Maxwell Update- they left the compound!

[YPestis]

One time at a zoo, two monkeys crawled right up to me and started having sex....it was a pretty obvious what they were doing. It makes me onder what the maxwells would do if they had that happen....heaven forbid if the two little girls saw it and asked what the monkeys were doing! I wonder what the maxwell policy is on animal porn....

[Guest Anonymous]

One time at a zoo, two monkeys crawled right up to me and started having sex....it was a pretty obvious what they were doing. It makes me onder what the maxwells would do if they had that happen....heaven forbid if the two little girls saw it and asked what the monkeys were doing! I wonder what the maxwell policy is on animal porn....

I was quite a naive child and when told that animals were 'mating', thought it meant they were playing together as friends, or 'mates' as we say colloquially. :lol:

[LurkerOverThePond]

....heaven forbid if the two little girls saw it and asked what the monkeys were doing!

Actually, when the Maxwells are in question, I would not be too surprised to hear ALL the "kids" down from Sarah ask what the monkeys are doing :?

[Feberin]

The saddest part for me (or one of the saddest, I guess) is that if you read between the lines, there is no actual proof that Teri had any desire to go to the zoo - although a woman her age wanting to do that for Mother's Day, when it's the only kind of outing she ever gets in the first place, is sad in itself. (Don't they always go to zoos, safaris, chipmunk feeding places, etc.? Maybe because animals are examples of "God's work", and there are not likely to be many teens around?) She articulated a desire to take her granddaughters to the zoo, and since she isn't allowed to articulate actual personal desires, this desire to take the kids somewhere fun was interpreted by Mary and the family as a "special outing for mom". It's kind of like if you say "I want to do some fingerpainting with the grandkids when I get a chance", and for Mother's Day your gift is fingerpaints and mural paper. Mother's Day is about family, but it's also about doing something to help mom relax. What Terri actually got was the chance to be a free babysitter for Nathan and Melanie, wrapped up as a "gift". You suck, Maxwells.

Also, I love how, while the trip is all about Teri, she doesn't even get a front-row seat for the orangutans - the others are all standing right at front while she hangs back. If ever a woman has looked deeply, disturbingly depressed, it's her. She looks like it hurts her to smile.

My MIL as a birthday gift for all her children, children-in-law and at the time one grandson did a trip to the zoo. She absolutely loved it and enjoyed every minute of it. Especially taking around her one grandson and showing him all the animals. However the rest of us weren't Maxwells so we got bored pretty quickly with the trip. I could see how Teri or somebody might actually want to take her granddaughters to the zoo and seeing it as a special mother's day treat. Hopefully there was some other things for her on mother's day not just the zoo trip.

[Guest Anonymous]

Hopefully there was some other things for her on mother's day not just the zoo trip.

She was a fairly shitty mother who seemed to take pride in cancelling birthday activities for her kids if they got too excited in the run up to the day. I'm surprised one of them didn't snap and throw her to the monkeys as a Mother's Day 'thank you'.

[Seven Severn]

THey aren't known at all in Leavenworth from my experiences.

I don't know why this surprises me, but it does. I guess Stevie hasn't figured out how to promote his businesses in town without interacting with normal people. Can't have that, you know. :snooty:

[Letgo]

But, it was a hot day so most of the people there were in various stages of undress, and covered with tattoos.

Does Jill J. never leave her house? There are people of that description everywhere where I live. Does she not ever go to the grocery store, Target, Walmart, a mall, the library, or for a walk around the block? I see people in shorts and spaghetti strap tops even when it is cold. I think they're nuts but I guess some don't feel as cold as I do. How do these people risk going anywhere? I know Steve has expressed remorse and guilt for having taken his family to baseball games years ago. They were exposed to cursing and scantily clad fans, not to mention the time wasted doing something fun. That attire and language is all over the place so no wonder they have their compound and leave only enmasse. They can all keep each other from looking and listening. I bet trips to the zoo are now out, regardless of the time of year. I'm surprised Steve let them stay.

