Canadian Buffoon's Solo Disney Vacation - Update 07/08! pp99 - Here today gone tomorrow

[pkondz]

Okay! Took me a bit, but I think I'm all caught up with the shout-outs.
If I've missed someone, it's because I'm stupid, not because I'm ignoring you.
Let me know!

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Be my guest! Be my guest!
For these sprouts I must protest.
Tie a rope 'round my neck, cherie
For I will not injest.
Soup du jour
Hot hors d'oeuvres
Those I do deserve
Love the grey stuff
It's delicious!
Don't believe me? As good as Wishes!
They're so vile, excuse my rants,
I would rather be in France
I would rather have a gamey chicken breast
So I will please implore you
So I wont have to spew
Be my guest
Oui, my guest
Be my guest!

My first and only visit with my parents and my sister.
We went to ride HM.
Mom and Sis in one Doombuggy, Dad and I in the next.
I don't recall exactly where we were in the ride,
but I'm sure it was before the graveyard.
We came to a bend in the track,
my Dad looks at me, grins, stands up, leans over...
And SLAMS his hand down on the buggy in front of us.
And at the same time he yells "RRROOOAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!"

So it turns out that my Mom and Sister must've gotten on the buggy just before that one.
The two teenage girls riding in this one screamed!!!

Of course my Dad was mortified.
I can see (and hear) him like it was yesterday.
"I thought you were my wife!!!"

Bwwwaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaaa…
I may feel just a little bit bad for some of the folks in that story but…

Oh who am I kidding, that’s comedic gold right there.

My second favorite commercial.
Woman sleeping soundly in bed.
Alarm rings.
Without even raising her head, she smashes a hammer down on the clock.
She smiles a little smile and drifts off to sleep.

The camera slowly pans back and out of her room.
And as the logo for one of Canada's biggest lottery comes up...
(With the tag line, "What would you do?"
And just before the commercial ends...
You see her walk-in closet.
Filled with hundreds of boxes of alarm clocks.

Yep…
That paints quite the picture.


Second favorite, you say?

You're the first one to notice that.

Oh good, so it wasn’t just my imaginary-nation then.

Trying to figure out what that was about.
Must have something to do with this new and amazing experience you headed for in the next chapter.
(meaning that its probably not the driving experience), but in just what capacity?…
Hummmmm.

But I think I like "tapstiles" better.

Actually, I like that one too.
Tapstiles it is.

What if the Jolly Green Giant came by with a golf club?
What then, huh Mr. Smart guy???

Well then you’d have a great story and no way to either prove or disprove it.
And that is the primary formula for every great legend, folk tale and conspiracy theory.

Actually... nope.
I did Soarin', then Living With the Land
and then I took the picture.
I posted it out of order for dramatic effect.
Or something like that.

Suspected as much. That’s how I’d have done it.
Heck, I’ve been known to grab images from all over the pace to tell a story in a TR.
You never really know what will turn up, or for that matter, what tangent I’ll go off on
(you know, anything to distract folks from the pitifulness of the actual story line)

"Bleeeough"
Good word to describe them.
Needs more "ough" maybe.

Good point.
I’m not sure what the proper diacritical mark is for emphasizing phlegm…
but that’s the bit that it needed.

One of my favourite scenes! (Well, I have several from that movie, of course.)

And I mean shortly after this when:
"In the frozen land of Nador, they were forced to eat Robin's minstrels…and there was much rejoicing."

Those two little flags waving just kills me!

The flags combined with the couple of voices in the distance weekly hollering out: “yeaaaaa!”
To this day, folks in my house will show sarcastic approval for whatever is currently deserving of it by hold up one hand and mimicking the waving of those little flags along with the weak “yeaaaaa”.

Turns out that all the girls took selfies of themselves in front of the bonfire (before the rain started)
and posted what a great time they were having at the party...
Then spent the rest of the night with their noses in their electronics.
My DD was bored out of her mind.

I'm sure that today's kids are losing (lost?) the art of conversation.

Sad indeed.
The up side to that story though is that your young’en saw it as pathetic.
You’re raising a rebel there. Keep her at it.

I guess you haven't seen those charges yet...
I mean. I don't know what you're talking about.

Likely story…
But one that explains much.

Makes. Those. Fairly. Regular....

Yup…
The May birthdays in our house are coming up, so we should be getting a nice batch of ‘em soon.
Like I said, we don’t do birthday cakes. My boy asks for the Bad Mac, and I ask for the brûlée.
Yummmmmmmmm…

I did!
Or at least I tried.

Then, ya’ done good.

Still haven't forgotten that, huh?

Nope.
Ain’t figured it out yet either so it’s gnawing at me.

I seldom have roasted veggies.
Maybe I should look into that a bit more.

Roasting does tend to help them a bit.

Of course, hot-rodding them does even more so.
DW will mix up a little bit of olive oil, honey and ground ginger and then toss sliced carrots in the mixture and roast them for a while. The result is heavenly.

