B Town Holiday.

[wallyb]

Nice obelisk!
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/devilish.gif I'm just saying...
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/100113-004.jpg

It's Bunker Hill Day in Bean Town. :hyper:

[rpmdfw]

Happy Bunker Hill Day!

I hope that's the correct salutation.

It wouldn't be "Merry Bunker Hill Day", would it? :confused3

Or "Joyous Bunker Hill Day"? :confused:



What's Bunker Hill Day?

[Disneysoloist]

It was a battle in the American Revolution. Actually took place on Breed's Hill.
No idea where Breed's Hill is. Only Wally would say "Nice Obelisk!!!". We don't actually have a greeting - we usually say "Have a GRAND Bunker Hill Day, amongst those that know about it :rotfl2:

[rpmdfw]

Oh.

In that case.

Have a GRAND Bunker Hill Day!

[wallyb]

It was a battle in the American Revolution. Actually took place on Breed's Hill.
No idea where Breed's Hill is. Only Wally would say "Nice Obelisk!!!". We don't actually have a greeting - we usually say "Have a GRAND Bunker Hill Day, amongst those that know about it :rotfl2:

Is that related to the phrase-
"Put something Grand in your hand."?
:confused:

[wallyb]

Is that related to the phrase-
"Put something Grand in your hand."?
:confused:
I think this is a drinking phrase - but I guess it could be multipurpose.

[GurGie]

Man, that brings back memories. I miss Boston:love:

[OrlandoMike]

We didn't miss Dot day did we? :confused3

[Disneysoloist]

We didn't miss Dot day did we? :confused3

Sorry, Mike. Dot day was May 30. Missed it by THAT MUCH!

[rpmdfw]

What's Dot day?

Please tell me it doesn't involve people in spotted clothing.

[Disneysoloist]

What's Dot day?

Please tell me it doesn't involve people in spotted clothing.

No, it's short for "Dorchester Day". Dorchester is a suburb of Boston. Used to be a largely Irish community; now its very diverse and runs between slums and gentrified neighborhoods. Spotted clothing is optional. :rotfl2:

[OrlandoMike]

Nothing like waking up to the 27th Lancers drumline in your front yard warming up for a parade! :thumbsup2

[wallyb]

What's Dot day?
Please tell me it doesn't involve people in spotted clothing.

Doll- I live here... and I never heard of it either.

Mr. Mike - Is this some kind of an acronym? :confused3

[OrlandoMike]

Doll- I live here... and I never heard of it either.

Mr. Mike - Is this some kind of an acronym? :confused3

Muffin, you need to get out of the city once and a while! :rotfl2:

Live a little, hop on the red line south some day!

[rpmdfw]

No, it's short for "Dorchester Day". Dorchester is a suburb of Boston. Used to be a largely Irish community; now its very diverse and runs between slums and gentrified neighborhoods. Spotted clothing is optional. :rotfl2:

And this is celebrated? How?

For that matter, how does one celebrated Bunker Hill day?

I'm trying to figure out what kind of cocktails I'll need tonight! ;)

[OrlandoMike]

And this is celebrated? How?

For that matter, how does one celebrated Bunker Hill day?

I'm trying to figure out what kind of cocktails I'll need tonight! ;)

Big parade silly!:cool1:

And beer, right out of the can!

[rpmdfw]

Big parade silly!:cool1:

And beer, right out of the can!

Beer?

Out of a CAN? :confused3

How boring is THAT!

At least for Cindo de Mayo we get to have Margaritas! And Mint Juleps on Derby Day! and Egg Nogg at Christmas! and Champagne for New Years! and Mimosas for Easter! and . . .

Wow, I'm starting to feel woozy . . . :faint:

[OrlandoMike]

And much to the chagrin to parade organizers, the Boston Crusaders always stop the whole production to give all of us drum corps fans a preview of what's ahead for the summer!

Go Big Red!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E4y5DD_KsSU&feature=related

[wallyb]

Muffin, you need to get out of the city once and a while! :rotfl2:
Live a little, hop on the red line south some day!

:eek: If I can't see the Pru (or the Hancock;)) I don't go.
Other than Chestnut Hill of course.
I can't be wandering around in the burbs - poor lost little lamb -someone could do me a mischief.

[rpmdfw]

And much to the chagrin to parade organizers, the Boston Crusaders always stop the whole production to give all of us drum corps fans a preview of what's ahead for the summer!

Go Big Red!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E4y5DD_KsSU&feature=related

I've got no idea what you're talking about. It looks like you're speaking English, but :confused3

[OrlandoMike]

I've got no idea what you're talking about. It looks like you're speaking English, but :confused3

Their GE score was great, but in the M+M department they need help.

I like the sops this year, but the mellos need some major re-working on the second movment...And dont even get me started on the guard! Yikes, what was with all the drops?

