My favorite UK term in "tosser(s)", means the same as "jerk off(s)" here in the US.
I thought the English version was "Wankers"?
As for Mormons, they are a bit different. In my young, formative years, (just out of high school), my best friend was a staunch Mormon. His family, especially his mom, kept the family to the whole Mormon crede. Derek did not drink any stimulant or alcohol, never cursed, and attended Temple regularly with his family. He made up for it by f***ing like a Banshee. The guy went through girls like water, using them and disgarding them regularly and with no conscience.
Then he got the 'so-called' calling, and went on a Mission to England. Everything was fine, as Derek went out and converted the natives, looking so presentable and nice. He always had a great sense of humor and was outgoing and charming. Part of his recruitment method, it turned out, was to seduce divorcee's. This actually worked out, in that he met his future wife in this way. It did NOT work out, however, when he seduced a still-married women.
Driven by guilt, they both confessed their sin to higher-ups.
Derek was immediately excommunicated for a full year and sent back home in disgrace. This is where I come into the picture. In order to be reaccepted back into the Church, Derek and his family had to repent and accept their shame in Temple once Derek's year of shame was completed. I was invited to this inner sanctorum of the Mormon Church as Derek's closest friend. I sat amongst the congregation, the only non-Mormon present, as each family member (mom, dad, two brothers and one sister) stood before the large congregation and explained how Derek's actions had personally affected their lives. Then Derek got up and accepted full responsibility for his actions and begged forgiveness of everyone, including me, who he mentioned by name. It was intense, to say the least.
Later, after Derek was reaccepted back into the church, he brought his fiance over from England and I stood as his best man at his wedding. Again, the only non-Mormon present. It was like being inside a cult. The intense bindings of the Mormon church amongst its members is incredible. You do not deal with individuals, but the hive. The 'oneness' of its members is where the Mormon church gets its strength. Derek never quite belonged to this mentality and as a result was never a true member of the church as the rest of his family were, to his detriment later. He did his 'duty' by them, but he would tell me in so many words later how much he really hated the controlling aspects of the church.
Derek was forever after an outsider to the Church he grew up in and his family, for that matter. He eventually moved his family away.
