10 Days in October: Argle-Bargle or Foofarah? UPDATED: POSTS #984 & 995!!!

[oybolshoi]

Ok, I have a Disney-related story about the Half-Blood Prince release date.
It coincided with a little shindig happening at Disneyland. 50th Birthday.
I had not thought that I would not be HOME to get this book before leaving
for my trip.

I had pre-ordered from Amazon and had them ship to my work addy. I even
told my boss to be on the lookout for it. Unfortunately, when I got back,
I found out that someone had sticky fingers because the book walked
off on its own. I managed to get a replacement from Amazon, though.

But that's not the point. The point is that while I was waiting in the biggest
line outside of the security checkpoint in DLR's Downtown Disney, people
in line everywhere had lugged their copies of the Harry Potter book with them.
I was actually in line for Disneyland and completely jealous of people who
had their book already. How sick is that?

And I ordered it from Amazon again, but I'm having it shipped to my home this
time around.

Ok, sorry to hijack the thread. I'll be good. I promise.

Ok call me confused but why would someone bring their HP book to Disneyland?!

Oops, I neglected to mention that the Half-Blood Prince was released just
the day before, on July 16th. We were all waiting for Disneyland to open
on July 17, 2005....the actual 50th birthday of Disneyland.

Hey, we can talk Harry Potter as much as anyone wants to! I always pre-order from Amazon and then go to Borders for the midnight release because there is no way I could sleep knowing that I could be reading. The somewhat pathetic result being that by the time the book from Amazon shows up I've usually finished reading the copy I picked up from Borders.

I can't believe someone lifted your book - that is totally uncool.

 

[oybolshoi]

I brought you a present...

SUPER-VILLAIN SEIZES EAST COAST!!!

Hank Scorpio is awesome!!!!

 

[cntkg1]

Brenda, the more I read your tales of The Grimace, I fear I may be cruising with 4 of them this fall. Nothing like raining on your parade huh?? Everything we feel near and dear to get poo poo'd on by our loved ones.

 

[oybolshoi]

Heheheh. I'm no stranger to weird food combos. Ever since I was a kid,
I had a "thing" for eating a nice crunchy Claussen dill pickle along side
my peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich. I still love it. I have a feeling
I'd probably like your combo, too.

Ooh, you just made my day and you don't even know it. Seriously, you're
going to freak when I tell you this. And laugh your pants off at me too,
more than likely...

It's funny that you should mention this "whisky" vs. "whiskey" spelling
difference, because I just read about it in Uncle John's Fast-Acting, Long-
Lasting Bathroom Reader (18th edition!)

And they have a different view of this origin:

From Page 190:
Whiskey. The word comes from the Gaelic usquebaugh, meaning
"water of life." It's alcohol distilled from fermented grains such as
barley, rye, corn, wheat or a combination. In Ireland and the United States,
whiskey is spelled with an "e." In Scotland, Canada and Japan, it's spelled
whisky. And according to international law, only whiskey made
in Scotland could be called...Scotch.

Ok, I'm not some sort of Bathroom Reader savant knowing exactly where to
find this stuff. I happen to be in the middle of this book, and I only recently
read about the origins of different spirits.

But I want to thank you for giving me a reason to actually USE this info!



Oh, and I remember the outcome of the Sweet Sunday. I might give this
event another try. I did Sweet Sundays the first year they offered it,
and they didn't have a meal to go with it. I felt it was way overpriced for
the event, so I'm glad they've seemed to improve upon THAT aspect of it.

It wasn't bad at all, although next time I think I'll wait until Friday night.


Now this is just funny! I have no idea if what I posted is actually correct, but for some reason I had it in my head that it was only spelled with the "e" if it came from Scotland. Since I've never been to Scotland and since I don't know anyone from Scotland I have no live frame of reference.

If someone knows and want to share the information with us, feel free!

Ya know, although I still thought it was a little pricey, the breakfast buffet was a great idea. You just can't go into something like that on an empty stomach and really enjoy the desserts. And since it's at 9AM you'd have to get up at an ungodly hour to have breakfast somewhere to make that 9AM start time.

Seating problems aside, I actually enjoyed this a lot and I wouldn't tell anyone not to try it. I'd just tell them to get to the Odyssey early in order to be near the front of the line, just in case EPCOT didn't take my incredible advice.

 

[oybolshoi]

Brenda, the more I read your tales of The Grimace, I fear I may be cruising with 4 of them this fall. Nothing like raining on your parade huh?? Everything we feel near and dear to get poo poo'd on by our loved ones.

Oh, that's too bad. You don't need Grimaces on Mickey's Boat...tell them to shape up or I'll send the real Grimace after them. Once they see her lips disappear they'll behave!

Here's a and a just for you.

B.

 

[DISNEYDUET]

From Wikipedia:
Names and spellings

Whisky comes from the Gaelic uisce/uisge beatha meaning "water of life". The name itself may have originally derived from the Scandinavian aquavit; although it may also be modelled on the Latin phrase aqua vitae or the early name for brandy, aqua de vite, meaning "water of the vine".