You no understand???? :rotfl2:

[rpmdfw]

You no understand???? :rotfl2:


Not just that.

Me no care, either. :rotfl:

[wallyb]

You no understand???? :rotfl2:

I understand ....

that you're some kinda band FREAK. :eek:

Super Freaky.::yes::

[OrlandoMike]

Just giving you a warning Wally, BAND is a very bad word with Drum Corps people! :furious:

Kind of like calling Disney an Amusement Park!

[wallyb]

Just giving you a warning Wally, BAND is a very bad word with Drum Corps people! :furious:

Kind of like calling Disney an Amusement Park!

Ooooooh - what ya gonna do - beat me with one of your little sticks?:rolleyes:

[rpmdfw]

Just giving you a warning Wally, BAND is a very bad word with Drum Corps people! :furious:

Kind of like calling Disney an Amusement Park!

But honestly, what is a "band"?

According to Dictionary.com a Band is:

a. a group of instrumentalists playing music of a specialized type: rock band; calypso band; mariachi band.
b. a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays esp. for marching or open-air performances.

So a Drum Corps IS a band, no? :confused3

Why wouldn't they want to be called what they ARE? :confused:

[OrlandoMike]

Disneysoloist where are you when I need you?


HEEEEELP!

[wallyb]

But honestly, what is a "band"?

According to Dictionary.com a Band is:

a. a group of instrumentalists playing music of a specialized type: rock band; calypso band; mariachi band.
b. a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays esp. for marching or open-air performances.

So a Drum Corps IS a band, no? :confused3

Why wouldn't they want to be called what they ARE? :confused:

Beat him http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s254/burrows1979/images1-1.jpgwith one of your "little sticks" ::yes::

[rpmdfw]

Beat him http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s254/burrows1979/images1-1.jpgwith one of your "little sticks" ::yes::

Why?

I'm just seeking clarification.

I just want to understand!

:rolleyes1

[wallyb]

The geeks in Band. :listen:
The geeks in Drum Corps. :listen:

Yup - sounds the same to me. ::yes::

Hey - you put on the funny little uniform - now you march in it.

[rosiep]

Did I miss a beating????

[rpmdfw]

Did I miss a beating????

Well, it's about time you got here! :cool1:

[wallyb]

It appears "the leader of the band" has marched
Herself right off the field in a huff.
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[rosiep]

Well, it's about time you got here! :cool1:

It's one of those rare mornings when I take an am shower. So here I got all cleaned up for you, deoderant included and I get chastised for being tardy!

[rosiep]

Are all those dancing girls for me???:lovestruc

[rpmdfw]

It's one of those rare mornings when I take an am shower. So here I got all cleaned up for you, deoderant included and I get chastised for being tardy!

Yep. That's just the way it goes sometimes! :lmao:

[rosiep]

That's the last time I wash up for you guys...

I much prefer being dirty anyway:smokin:

[Disneysoloist]

Soloist to the rescue, Mike.
A marching band has woodwinds, a drum and bugle corps does not. No clarinets, saxaphones or flutes (sorry Wally) :lmao:
We are not geeks, and we understand if you have no interest in the activity.
I would, however, encourage you to at least give it a try. Nothing like 60 brass players belting out at top volume in your face!:worship:
Drink of choice for Bunker Hill Day is, indeed, beer straight out of the can or bottle. Sam Adams is preferred. Not sure why Dorchester is called "Dot". Never figured out the derivation of Queens in Manhattan, either :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

[wallyb]

Are all those dancing girls for me???:lovestruc

No those are for Mike for getting all cranky pants cause we said :eek: BAND (4 letter word) and taking his piccolo and going home.

He looks like he'd play a mean piccolo ... Right? ::yes::

[rosiep]

No those are for Mike for getting all cranky pants cause we said :eek: BAND (4 letter word) and taking his piccolo and going home.

He looks like he'd play a mean piccolo ... Right? ::yes::

So, I need to tick you off in order to get dancing girls for myself????

OK! You have no fashion sense! (oooooooooh ahhhhhhhhh eeek)

[wallyb]

Soloist to the rescue, Mike.
A marching band has woodwinds, a drum and bugle corps does not. No clarinets, saxaphones or flutes (sorry Wally) :lmao:
We are not geeks, and we understand if you have no interest in the activity.
I would, however, encourage you to at least give it a try. Nothing like 60 brass players belting out at top volume in your face!:worship:
Drink of choice for Bunker Hill Day is, indeed, beer straight out of the can or bottle. Sam Adams is preferred. Not sure why Dorchester is called "Dot". Never figured out the derivation of Queens in Manhattan, either :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

We can hear you talking - but all we hear is ...
blah blaah blah blaah Bank Geek Speak blah blaah blah
Then something about me - I liked that part.
blaah Band Geek Speak blah blaah blah blaah Band Geek Speak
Band Geek Speak blah blaah blah blaah blah blaah blah blaah.

