they searching for and will they find what they are searching. The reply was something about finding at the end of the journey...

So I asked... If I lost my keys and found that my wife had them and I would get them back at the end of the day, would I be a moron for continuing to look for them???

We departed and I went back to walking my dogs...

[thecoalman]

Those people are PITA, my GF was having her kids birthday party and I'm at the car with a armload of stuff looking like a pack mule. They come up and ask me if I have a minute....

Does it look like i have a minute?

[lordsmurf]

I have no idea WTF either of you just said.

[SquirrelDip]

I have no idea WTF either of you just said.

Lucky...

[thecoalman]

I have no idea WTF either of you just said.

I would explain but it would get locked. :P

[Conquest10]

I have no idea WTF either of you just said.

Lucky...

I've never had any experiences with them (probably the neighborhoods I've lived in) but a lot family members have had tons of encounters with these gentlemen.

[yoda313]

they didn't look like anything like this did they:








Sorry couldn't resist

[ZAPPER]

Black coats? It is the guys in the white coats that I worry about!



I haven't seen any of the men in black since I was a kid. There were two of them that lived in a back house on my paper route. They never tried to sell me anything and were actually pretty good dudes for playing football with and such (They were both built about like Drew Carry and had the flat top hair cuts and black glasses to match) They were the first guys that I ever saw carry a VW "Bug" up a set of steps and wedge it into the entrance at a local school. They were pretty good bicycle mechanics too.

[lordsmurf]

I know who the men in suits were...

This is the part that doesn't make any sense to me...

So I asked what are they searching for and will they find what they are searching. The reply was something about finding at the end of the journey... So I asked... If I lost my keys and found that my wife had them and I would get them back at the end of the day, would I be a moron for continuing to look for them???.

Speaking in riddles..

[AlecWest]

Hmmm ... did they have close-cropped hair, thin ties, and were they riding bicycles? To paraphrase a McCartney lyric, they sound like "Elders on wheels."

[SquirrelDip]

Sorry lordsmurf but any less riddle and the thread would be locked for religion, politics, shit stirring or some combination there of.

"Elders on Wheels" sounds good but no bikes - just shiny black shoes and name badges.

[AlecWest]

"Elders on Wheels" sounds good but no bikes - just shiny black shoes and name badges.

I thought it might be fun to write to Weird Al Yankovic to see if he'd do a parody of that McCartney song. Of course, if he did, his record sales in Utah would plummet.

[BJ_M]

A condemned man has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second has fierce assassins armed to the teeth and the third has lions that have not eaten for three years. Which one should he choose?

[yoda313]

take the lions becuase they'd be dead already after not having eaten for that long

[ZAPPER]

take the lions becuase they'd be dead already after not having eaten for that long

If the lions starved so would you.

The assassins might not have been paid to kill me so I might be safe

[yoda313]

yeah but zapper bj_m was saying they were already starving for three years so that would mean they'd have to be dead already...




and yeah I agree with lordsmurf - STOP RIDDLING

[Cole]

A condemned man has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second has fierce assassins armed to the teeth and the third has lions that have not eaten for three years. Which one should he choose?

If he is a condemned man then it would sound like the assassins would be the quickest; a potential hail of bullets would be much quicker than burning or a mauling.

[Forum Troll]

I was one of them .. 15 years ago.. lol..

[gll99]

No religious context here but it shows how things can go around.

About 25 - 30 years ago 6 clean cut well dressed young gentlemen introduced themselves to me and as the first one shakes my hand he says: Hello I'm elder Jones, then the next one says hello I'm elder Brown, then the next one says hello I'm elder Green and so on down the line. After this I quipped, it's funny you all have the same first name. Only 2 very slight smiles and no response from the others but the more mature looking one of the group made a bit of a frown of disapproval seemingly directed towards the ones he saw smiling.
Skip ahead 10 - 15 years or so. I meet 2 different young men of similar persuasion and get the same type of greeting to which of course I again respond you both have the same first name. I see great smiles of recognition and jubilation. They both say in unison, we joke about that among ourselves. I tell them my little story of 10 - 15 years earlier and say "I probably started that among you"

btw) Nice respectful kids whoever they were.

[lordsmurf]

Are the two men you met the same as these two men here?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Su68w4QZinM

[Mr. Dweezel]

If the Men in Black are who I think they are..........

I had an interesting conversation with 2 last year!

I 'questioned' them about things in the B*bl* that aren't usually known.

I kept the conversation going and going. They finally said they have to leave.
They were very polite.

Just as they were leaving I started the conversation up again! Eventually they
said they have to leave again.

I did that one more time. This time when they said they had to leave I let them!

They were very polite, but it's interesting that THEY wanted to leave instead of the homeowner
wanting THEM to leave!

I also have fun with other unwanted sales people. I just keep the conversation
going until they get fed up.

Unfortunately one time I was talking to a utility worker and kept him talking until
it was his quitting time!

Telephone solicitors are a different problem. They can talk to the answering machine!

[Conquest10]

We don't get salesmen here and its a real shame. I would love for one to come around here. I would completely freak that guy out. Especially since without the lights on, most of my house is pretty dark even in broad daylight.

[SquirrelDip]

@lordsmurf: I can't believe I watched most of that video...

@Mr. Dweezel: Very funny. I recall as a kid (10 to 12) two similar guys coming to the door and asking if they could talk. My dad asked if the back patio would be fine and they said yes. He walked them through the house and sat them in the back yard, he then shut the sliding glass door and went back to watching TV. After about 15-20 minutes one of them, confused, knocked on the door and dad asked if they were finished talking - he then showed them out...

[Super Warrior]

A condemned man has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second has fierce assassins armed to the teeth and the third has lions that have not eaten for three years. Which one should he choose?

The lions! If they've been starving for a long time, they might not have the energy to chase me down.

[SquirrelDip]

Super[/url] Warrior]

A condemned man has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second has fierce assassins armed to the teeth and the third has lions that have not eaten for three years. Which one should he choose?

The lions! If they've been starving for a long time, they might not have the energy to chase me down.

When in doubt always choose pussy...

[BJ_M]

the lions would be dead, the room would have burned up and the assassins would most likely have killed each other ...


so it doesnt mater .... predestine or chance ?

depends if you are a "man in black" or a Tom Cruise sort of guy ...

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

I don't get it....

Does it have anything to do with Scientology???

[Abbadon]

I don't get it....

Does it have anything to do with Scientology???

I doubt it, scientologists normally send someone out to spread booklets asking people to watch a movie for free, after that, they interview you and the fee part comes out.

[SquirrelDip]

I don't get it....

Does it have anything to do with Scientology???

I doubt it, scientologists normally send someone out to spread booklets asking people to watch a movie for free, after that, they interview you and the fee part comes out.

Mission Impossible III? :P

[thecoalman]

Mission Impossible III? :P

That would be the name of the movie if they taping them talking to me.