The spelling whisky (plural whiskies) is generally used for whiskies distilled in Scotland, Wales, Canada, and Japan, while whiskey is used for the spirits distilled in Ireland. A 1968 directive of the ATF specifies "whisky" as the official U.S. spelling, but allows labelling as "whiskey" in deference to tradition; most U.S. producers still use the latter spelling.

In the late Victorian era, Irish whiskey was the world's whiskey of choice. Of the Irish whiskies, Dublin whiskies were regarded as the grands crus of whiskeys. In order to differentiate Dublin whiskey from other whiskies, the Dublin distilleries adopted the spelling "whiskey". The other Irish distilleries eventually followed suit. The last Irish "whisky" was Paddy, which adopted the "e" in 1966.

A mnemonic used to remember which spelling is used is that "Ireland" and "United States" have at least one "e" in their names, while "Scotland", "Canada" and "Japan" do not.

In many countries, the abbreviated term "Scotch" is sometimes used for "Scotch whisky".

Being Scotch-Irish myself I had to ask an expert-My dad. He said the info above is correct! (and then wanted to know why I needed to know this at 8:45 on a Thursday morning -Just gettin' a jump on the weekend old man! ) It apparently is a big debate in the hallowed halls of higher education. Harvard, Oxford, the community college down the street. Alas, my true expert, my grand father is not alive or I would have called him at 8:45 in the morning! (and being the wonderful grandpa he was would not have questioned me one bit! )

BTW, love the new post! And as always the food porn! Although now my Girl Scout cookies are looking like a better option this morning than my bagel.

 

[Karen Mouse]

Brenda, the more I read your tales of The Grimace, I fear I may be cruising with 4 of them this fall. Nothing like raining on your parade huh?? QUOTE]

You can always ditch your 4 grimaces and come and play with us

 

[daly7o9]

Heheheh. I'm no stranger to weird food combos. Ever since I was a kid,
I had a "thing" for eating a nice crunchy Claussen dill pickle along side
my peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich. I still love it. I have a feeling
I'd probably like your combo, too.

I know what you mean. I love me some peanut butter and dill pickle slices on toast!

 

[oybolshoi]

Being Scotch-Irish myself I had to ask an expert-My dad. He said the info above is correct! (and then wanted to know why I needed to know this at 8:45 on a Thursday morning -Just gettin' a jump on the weekend old man! ) It apparently is a big debate in the hallowed halls of higher education. Harvard, Oxford, the community college down the street. Alas, my true expert, my grand father is not alive or I would have called him at 8:45 in the morning! (and being the wonderful grandpa he was would not have questioned me one bit! )

BTW, love the new post! And as always the food porn! Although now my Girl Scout cookies are looking like a better option this morning than my bagel.

Thanks for reading and thanks for the additional whisky/whiskey information. Altough I obviously don't know him, I can just picture the look on your dad's face when you asked him about it!

Yeah, my Yoplait Whip was leaving a bit to be desired this morning after I saw those pictures again.

You can always ditch your 4 grimaces and come and play with us

Karen, you're always so nice! But I have to disagree...figure skating is a perfectly acceptable if extremely dorky reason for my failure to update in the next few days.

I know what you mean. I love me some peanut butter and dill pickle slices on toast!

Now that's a combination I would not have considered. You know what else I like? Mustard on french fries and on fish...yummmmm!

Thanks for reading and posting everybody - I love to read your comments!

 

[DISNEYDUET]

Thanks for reading and thanks for the additional whisky/whiskey information. Altough I obviously don't know him, I can just picture the look on your dad's face when you asked him about it!

Esp. since he was just getting ready to start writing his sermon for Sunday! You know us Preacher's kids...We are all kinds of trouble!!

 

[HPHammer]

I laughed at your picture of Grimace. I once told my pregnant co-worker (who happened to be wearing a totally purple outfit at the time) that she looked like Grimace. I really did think she looked cute, and I love Grimace...but evidently pregnant women don't take kindly to remarks comparing them to large purple McDonald's marketing tools.

I laughed, too at the whole cell phone incident -- that must be an AARP rule or something, because my 70+ parents won't leave theirs on either. My dad also won't let my mom charge it in the car.

So thanks again for injecting some humor into my week! And after all the pics of baked goods, I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's...

 

[BriarRosie]

I know what you mean. I love me some peanut butter and dill pickle slices on toast!

Woot! I'm glad I'm getting some validation, here, daly7o9!

And I'm glad that my faith in Uncle John's Bathroom Reader has
been justified, too.

See, Brenda! Those books have great useless trivia potential!

 

[Guy Incognito]

SUPER-VILLAIN SEIZES EAST COAST!!!

Hank Scorpio is awesome!!!!

"First, don't call me Mr Scorpion... it's Mr Scorpio.... and second... don't call me Mr Scorpio... call me Hank!"

