Tag Archives: Mennonites

Television Dreams

Posted on 19 August 2017 by Larry Russwurm

I grew up outside of Elmira, Ontario an area known for its old order mennonites. Old order mennonites are much like the Amish and reject 20th and 21st century technology. They get around by horse and buggy, have no electricity … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion, Humour, Religion, Stage and Screen | Tagged a straw hat, Amish, answering machines, dark trousers, farm work, flower print dresses twin braids, Happy Days, horse and buggy, Laura Ingalls, Little House on the Prairie, live like its the 1800s, Mennonites, Old Order Mennonites, old order mennonites are gone from school after grade 8, suspenders, suspension of disbelief, telephone, television, the Fonz, toys and games from the 1800s, video arcades | Leave a comment

Why Do Waterloo and Mennonites Mix?

Posted on 3 May 2014 by Larry Russwurm

Waterloo Region is an area in southwestern Ontario known for its Mennonite colonizers. This is especially true in Waterloo and Woolwich township. The colonizers largely came from Pennsylvania, and they and other Germanic Christian sects are sometimes known as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography, History, Humour, Politics | Tagged are Waterloo Mennonites becoming worldly?, barn building bee, Blackberry, CIGI, conscientious objectors, insurance, many Mennonites reject technology, Mennonite relief agencies, Mennonites, Pennsylvania, the battle of Waterloo, the Perimeter Institute, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Waterloo County, Waterloo Region, Wilfred Laurier University, Woolwich Township | Leave a comment

Amish-Mennonite Smackdown

Posted on 12 November 2011 by Larry Russwurm

Posted in Humour, Politics, Social Science | Tagged Amish, Amish don't have buttons, conscientious objectors, Mennonites, Mennonites don't have beards, Pennsylvania Dutch, smackdown, vilest insults of 19th century German, work off | Leave a comment

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