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Ok, this has got to be the funnyest, most scaryess (I don't think thats a word XD) thing that has ever happend to me, here goes:

First of all there is a Catholic church/school about a block from my house, the thing is gigantic..during the summer, the Pastor there asked if My boyfriend and I would take care of the church grounds once a week,(mowing, weedwacking,watering plants..stuff like that.)So sure, we did that..and got paid for it^^. Anyway, This past Monday he asked if we could do one more for him to get the place looking nice for a back to school thing he was having for the elementary kids that went to the school.So we said yeah, and started working on it...well, 10 minutes into the job my weed wacker hit a large stick, it went flying through the air,hit one of the stained glass windows and shattered it, my boyfriend turned quickly to see what happend(he was on one of those ride around mowers), as soon as he did, he ran straight into the statue of Jesus knocking it down ,an arm broke,his head is partially craked off and the moter is blown. The Preacher came screaming out of the Church cussing his head off..all the kids where staring out the windows and the Preacher was running toward us..In anycase, when my Mother found out, she nearly passed out on the floor and My dad was laughing his head off..that was terrible..I don't think I've ever heard a Pastor cuss, not to mention at someone.lol..so that was my Monday^^.

I know that Preacher hates me now...and will probably shun me from hanging out with his daughter....but..That has to be the worst thing I've ever done.

Wow . . . talk about your synchronicity!

Wow, he just made a great impression on those kids. Dorkwad.

lol, it was terrible..I have a feeling quite a few children wont be going to that school this year XD..and to think its all my fault 0_0.

Goodness, I wouldn't say it was your fault. It's a shame that you damaged the church, but it wasn't deliberate. I wouldn't worry about it too much, honestly, you didn't do anything wrong, and the Pastor's swearing is his problem, not yours.

ROFLOL!!!!!!! -___-; That's hillariously ironic...

Rei, it's not your fault. Despite the fact that you decapitated a statue of Jesus and broke a stained glass window. Somebody certainly needs to practice what they preach. I mean... whatever happened to patience, self-control, and tender loving kindness?? Has the Pastor even appologised to you or the kids yet??

It just bugs me, despite how funny it is, because when kids see a Pastor acting as wordly as anyone else, it makes people think that Christians are no different from the rest of the world.

Reminds me of a time last summer when my friend was working at a Christian bookstore and overheard the manager shouting/cursing about some order that didn't come in order that didn't come in and telling the other guy to 'Give 'em hell!!'

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Wow. That is really, really funny!! XD I mean, you do an amazing job taking care of the grounds all summer, and then Murphy's Law strikes. XD It wasn't your fault at all, so don't worry about that. Look at it on the bright side--You have a really funny story to tell people now!

Ha ha. . . oh, the irony. Is he charging you for damages? Stained glass is usually really expensive.

Wow. Are they going to make you pay for it?

LOL, Thanks you guys for the support^^.

Well, once he got done talking with my parents..we owe him exactly $378.65.I have absolutly no idea how I'm gonna do that..my boyfriend is taking another job, and I'm waiting for a reply to the application I filled out. Hope fully it will work out well.

Yes, he did apologize to the kids and teachers..and a bit to us, but thats it.

Yeah, it will be a good story to tell people about, especially my kids.XD

ree namuras wrote:(...How is that funny...?)

(Hmmm, I must be too serious for my own good. Funny, though, because I laugh very easily. Eh, regardless...)

(I doubt many kids at all will go to that school, especially if word goes around.)

Irony, Rii-chan. Irony. You don't expect a professing "man of God" to run up to you and cuss you out. It's just so random.

I'm sorry about what happened, Rei, but I am happy that we all could find the humor in it. Even if it is kinda sad.

.rai//

...WOW... O___O

You must post it on the Outlands! Or did you already? That was great...wow...except for the part about you owing him money.

Woooooo! $378.65?! Oooouch.

Well considering everything it could have been a lot worse.

I need to post it on CAO^^, I havn't yet.

Yeah, We're gonna split the payment and try to pay it off this month^^.

Yeah, it could have..I am so grateful it wasn't worse..though the statue was set back up..it looks very strange XD.

Well, at least you have someone to split it with. Wow....that's more than my rent and utility bills combined.

sorry you have to pay all that...I feel bad. Was a funny story though! Thx for sharing.

I'm sorry, but that's really funny. It sounds like something out of a movie!

Sheesh Yuki, you pay cheap rent!! :: Moves where ever Yuki lives ::

PrincessZelda wrote::lol: It sounds like something out of a movie!

Doesn't it, though? XD I can see the scene playing forth in my head whenever I read her description! It sounds just like something you'd see in a comedy about someone who's just having a really off-day.

Yeah! XD

USSRGirl wrote:Woooooo! $378.65?! Oooouch.

You have no idea because you have never worked with stained glass. I suspect this amount is in fact reduced to a fraction of the cost of materials without any of the labor. While swearing was a highly impulsive reaction, I can fully understand why he did it.

USSRGirl wrote:Sheesh Yuki, you pay cheap rent!! :: Moves where ever Yuki lives ::

Well, that IS after it's split with my roommate. So that's really only half.

We digress.

Well in the movies it would be hilarious and I suppose years from now you'll be laughing about it,but it seems to be one of those things that isn't so funny when it happens.

yukinon wrote:Well, that IS after it's split with my roommate. So that's really only half.

We digress.

Ooooh... got it. So it's like $600? That's normal then. My house is too full of freaks as it is to afford another one.

Raiden no Kishi wrote:Irony, Rii-chan. Irony. You don't expect a professing "man of God" to run up to you and cuss you out.

That's not ironic, it's just unexpected.

EDIT: Primer on irony. Irony would be if the preacher came out and said, "Thank you so much for breaking our stained glass window!"

When someone fails and another says "good job, man," that's irony in its simplest form: they mean something other than the superficial intent of the words. When someone dies in the collapse of a bridge from which they'd gotten rich by embezzelling funds earmarked for safety mechanisms, that's not at all ironic. However, when another party looks over the edge of the bridge at the crippled and dying embezzler's body, and says "hey, good thinking stealing those guide rails," that's irony well placed.

WOW..

This is both sad, and absolutely halarious.

I don't think Kae understands what Irony is, if a preacher had said thanks for breaking the glass that woudl be either A: Isanity, or B: Sarcasm, if he had just forgiven them, it would have been expected, but a rash repsonse like that from a priest I believe would pretty much be the definition of irony (description "Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs:")
Hey it really sucks that you gotta pay for it though, I think if at my church if I accidently broke something, they would probobly forgive me, even if it expensive, this is insane.