 

[Tinkerbell's Mom]

I laughed at your picture of Grimace. I once told my pregnant co-worker (who happened to be wearing a totally purple outfit at the time) that she looked like Grimace. I really did think she looked cute, and I love Grimace...but evidently pregnant women don't take kindly to remarks comparing them to large purple McDonald's marketing tools.

Ok I just CRACKED up at this remark, pregnant people are so sensitive about their size, so I can see where she would not have found it as funny as we did, but I personally think it's hilarious!

 

[Jennifer48]

Dessert number two was a chocolate chip cookie served with some samples of Valrhona chocolate. Now you might be thinking, as I was, "big deal, a cookie."

But this was a COOKIE. A big ol' soft, sugary offering made with two types of chocolate. A secret...instead of using brown sugar use a refined sugar called light muscovado. And why use waxy chocolate chips when you can use quality baking chocolate like Valrhona? And why only one type of chocolate - why not use two, or even three?

Why, why, why?

Here's a question, Sherlock..why don't you hand over the cookie?

This would be a great recipe for making homemade cookie / ice cream sandwiches. And having never tried Valrhona chocolate before this event I can vouch for the taste...way better than a Hershey's morsel. And if I had been paying attention to something other than eating I would have manipulated my plate to make it look like a hidden Mickey. Too late now!!!

I still haven't found that Valrhona chocolate. Apparently they don't make it in Massachusetts?!

 

[Kay7979]

Seriously, best dessert of the day. A word of advice, however; if you attend an event like this in the future with someone like the Grimace, who may be part goat, let him / her know in advance not to eat the decorative paper on the cupcake.

I think the old saying about "You can dress them up but you can't take them out," fits well here!

She gave us each a priority pass to one attraction of our choice in EPCOT for our respective parties. This was a nice gesture on her part - as far as I was concerned everything had turned out well and we had all made the best of an imperfect situation and I didn't need or expect anything else.

I’m glad this fiasco had a happy ending, and that something in the way of a tangible apology was offered. For what you spent on this event, some kind of compensation was appropriate.

And I'm not entirely sure if some of the problem at Sweet Sundays can't be traced back to the vibe being thrown off by the Grimace...it seemed like we only encountered problems when she was around. Keep reading and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Ah ha, a bit of intriguing foreshadowing!

Coming soon...Freedom and a return to vacation bliss, no Shipwreck at the Shipwreck, Grimace gets a bribe, and The Cheesesteak Incident, DECLASSIFIED!!

Your upcoming episodes all sound like a lot of fun. I’ll get the popcorn ready!

 

[oybolshoi]

Esp. since he was just getting ready to start writing his sermon for Sunday! You know us Preacher's kids...We are all kinds of trouble!!

That's classic - exactly what I pictured!

I laughed at your picture of Grimace. I once told my pregnant co-worker (who happened to be wearing a totally purple outfit at the time) that she looked like Grimace. I really did think she looked cute, and I love Grimace...but evidently pregnant women don't take kindly to remarks comparing them to large purple McDonald's marketing tools.

I laughed, too at the whole cell phone incident -- that must be an AARP rule or something, because my 70+ parents won't leave theirs on either. My dad also won't let my mom charge it in the car.

So thanks again for injecting some humor into my week! And after all the pics of baked goods, I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's...

Wow, Arby's...that's hungry!

Thanks again for reading - I love that picture of the "real" Grimace and your story about your co-worker just made me laugh out loud here at my desk.


So allow me to thank you for the laughs!!

Woot! I'm glad I'm getting some validation, here, daly7o9!

And I'm glad that my faith in Uncle John's Bathroom Reader has
been justified, too.

See, Brenda! Those books have great useless trivia potential!

Useless trivia is the only kind I know! I have made a mental note to check out Uncle John's repository of knowledge this weekend.

 

[oybolshoi]

"First, don't call me Mr Scorpion... it's Mr Scorpio.... and second... don't call me Mr Scorpio... call me Hank!"

Guy, have I told you yet that I love you?

 

[zweihund]

It wasn't bad at all, although next time I think I'll wait until Friday night.


Now this is just funny! I have no idea if what I posted is actually correct, but for some reason I had it in my head that it was only spelled with the "e" if it came from Scotland. Since I've never been to Scotland and since I don't know anyone from Scotland I have no live frame of reference.

If someone knows and want to share the information with us, feel free!

I lived there for three years, and though I only took two sips of whisky the ENTIRE time I was there (unless Irish Cream counts, does it? If so then it was more like 3000....) I do know that they call it whisky there. In America, we call it scotch or scotch whisky. That is about the extent of my knowledge, other than the fact that Scots don't like to be referred to as being "scotch" and that they think "scotch" should be called what it is - whisky.

Confused yet?

Great chapters, by the way!

 

[jknepfle]

Hey! They had ham...bacon...sausage...the Homer Simpson pork tri-fecta all in one sitting! Things were defintely looking up!!

Oh yeah, right! There's some MAGICAL MYSTERY animal where we get ham, bacon AND sausage! Uh huh!