[rpmdfw]

Soloist to the rescue, Mike.
A marching band has woodwinds, a drum and bugle corps does not. No clarinets, saxaphones or flutes (sorry Wally) :lmao:
We are not geeks, and we understand if you have no interest in the activity.
I would, however, encourage you to at least give it a try. Nothing like 60 brass players belting out at top volume in your face!:worship:

Ah, but the definitions say:

a. a group of instrumentalists playing music of a specialized type: rock band; calypso band; mariachi band.
b. a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays esp. for marching or open-air performances.


Notice that in "b." it says "often woodwind instruments". Not that they are a requirement.

So, if a drum corps has brass and percussion, it is by definition, a BAND.

A specialized kind of band perhaps, but a band nonetheless.

Now I get it! :thumbsup2

The "band is a bad word" thing is all just egotistical nonsense because they think they're better than the other marching bands. When they're really just a marching band without woodwinds.

Really, they should just learn to play nicely together, don't you think. ::yes::

[rosiep]

Never mind the "band"...where are my dancing girls????

[wallyb]

Never mind the "band"...where are my dancing girls????


http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/sad.gif
Gawwd HERE ...http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/Balett107.gif

Now help us verbally bludgeon Mike - will ya!

[rosiep]

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/sad.gif
Gawwd HERE ...http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/Balett107.gif

Now help us verbally bludgeon Mike - will ya!

The squeaky wheel and all that.....

Bludgeon Mike? No, sorry don't think I can do that. But I'll push him about a bit if you like.

[wallyb]

rosiep- you grab his French Horn - I'll hold his arms
- and rpmdfw can take his milk money.

Or maybe - I'll grab his French Horn ::yes::
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/shrug.gif Why should Rosie get all the fun.

[rosiep]

rosiep- you grab his French Horn - I'll hold his arms
- and rpmdfw can take his milk money.

Or maybe - I'll grab his French Horn ::yes::
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/shrug.gif Why should Rosie get all the fun.

Oh my....Wally is just leading me down that road again....is it any wonder I'm so corrupted?

[rpmdfw]

Oh my....Wally is just leading me down that road again....is it any wonder I'm so corrupted?

You're the one that said you like to be dirty! ;)

[wallyb]

You're the one that said you like to be dirty! ;)

What he said.

[rosiep]

Rob...what's it gonna take to sway you over to my side of the fence? Just cause Wally's cuter than me doesn't mean you have to agree with him.

[rpmdfw]

Rob...what's it gonna take to sway you over to my side of the fence? Just cause Wally's cuter than me doesn't mean you have to agree with him.

I'm not on Wally's side.

I'm playing both sides against the middle! ::yes::

:stir:

:banana:

[wallyb]

I'm not on Wally's side.

I'm playing both sides against the middle! ::yes::

:stir:

:banana:

Yeah we're all on one big side here - a 3way!

[rosiep]

Yeah we're all on one big side here - a 3way!

those days are loooong gone

[minicoopercraig]

Oh my, am I allowed to read this thread?! I don't think so. I've been laughing so hard at this one I'm almost peeing my pants! Stop please!! LOL.

[rosiep]

Oh my, am I allowed to read this thread?! I don't think so. I've been laughing so hard at this one I'm almost peeing my pants! Stop please!! LOL.

I want to see you pee your pants...here have some soda..maybe we can get it to come out of your face nose too!

[wallyb]

Oh my, am I allowed to read this thread?! I don't think so. I've been laughing so hard at this one I'm almost peeing my pants! Stop please!! LOL.

rosiep - Can you spare one of your Depends? :)

[rosiep]

rosiep - Can you spare one of your Depends? :)

I think I last saw some in YOUR closet...go check...

[rpmdfw]

I've been laughing so hard at this one I'm almost peeing my pants!

:scared1: Wow. Thanks for the over-share!

maybe we can get it to come out of your face nose too!

"face nose"? Do I even want to know why you felt the need to specify "face"? :rotfl:

rosiep - Can you spare one of your Depends? :)

I think I last saw some in YOUR closet...go check...

Children, children, please! There are enough depends for both of you! Share nicely!

[rosiep]

:scared1:

"face nose"? Do I even want to know why you felt the need to specify "face"? :rotfl:



Well I thought we could get liquid to come out both ends.....

[wallyb]

:Children, children, please! There are enough depends for both of you! Share nicely!

Yeah Rosie - We'll just get one from that super econo size box rpmdfw
bought himself from Costco. Buy in bulk! :)
Those were the extra absorbent ones ... right? ::yes::

[rosiep]

Yeah Rosie - We'll just get one from that super econo size box rpmdfw
bought himself from Costco. Buy in bulk! :)
Those were the extra absorbent ones ... right? ::yes::

There should be... I know it was listed as a gift on the registry...

