August 20, 2005 - L.A. to Port Canaveral - Eastbound Repo Cruise - The SHIP OF FOOLS Part 3

[jhemond]

Welcome Rachel!

Top 10 Funny Store Signs

1. Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary, we hear you coming."

2. Outside a hotel: "Help! We need inn-experienced people."

3. On a desk in a reception room: "We shoot every 3rd salesman , and the 2nd one just left."

4. In a veterinarians waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes, Sit ! Stay!"

5. At the electric company: "We would be de-lighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't you will be."

6. On the door of a computer store: "Out for a quick byte."

7. In a restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come on in and get fed up."

8. Inside a bowling alley: "Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop."

9. In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully, we'll wait."

10. In a counselors office: "Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional.

 

[mississaugamom]

I have heard that Castaway Cay is the best place out of all the stops to SCUBA. Has anyone heard differently? Would it save much money to bring the kid's snorkel gear or would it be more of a pain?

Rachel

Hi Rachel,

I love both SCUBA and snorkelling, so I'll try to answer your question. Castaway Cay does not offer scuba excursions or have air tanks available. They do have two snorkelling trails (beginner and advanced). The beginner is fairly short, and there is more to see on the advanced trail, but obviously it's a longer swim out. However, my DD was 7 when we were there and was able to snorkel the advanced trail out to find the "sunken Mickey" with no problems.

We bring our own masks and snorkels (for fit and health reasons) but rented fins at Castaway Cay for $8.00 each for the day. This saved a lot of room in our suitcases! Snorkel vests are required for EVERYONE and are provided free of charge by Disney.

On this cruise, there's probably better snorkelling available in Curacao and Cabo San Lucas (although the water at Cabo will be cooler).

Hope this helped. Keep asking any questions you think of!

Arlene

 

[Bmwdsny]

I've Lost Me Luggage"
>
>An Irishman arrived at J.F.K. Airport and wandered around the terminal with
>tears streaming down his cheeks. An airline employee asked him if he was
>already homesick.
>
>"No," replied the Irishman "I've lost all me luggage!"
>
>"How'd that happen?"
>
>"The cork fell out!" said the Irishman.
>
>*****************************************************
>
>"Water to Wine"
>
>An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding
>in
>Connecticut. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and
>then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car. He says, "Sir,
>have
>you been drinking?"
>
>"Just water," says the priest.
>
>The trooper says, "Then why do I smell wine?"
>
>The priest looks at the bottle and says, "Good Lord! He's done it again!"
>
>***********************************************
>"The Brothel"
>
>Two Irishmen were sitting at a pub having beer and watching the brothel
>across the street.
>
>They saw a Baptist minister walk into the brothel, and one of them said,
>Aye, 'tis a shame to see a man of the cloth goin' bad."
>
>Then they saw a rabbi enter the brothel, and the other Irishman said, "Aye,
>tis a shame to see that the Jews are fallin' victim to temptation as well."
>
>Then they see a catholic priest enter the brothel, and one of the Irishmen
>said, "What a terrible pity...one of the girls must be dying.
>
>************************************
>
>Irish Cemetery
>
>Three Irishmen, Paddy, Sean and Seamus, were stumbling home from the pub
>late one night and found themselves on the road which led past the old
>graveyard..
>
>"Come have a look over here," says Paddy, "It's Michael O'Grady's grave,
>God
>bless his soul. He lived to the ripe old age of 87."
>
>"That's nothing," says Sean, "here's one named Patrick O'Toole, it says
>here
>that he was 95 when he died."!
>
>Just then, Seamus yells out, "Good God, here's a fella that got to be 145!"
>
>"What was his name?" asks Paddy.
>
>Seamus stumbles around a bit, awkwardly lights a match to see what else is
>written on the stone marker, and exclaims, Miles, from Dublin."
>
>***************************************************
>
>Irish Predicament
>
>Drunk Ole Mulvihill (From the Northern Irish Clan) staggers into a Catholic
>Church, enters a confessional box, sits down but says nothing.
>
>The Priest coughs a few times to get his attention but the Ole just sits
>there.
>
>Finally, the Priest pounds three times on the wall.
>
>The drunk mumbles, "ain't no use knockin, there's no paper on this side
>either."
>
>***************************************************
>
>Irish Last Request
>
>Mary Clancy goes up to Father O'Grady's after his Sunday morning service,
>and she's in tears.
>
>He says, "So what's bothering you, Mary my dear?"
>
>She says, "Oh, Father, I've got terrible news. My husband passed away last
>night."
>
>The priest says, "Oh, Mary, that's terrible. Tell me, did he have any last
>requests?"
>
>She says, "That he did, Father..."
>
>The priest says, "What did he ask, Mary?"
>
>She says, "He said, 'Please Mary, put down that gun!'


>HAPPY ST. PATRICK DAY!!!!!!

 

[mark & sandra]

I let my kids pick out the ice cream at the store the other day, knowing full well that we would not come home with anything normal. Knowing my kids, I figured they would have to have something with cartoon characters or sour gummy worms in it.

They finally decided on "Buncha Cruncha", which is chocolate ice cream with bits of Nestle Crunch stirred in.

Okay. That doesn't sound bad at all.

So, last night, after having scoured the house for something chocolate as I am known to sometimes do, I remembered the ice cream.

I just want to know who the test marketers for this product was. Sure, the chocolate ice cream is rich and creamy and then....

then, you hit one of those chocolate covered, frozen-solid-as-a-rock balls of compressed styrofoam that they are attempting to pass off as "puffed rice". I'm warning you that if you have ANY dental work in your mouth at all, you'd better not bite into one of those little Nestle land-mines! Ouch! And you can't get by with just ONE in your mouth, oh no. They saturated an otherwise respectable ice cream with those little gravelly candies! These things will scrape the hide off of your gums so bad that it will leave you feeling like that fresh-outta-the-oven-pizza-cheese-on-the-roof-of-the-mouth-burn was just a "warm, tingly feeling".