[jeansonly]

I'm thinking because it was mother's day the zoo was probably pretty empty. I did enjoy taking dd when she was younger as I knew SHE would have fun, but it would certainly not be what I would pick to do on mother's day and I doubt many other moms would. And I would think that while some adults without children go to the zoo (we did once before dd), most people at the zoo probably have children with them. Therefore it was probably a good day for a family like the Maxwell's who want to avoid seeing normally dressed people.

[gardenvarietycitizen]

ha! Just when you thought you were more boring and sanctimonious! You can never win against Steve!

I find it more shocking that they are shocked by tattoos and piercings. Good lord, get out of the HOUSE!

Also this yeah.

I can KINDA see how the Maxwells would be worried that some women in short skirts might be defrauding to their menfolk (but the Maxwells wear short sleeves, which other fundies would find beyond the pale, so...) because it would be showing skin they feel is inappropriate. The boys (including Steve-O) might see the calf of some young woman and just lose it. I guess. Because they're attracted to those legs.

But considering that they don't have a problem with seeing women in pants (even though the Maxwell women don't wear pants), I don't understand their problem with tattoos. Skin is skin. If it's forearm tattoos, well, the Maxwell women expose their non-tattooed forearms all the time! If the family thinks tattoos are ugly (as they seem to) then no one is getting defrauded, are they?? So who cares? I see plenty of people wearing things (and with tattoos) that I would not wear or get in a million years but how does it affect me, beyond an aesthetic judgement?

I think this and so many other things are just a sort of elitism. Tattoos and piercings are signifier that the wearer surely is low class and does things the Maxwells wouldn't approve of, so they don't want their kids seeing it, or something. But once kids know that there are people who get tattoos, where is the harm? Oh, those are trashy people! or what?

(Obviously if someone has an exposed actually pornographic tattoo, that would be different - but most secular people have some sense of propriety about that, odds of encountering that are fairly low even on the hottest day of the summer, if you're at an officially family-friendly place.)

[slickcat79]

Huh...so we spend a couple of days speculating on what the hell the Maxwell "boys" do all day, and whether or not their businesses can support them, and what do we see from today's post? The lord has blessed One Ton Ramp :pray: Nathan and Joseph are offering 2 courses this summer...be sure to sign up!

PS: Hi Steve! 8-)

[kpmom]

Huh...so we spend a couple of days speculating on what the hell the Maxwell "boys" do all day, and whether or not their businesses can support them, and what do we see from today's post? The lord has blessed One Ton Ramp :pray: Nathan and Joseph are offering 2 courses this summer...be sure to sign up!

PS: Hi Steve! 8-)

But do you notice both classes are starting very soon and both still have openings? I still wonder how successful they are with their businesses.

[Patsy]

What is it with "It was hard working out the zoo trip because of all of our schedules."??? What exactly do these people do all day?

We know the girls and women aren't allowed a job outside the home. The boys and men don't work 9-5 jobs. We're pretty sure John and Joseph aren't doing construction any longer. So why would a zoo trip be so difficult to work out?

I think the Maxwells fill their schedules with busy work to make them feel like they're actually doing something productive.

Seriously. The reason your appointment at 2.00 has to occur at 2.00 is because that's when the other person is arriving. The reason you can't go to the shops at midnight is because there are no people there manning the shop at midnight. These people do nothing that involves anyone other than their own family, the ones they live with, and yet they have such busy schedules they can't all decide on a day? I mean, fuck, it's even worse than that - their schedules are centrally controlled by one person!

You're right about the busy work, too, but that much the Maxwells explicitly acknowledge. I don't have the deets but somewhere Ma Maxwell can be quoted as saying that she specifically schedules cleaning tasks she knows are unnecessary (or that at least do not have to be performed regularly) to avoid "idle hands".

[Justme]

I'm thinking because it was mother's day the zoo was probably pretty empty. I did enjoy taking dd when she was younger as I knew SHE would have fun, but it would certainly not be what I would pick to do on mother's day and I doubt many other moms would. And I would think that while some adults without children go to the zoo (we did once before dd), most people at the zoo probably have children with them. Therefore it was probably a good day for a family like the Maxwell's who want to avoid seeing normally dressed people.

They said they went on the Thursday after Mothers Day. I'd be suprised if they didn't run into groups of Ebil school children and teachers.

