This May Bring Back Memories For Old-Time Adventists
You Know You Are/Were SDA If:
- You pronounce "Adventist" as "AD-ventist", not "ad-VEN-tist".
- Your "Little Friend" wasn't a person.
- Your bedtime stories were about real people instead of fairy tales.
- You had an Uncle Arthur, Uncle Dan, and Aunt Sue and were amazed to find out that all your friends in Sabbath School did too.
- You think of kids instead of cars when you hear the term Pathfinder.
- You can rememberwhat the letters "MV" and JMV" stand for.
- You have a board somewhere in your attic with a bunch of knots glued to it.
- You wondered if the earth would last long enough to have a girlfriend/boyfriend.
- Parenthood held many nasty surprises because you really believed Uncle Arthur when he said, "and he never disobeyed again."
- You know HMS as a name, not a ship.
- You know how to play poker with Bible Authors cards and Wheat Thins.
- You know how to play Rook but not Bridge or Hearts.
- You have looked for angels outside of a movie theater.
- On Saturdays you catch yourself telling your children, "You can wade, but don't swim."
- The word "Philistine" has a meaning in current terminology.
- Your tie falls in your soup because you don't wear a tie tack.
- The Review is not a full military dress inspection.
- You agreed to sing so you wouldn't have to solicit.
- Saturday Night Live had meaning before the TV program.
- You read labels on cans years before nutritional labeling was available.
- You saved labels off of cans years before recycling became fashionable.
- You have asked for a Veggie-Whopper at Burger King.
- You take more time at the Taco Bell counter than the last six customers.
- You take a helping of Nuteena because you like it, not out of courtesy.
- You can tell the difference between Linkettes and Vegelinks with your eyes closed.
- You know 101 ways to prepare FriChik.
- You have more than twelve uses for soybeans.
- You can stack 3000 calories on a plate at a church potluck.
- Your guilt trip ended the day Nabisco started using vegetable shortening in Oreos.
You May Have Gone To A SDA Boarding School If:
- You know all the basic square dance steps but only know how to execute them to march music.
- Your high school principal was an expert on female hemlines.
- You rolled down your skirt on the way to the principal's office.
- Your Friday night date was to Vespers.
- You went to banquets instead of dances or proms.
- You were called out of class to clean your room.
- You can grill cheese sandwiches on the bottom of an iron.
- You learned how to study in the dark after lights out.
- You've seen "Sound of Music" with a hand in front of the projector during the kissing scenes.
- You have been to movies during which the lights came on periodically for a hand check.
- You knew who was engaged by asking the time.
- You couldn't dance at school parties, but passing an orange under the neck was a non-sensual activity.
- The only time you could hold hands was while roller-skating in the gym.
- The other side of campus was no-man/woman's land.
- You know what MCC stands for.
- You took cinnamon rolls back to the dorm on Friday afternoon.
- You have referred to high school as academy.
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