This is just my way of looking out for you guys. I thought you'd like to know.

(I'm so glad they didn't pick the one with Butterfinger bits....)

 

[Bmwdsny]

Californians
> > >
> > > So as not to be outdone by all the redneck, hillbilly, and Texan
>jokes,
> > you
> > > know you're from California if:
> > >
> > > 1. Your coworker has 8 body piercing's and none are visible.
> > >
> > > 2. You make over $300,000 and still can't afford a house.
> > >
> > > 3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a
>conversation
> > > in English.
> > >
> > > 4. Your child's 3rd-grade teacher has purple hair, a nose ring, and
>is
> > named
> > > Flower.
> > >
> > > 5. You can't remember . is pot illegal?
> > >
> > > 6. You've been to a baby shower that has two mothers and a sperm
>donor.
> > >
> > > 7. You have a very strong opinion about where your coffee beans are
>grown,
> > > and you can taste the difference between Sumatran and Ethiopian.
> > >
> > > 8. You can't remember . . is pot illegal?
> > >
> > > 9. A really great parking space can totally move you to tears.
> > >
> > > 10. Gas costs $1.00 per gallon more than anywhere else in the U.S.
> > >
> > > 11. Unlike back home, the guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing a
>baseball
> > cap
> > > and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney really IS George
>Clooney.
> > >
> > > 12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.
> > >
> > > 13. You can't remember . .is pot illegal?
> > >
> > > 14. It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news
> > station:
> > > "STORM WATCH."
> > >
> > > 15. You pass an elementary school playground and the children are all
>busy
> > > with their cells or pagers.
> > >
> > > 16. It's barely sprinkling rain outside, so you leave for work an
>hour
> > early
> > > to avoid all the weather-related accidents.
> > >
> > > 17. HEY!!!! Is pot illegal????
> > >
> > > 18. Both you AND your dog have therapists.
> > >
> > > 19. The Terminator is your governor.
> > >
> > > 20. If you drive illegally, they take your driver's license. If
>you're
> > here
> > > illegally, they want to give you one.

 

[DisneyElf]

Welcome Rachel to the ship of fools !




On snorkeling - we manage to take masks, snorkels & fins! Last year - US Diver came out with a smaller, split fin -- works great & packs even better than the longer fins. We got ours at Costco.

 

[kmiles]

Personally, I like to use the rental snorkel equipment. Makes life more of an adventure.

 

[ifotobonz]

Someone, please help me find the index to this thread. I get the newsletter and I need to look up some things so I may pm some of you guys to order some of those great things that is being offered.
Anyone going to the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney in Calfornia before the cruise? I may be alittle slow at this, but I recently found out that they take reservations a year in advance.

 

[Bmwdsny]

Someone, please help me find the index to this thread. I get the newsletter and I need to look up some things so I may pm some of you guys to order some of those great things that is being offered.
Anyone going to the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney in Calfornia before the cruise? I may be alittle slow at this, but I recently found out that they take reservations a year in advance.

Click here:page 297 and scroll down to Winotracy post.

but i dont' think it has been updated in a while.

 

[NYdiscuisers]

We received our new passports today! It took just under 4 weeks. Not bad.

Paul

PS. Welcome to the new posters!

 

[dletz]

A water bearer in China had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole, which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.

At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, while the bearer delivered only one and a half pots of full water to his house.

Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself and because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."

The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path. Every day while we walked back, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace this house."

Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them.

Blessings to all my crackpot friends.

:thewave:​

 

[izzinmac]

New FoolRachel

Welcome Rachael,

There's no Fool like a new Fool!

 

[winotracy]

Thanks Donna! Are you calling me a crackpot? I think this was appropriate though! Rachel, I'll send you a link to all the newsletters, I'm sure you'll find the info you need in there. Look at the previous editions.

Tracy

 

[jhemond]

I'm a crackpot baby!

 

[mississaugamom]

Donna - from one crackpot to another, I thank you for a terrific message!

Arlene

 

[Bmwdsny]

THANKS DONNA!!

 

[disneydudette1]

Mark (wanted to get your attention) Maybe I missed something but who do I make the check out to? I am sending in for the 3 dudettes. Meant to ask in chat last night but didn't want to break the flow...or flight of ideas anyway.

Tracy-Gold star for you for the newletter...it will be my read on the train tomorrow.

Welcome Rachel...a little more about yourself and you will make it into the Ship of Fools Trivia contest! Or at least a question or 2 or 3...Of course you will have to read the entire thread to try to win!

I would love to be called a crackpot at work...it would be better than what my associates call me!!! My bosses love me for my attention to detail...my associates hate me for my attention to detail...hmmmm...who gives me the raises? All I expect is a job well done! Can you tell I had a very bad day?????
Tomorrow will be worse!!!!

 

[RobinMarie]

We are on the EB repositioning cruise as well as our neighbors (I think they are already on your roster). We have 2 adults, one pirate (5), one boy (8). I found WinoTracy's index very helpful and will have to take some time to go thru this thread.

Rachel

Welcome Rachel!

 

[izzinmac]

We are now over 13,000. Went over 10,000 in early February. By cruise day, how many posts do you think we will have??

 

[Bmwdsny]

We are now over 13,000. Went over 10,000 in early February. By cruise day, how many posts do you think we will have??

Just think, The number would have been higher if we didn't have chat!

by the way, your welcome, Bob!!