[contrary]

regarding the issue with tattoos, I don't think it's the unclothed arm skin, I think it's that marking your body is a SIN! And while Steve does love to point out a SIN!, he probably also doesn't want the precious baby snowflakes to get the idea that SIN! is even an option for people.

[ElphabaGalinda]

They said they went on the Thursday after Mothers Day. I'd be suprised if they didn't run into groups of Ebil school children and teachers.

Some of the evil school children might have been wearing *gasp* shorts! And they'd be interacting with same age peers having what some might call fun! That's positively scary for the Maxwells. Zoos around here always have informational signs, and I wonder if the Maxwells are allowed to read them. Too much of that evil biology that says more than "God did it".

[uber frau]

regarding the issue with tattoos, I don't think it's the unclothed arm skin, I think it's that marking your body is a SIN! And while Steve does love to point out a SIN!, he probably also doesn't want the precious baby snowflakes to get the idea that SIN! is even an option for people.

Yep. Says so in Leviticus. Of course, the preceding verse prohibits trimming the edges of your beard and the hair at the sides of your head so Steve's obviously being consistent and all.

[contrary]

I have to wonder if Steve even approves the use of exclamation points. They denote fun and excitement. or anger. All things Steve finds inappro.

That's probably why RebeccaK!!!11!!! will never get to be a Maxwell.

[LucySnowe]

Part 2 has a picture of a baby giraffe, and the caption is:

This little guy looked longingly at the leaves which were out of his reach

Metaphor....

Can someone teach Sarah (or whoever is posting these) how to put the captions next to the photos they relate to? My coding skills are crap but I know enough to ask someone how to make the page look nice,

[Black Aliss]

One time at a zoo, two monkeys crawled right up to me and started having sex....it was a pretty obvious what they were doing. It makes me onder what the maxwells would do if they had that happen....heaven forbid if the two little girls saw it and asked what the monkeys were doing! I wonder what the maxwell policy is on animal porn....

Steve: Well, Bethany, the one monkey's front legs are sore, so the other monkey is helping him get home by letting him ride on her back. That just goes to show how girls must always submit to their fathers and brothers and husbands."

[Mela99]

She was a fairly shitty mother who seemed to take pride in cancelling birthday activities for her kids if they got too excited in the run up to the day. I'm surprised one of them didn't snap and throw her to the monkeys as a Mother's Day 'thank you'.

For reals??? She cancelled birthday fun because they were "too excited"? wtf

[gardenvarietycitizen]

For reals??? She cancelled birthday fun because they were "too excited"? wtf

Our birthdays are very simple, but we delight in birthdays because we love each other so much. We use birthdays to honor the birthday child by focusing our love and attention on him. Keeping an eye on our children's hearts and seeking a balance in honoring them versus growing demanding attitudes in them is important to us as we celebrate family birthdays. There are times when we pull back some of the privileges that normally attend a child's birthday because by his pre-birthday talk we can see a self-focus growing. However, in general, we believe the level of birthday celebration we have settled into has helped to build our family unity while not fueling our children's natural propensity to selfishness.

You can read the whole thing at: www.titus2.com/corners/4-09-m.htm

[Sola]

Steve: Well, Bethany, the one monkey's front legs are sore, so the other monkey is helping him get home by letting him ride on her back. That just goes to show how girls must always submit to their fathers and brothers and husbands."

When my son was little we went to a monkey sanctuary and there in one of the compounds was a delightful little monkey, sitting there wanking himself into oblivion.

I wonder how Steve would explain that one.

[terranova]

When my son was little we went to a monkey sanctuary and there in one of the compounds was a delightful little monkey, sitting there wanking himself into oblivion.

I wonder how Steve would explain that one.

The monkey was having his private time with the Lord :D

[gardenvarietycitizen]

The monkey was having his private time with the Lord :D

LOL.

I almost suspect the masturbation scene would be more dangerous for Steve-O since a kid might notice he/she can do that activity all alone!

[FloraDoraDolly]

When my son was little we went to a monkey sanctuary and there in one of the compounds was a delightful little monkey, sitting there wanking himself into oblivion.

I wonder how Steve would explain that one.

Yeah, once I was at the zoo and one of the mandrils started slapping the salami. A lady standing nearby with some small children gasped out an oh-my before she steered her kids away from there.