[rpmdfw]

Those were the extra absorbent ones ... right? ::yes::

Yep! The extra absorbant ones make great "piddle pads" for Tolliver for when we have to leave him alone for a while.

But if you need them, I'm sure the puppy won't mind sharing with both of you. :thumbsup2

[wallyb]

Yep! The extra absorbant ones make great "piddle pads" for Tolliver for when we have to leave him alone for a while.
But if you need them, I'm sure the puppy won't mind sharing with both of you. :thumbsup2

I'm feeling the need to hurt you ... just a little bit.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn65/OniSuiken/Animated%20gifs/ayumi-jujigatame-big.gif

[rosiep]

I'm feeling the need to hurt you ... just a little bit.
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn65/OniSuiken/Animated%20gifs/ayumi-jujigatame-big.gif

Where'd you get the picture of my Grandmothers? Grandma Sparks never was happy Mama married Papa.

[rpmdfw]

I'm feeling the need to hurt you ... just a little bit.

Who, ME? :angel:

But WHY? :confused3

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

Yeah we're all on one big side here - a 3way!

those days are loooong gone

:rotfl2: You too, huh!??! :rotfl:

[minicoopercraig]

Wow. All I can say is Dad must have passed out from too many cocktails at happy hour today or he'd be all over those comments like a buzzard on a gut wagon. LOL. And I said ALMOST, ALMOST peeing my pants, I have good bladder control you know, I take meds for that. :)

[rpmdfw]

Wow. All I can say is Dad must have passed out from too many cocktails at happy hour today or he'd be all over those comments like a buzzard on a gut wagon. LOL. And I said ALMOST, ALMOST peeing my pants, I have good bladder control you know, I take meds for that. :)

"like a buzzard on a gut wagon?"

:rotfl2:

How very Granny Clampet of you to say! :lmao:

[NikkiPants]

Hahaha I always chuckle a bit as I pass that on 93....classic.

[wallyb]

Wow. All I can say is Dad must have passed out from too many cocktails at happy hour today or he'd be all over those comments like a buzzard on a gut wagon.

Comparing Dad to an Old Buzzard - Now THAT"S going to put you on his good side ::yes::

[minicoopercraig]

I'm not comparing him to a buzzard, I'm just saying....okay, I see the shovel, I see my foot pushing the shovel and I keep getting deeper, I'm going to stop now. ;)

[wallyb]

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/smiley_shout.gif
Is dad hard of hearing?
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/shrug.gif
Must be cause of all that banging in Band practice.
::yes::

[OrlandoMike]

Huh? Is someone talking?


http://youtube.com/watch?v=HvTFH2AzK2Q&feature=related

[wallyb]

Huh? Is someone talking?


http://youtube.com/watch?v=HvTFH2AzK2Q&feature=related

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/smiley_shout.gifNICE BAND VIDEO!

[rpmdfw]

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/smiley_shout.gifNICE BAND VIDEO!

Just wondering here.

If you're in a drum corps, can you get BANNED for saying BAND?

[wallyb]

Just wondering here.

If you're in a drum corps, can you get BANNED for saying BAND?

I think you can if you wear the wrong color bandanna

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/smiley_shout.gif IS THAT RIGHT DAD?

[OrlandoMike]

Wally, your showing your age! Bandanna's are so 1970's! :stir:

[wallyb]

Wally, your showing your age! Bandanna's are so 1970's! :stir:

Oooh I like the 70's ::yes::
Key Party anyone?

[Tigger&Belle]

I barely missed it! Left Boston on Monday. How's that for bad timing?

[rosiep]

Oooh I like the 70's ::yes::
Key Party anyone?

I'm ashamed to say how slow I am on the uptake today. In my head I'm thinking "Who or what was Key Party"??? But of course....hours later it hits me....Ooooooooh....bowl, keys, swap.......nevermind.

[wallyb]

I'm ashamed to say how slow I am on the uptake today. In my head I'm thinking "Who or what was Key Party"??? But of course....hours later it hits me....Ooooooooh....bowl, keys, swap.......nevermind.

like you've never been to one.

[OrlandoMike]

like you've never been to one.

Heck she hosted one last week! :woohoo:

[minicoopercraig]

Okay, now Dad's in on the inside family references, and Rosie even knows what's going on. I don't wanna read anymore...LALALALALALALALALA. *plugs ears*

[rosiep]

Heck she hosted one last week! :woohoo:

Speaking of which, you left your raincoat here....

[OrlandoMike]

Speaking of which, you left your raincoat here....

Oh keep it!

It's just one of those silly yellow ones with Mickey Mouse on it anyway!

I paid $1.69 for it at 7-11! :rotfl: