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danimal · 10-30-2008, 03:26 AM

We had a visiting 70 for Stake Conference on Sunday. He's a relatively new GA and apparently wanted to impress us. He gave a bizarre, self-promoting talk that included personal tidbits that his salary, until becoming a GA, "made Michael Jordan's contract look like chump change", that he graduated from Harvard (repeated about 10 times for emphasis), and that he's good friends with Mitt Romney. He also told a story that accused Egypt of imprisoning an Egyptian who converted to the church and having well known terrorists torture him. It had a Paul Dunn quality to it.

Gidget · 10-30-2008, 03:53 AM

Yikes, sounds icky.

smokymountainrain · 10-30-2008, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by danimal

We had a visiting 70 for Stake Conference on Sunday. He's a relatively new GA and apparently wanted to impress us. He gave a bizarre, self-promoting talk that included personal tidbits that his salary, until becoming a GA, "made Michael Jordan's contract look like chump change", that he graduated from Harvard (repeated about 10 times for emphasis), and that he's good friends with Mitt Romney. He also told a story that accused Egypt of imprisoning an Egyptian who converted to the church and having well known terrorists torture him. It had a Paul Dunn quality to it.

Bizarre. Oh, and it doesn't hurt to ask...What is his name?

Jeff Lebowski · 10-30-2008, 04:06 AM

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We had a visiting 70 for Stake Conference on Sunday. He's a relatively new GA and apparently wanted to impress us. He gave a bizarre, self-promoting talk that included personal tidbits that his salary, until becoming a GA, "made Michael Jordan's contract look like chump change", that he graduated from Harvard (repeated about 10 times for emphasis), and that he's good friends with Mitt Romney. He also told a story that accused Egypt of imprisoning an Egyptian who converted to the church and having well known terrorists torture him. It had a Paul Dunn quality to it.

That's funny. I was in Mississippi Sunday-Tuesday of this week and my LDS friends couldn't stop talking about how awesome this guy was.

danimal · 10-30-2008, 04:10 AM

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That's funny. I was in Mississippi Sunday-Tuesday of this week and my LDS friends couldn't stop talking about how awesome this guy was.

Hah! He has been speaking around the state lately.

Jeff Lebowski · 10-30-2008, 04:12 AM

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Hah! He has been speaking around the state lately.

I am pretty sure it was the same meeting. They are in your stake. You live in Jackson, right?

danimal · 10-30-2008, 04:17 AM

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I am pretty sure it was the same meeting. They are in your stake. You live in Jackson, right?

Yup. What ward are your friends in?

RedHeadGal · 10-30-2008, 04:06 PM

was this Nolan Archibald? He used to be our SP, and EVERY stake conf half his talk was about his stunning bb skills, his MBA from Harvard, and his CEO job. He didn't throw Mitt in until the end of his tenure as SP.

Clark Addison · 10-30-2008, 05:28 PM

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was this Nolan Archibald? He used to be our SP, and EVERY stake conf half his talk was about his stunning bb skills, his MBA from Harvard, and his CEO job. He didn't throw Mitt in until the end of his tenure as SP.

In the spirit of things, the only thing I have to add is that I used to babysit his kids occassionally when I was a teenager.

As to his hoops skills, I will say that when I knew him, he was in his mid 40s, and he was still one of the top 2 or 3 players in the stake, and we had a few others who played college ball.

Jeff Lebowski · 10-30-2008, 05:30 PM

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was this Nolan Archibald? He used to be our SP, and EVERY stake conf half his talk was about his stunning bb skills, his MBA from Harvard, and his CEO job. He didn't throw Mitt in until the end of his tenure as SP.

It was Elder Gay. (seriously)

10-30-2008, 03:26 AM	#1
danimal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Your mom's house Posts: 588	Weird Stake Conference talk We had a visiting 70 for Stake Conference on Sunday. He's a relatively new GA and apparently wanted to impress us. He gave a bizarre, self-promoting talk that included personal tidbits that his salary, until becoming a GA, "made Michael Jordan's contract look like chump change", that he graduated from Harvard (repeated about 10 times for emphasis), and that he's good friends with Mitt Romney. He also told a story that accused Egypt of imprisoning an Egyptian who converted to the church and having well known terrorists torture him. It had a Paul Dunn quality to it. __________________ Tobias: You know, Lindsay, as a therapist, I have advised a number of couples to explore an open relationship where the couple remains emotionally committed, but free to explore extra-marital encounters. Lindsay: Well, did it work for those people? Tobias: No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but...but it might work for us.

10-30-2008, 03:53 AM	#2
Gidget Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: With Surfah Posts: 329	Yikes, sounds icky. __________________ I am a philosophical Goldilocks, always looking for something neither too big nor too small, neither too hot nor too cold, something jussssst right. I'll send you a card from purgatory. - PaloAltoCougar

10-30-2008, 04:06 PM	#8
RedHeadGal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: DC Posts: 995	was this Nolan Archibald? He used to be our SP, and EVERY stake conf half his talk was about his stunning bb skills, his MBA from Harvard, and his CEO job. He didn't throw Mitt in until the end of his tenure as SP.