Comments on: The Bracketology of Mormon Culture http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/ A Mormon Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:02:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: By Common Consent » Mormon Culture Tournament - Round 1 Part 3 http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109864 By Common Consent » Mormon Culture Tournament - Round 1 Part 3 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:04:47 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109864 [...] Kim Siever tells us that a Green and Gold Ball is a formal dance.  Bah, what does he know.  Look here for the most extensive online discussion of the Green and Gold Ball that I could find. [...] [...] Kim Siever tells us that a Green and Gold Ball is a formal dance.  Bah, what does he know.  Look here for the most extensive online discussion of the Green and Gold Ball that I could find. [...]

]]> By: fMhLisa http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109863 fMhLisa Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:28:53 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109863 typing that is typing
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]]> By: fMhLisa http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109862 fMhLisa Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:28:14 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109862 My home stake, the one I grew up in still does golden green balls. And nothing much else has changed since the seventies, including the gold velvet pew cusions. . It was the golden age. Does anyone else have the problem of your comment box spilling over into the grey sidebar so you can't see what you're tying? (On the right?) My home stake, the one I grew up in still does
golden green balls. And nothing much else has changed since the seventies, including the gold velvet pew cusions. . It was the golden age.

Does anyone else have the problem of your comment box spilling over into the grey sidebar so you can’t see what you’re tying? (On the right?)

]]> By: paula http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109861 paula Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:57:00 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109861 Hmm, 1974. My teenagers still refer to Young Mens as "Mutual", and a lot of other kids in the ward do too. Funny how some things just won't die. Hmm, 1974. My teenagers still refer to Young Mens as “Mutual”, and a lot of other kids in the ward do too. Funny how some things just won’t die.

]]> By: Kristine http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109860 Kristine Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:29:27 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109860 "But the Gleaners are there to pick up the last unwanted bits of grain that were skipped over by the initial wave of harvesters." Yeah--you'd think people might have had second thoughts about suggesting Ruth as a role model for young single women. Climbing into bed with someone and then demanding that he marry you isn't really an approved method anymore... “But the Gleaners are there to pick up the last unwanted bits of grain that were skipped over by the initial wave of harvesters.”

Yeah–you’d think people might have had second thoughts about suggesting Ruth as a role model for young single women. Climbing into bed with someone and then demanding that he marry you isn’t really an approved method anymore…

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109859 Kevin Barney Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:12:12 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109859 The Mutual Improvement Association was revised and renamed Young Men and Young Women starting in 1974. (Young Women's Mutual program was originally called "The Young Ladies' Retrenchment Association.") "M-Men and Gleaners" groups started in 1921 to serve young people ages 17-23, and continued until 1974. The Mutual Improvement Association was revised and renamed Young Men and Young Women starting in 1974. (Young Women’s Mutual program was originally called “The Young Ladies’ Retrenchment Association.”) “M-Men and Gleaners” groups started in 1921 to serve young people ages 17-23, and continued until 1974.

]]> By: paula http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109858 paula Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:35:15 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109858 I had forgotten about the Golden Gleaner award, but I remember hearing the term when I was little. Anyone know when M-men and Gleaners was discontinued? And it is a horrible, hilarious name for the women. I had forgotten about the Golden Gleaner award, but I remember hearing the term when I was little. Anyone know when M-men and Gleaners was discontinued? And it is a horrible, hilarious name for the women.

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109857 Kevin Barney Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:14:04 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109857 Our stake still does a Gold and Green Ball every spring. Our stake still does a Gold and Green Ball every spring.

]]> By: Mark B. http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109856 Mark B. Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:29:52 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109856 You're right about the M-Men and Gleaners, Paula. And, as an extension of the Individual Awards that could be earned by the girls in the YWMIA, the Gleaners could win the Golden Gleaner award. (As an aside, you have to wonder who came up with the name Gleaners for the unmarried women of the church. You know, the harvest is over. All the good stuff is gone. But the Gleaners are there to pick up the last unwanted bits of grain that were skipped over by the initial wave of harvesters.) You’re right about the M-Men and Gleaners, Paula. And, as an extension of the Individual Awards that could be earned by the girls in the YWMIA, the Gleaners could win the Golden Gleaner award.

(As an aside, you have to wonder who came up with the name Gleaners for the unmarried women of the church. You know, the harvest is over. All the good stuff is gone. But the Gleaners are there to pick up the last unwanted bits of grain that were skipped over by the initial wave of harvesters.)

]]> By: Matt W. http://bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/06/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109855 Matt W. Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:43:08 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/12/the-bracketology-of-mormon-culture/#comment-109855 We call it "Mormon Prom" In Texas, I guess. Never heard the gold and green bit, must be a "new and living" thing... Definitely not making it past the first round... We call it “Mormon Prom” In Texas, I guess. Never heard the gold and green bit, must be a “new and living” thing… Definitely not making it past the first round…

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