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ahahaha! Greenlanders were far more polite than I would have been.
Graceful Greenlanders
As an American, if they showed up at my front door the most polite thing I'd say to them would be the "fuck off and die" they'd hear right before I slammed the door.
Anyone uninvited gets the door slammed in their face, but I am rarely inspired to make a verbal statement as well.
There used to be an exception to the door slam for people selling girl scout cookies, but they don't go door to door anymore.
My door mat says "GO AWAY!", so I feel getting a door slammed in your face if you ring the doorbell is justified.
Protip: Learn to growl. When Jehova's witnesses or suchlike knock, be very polite, tell them they're welcome, how you're happy they came to you to find the light Lucifer brings.
I went to a Catholic University.
I was never Catholic, and I was agnostic by the time I received my degree. However, there was a religion requirement, and one of the religion classes I took was taught by a Catholic priest.
He mentioned he loved when JWs knocked on his door. He'd invite them in, sit them down, and just debate them until they couldn't stand it anymore and practically begged to leave.
It sounded like he treated it like an opportunity to convert them to catholicism, not because he expected them to convert as much as he just thought it was funny.
I'm an atheist and this is one of my favourite hobbies! I could usually find a few on Sundays close to vulnerable people hotspots - churches, hospitals - and all it took was a glance at their magazine stand for them to strike up a conversation.
So far, I've found they're ill equipped at proving the existence of a god, let alone their specific brand. Some were actually impressed with a detailed theory of evolution, and may or may not have started to reassess their view of the world.
I really love some good faith arguing in the morning...
Alternative to learning to growl:
Aztec Death Whistle
"no, otherwise thank you" (nej, ellers tak) can be said in a variety of ways.
The entire purpose of adding more words to a "no" is to have more words for expression.
Even in the most polite way it basically means "definitely no".
I'd bet at least some were a lot more graphic than what was reported. I'd really love to like, run into a Greenlander in this thread whose door was knocked on and hear what they actually said. There had to be at least a few "go fuck yourself with a rusty crowbar" type responses