I think everyone who reads/writes these TRs are basically whipping themselves into a frenzy to go back!

Think?
Of course that’s what were doin’ (weather we want to admit it or not).
Cheapest form of therapy out there.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades,
thermonuclear devices and this TR... when I feel like it.

(And the usual disclaimer, if you notice an error, tell me!)

Does that require me to read all of the replies closely?

Today's temps currently 47 with a high of 68 in the forecast.
Sweet! Shorts and a t-shirt again!

Canadian heat wave!

Where did all these people come from?
And how did they get here so fast, ahead of me?
There were about a dozen people already waiting to ride.
Talk about deflating one's ego!
I was so sure I had that race won!
Or at least placed.
I didn't even show.

I think they throw elbows and bodychecks. It's not a penalty if the referee doesn't see it.

"Can I have the highest row?" I ask.
I politically correctly do not ask for the "non-foot" row.
I am directed to the far right.
Yes! Top row!

And no stinky feet!

Yes, I know some of you really like this ride.
And to be honest... it exceeded my expectations.
I found it interesting. And interesting is good.
Interesting is not boring.

I was shocked that my kids actually enjoyed that one. I thought for sure they'd be bored to tears.

Yup! This is one popular ride!
I can't believe I lucked out and got a seat!

Yuck. Gross.
Did you know those things are proof that there is a Hell?
(I shudder as I type this. That, I mean.)

Could not agree more. Just as bacon is proof of heaven.

It didn't place first in any category.
I think that qualifies me as an automotive engineer.
Think about it. How many of you have ever said:
"What a piece of crap!" when talking about your car/truck?
See? Qualified.

As a road design engineer, I encounter this line of thinking a lot. When I tell people where I work, the first thing they say is, "You know what you people oughta do..."

Makes me wonder why I wasted all that money on a degree!

Which is... odd.
I mean the car goes up to 65mph, right?
Well I drive faster than that on some highways,
and I don't ever feel like holding my arms up in the air and
hollering like an idiot.
Which I suppose is a good thing, since if I did, I'd be hollering
and so would my passengers as we smash through the guard rail
and go soarin' off into oblivion.

We need to bank the curves on the highways like they do for that ride. That'll get your blood pumping.

We thought, "If that was good... more's got to be better!"
So we rode the orange side.

Yeah, not our finest hour.
I think the kids were okay, but Ruby didn't like it and I felt sick for about half an hour.
It felt like a ball of yeast was rising in my stomach and I just didn't knead that.

Finally, someone who prefers the lame-o side like me! And can't stand the drops on ToT, either! My brother from another mother!

If I ever forget which side of Mission Space I prefer, I just remember that orange is the color of vomit, which is likely to make an appearance on that side.

I was chosen to be navigator. Truly an honour!
Our capsule only had three cabin crew.
And while I was concerned about the mission's success without an engineer,
I'm pretty sure that my close attention to the controls is what saved the day.
And our butts.
(Is anyone else a big enough geek and lame enough to admit
that they too flip all the toggles and push all the buttons?
Anyone?)

I don't want to crash, you know.

Besides, I've loved pushing buttons since I was a toddler. Never grew out of that phase.

I always like to give the navigator and pilot crap for steering us into an asteroid belt on that ride. It's especially fun if you're with strangers.

I spotted a family trying to convince one of their members to try the Beverly.
But he wouldn't do it.

Holy smokes is this thing ever LOUD!
People over in Mexico were stopping to see what all the commotion was about.
And I don't mean the Mexico pavilion, I mean Mexico Mexico.
As in make a run for the border.

They went to Taco Bell?

So now I had a coveted ADR for Le Cellier...
and we weren't even going to be in Epcot!

I dutifully called Guest Services and regretfully, reluctantly,
cancelled the ADR and made a new one for somewhere in MK.

I am not making this up. This honest-to-heck happened...
I placed the telephone receiver back onto the cradle.
And the very second... the instant I did so...
Both kids tell me they've changed their minds and now want to go to Epcot.

I spun around, grabbed the phone and re-dialed.
"Hello? Hello? I just had an ADR for Le Cellier for six o'clock that I cancelled.
Can I get it back?..."

Nope. Gone.

This would actually be the first time I visited "my" pavilion.
I guess I'd always passed it by in the past,
reasoning that there wouldn't be anything I hadn't already seen back home.
But a few people had commented that I really needed to see O Canada.
Plus, of course, that's where Le Cellier is.

I like the Canada pavilion a lot. Reminds me of the Wilderness Lodge.

There was only one thing that I absolutely had to try...
There was only one thing I ordered.

Yes!

The Cheddar Cheese soup!

And.... meh.

Wait...what?

Maybe that faulty sense of smell messed up your taste buds??

Cronut!!

All I can say is "Oh.... My."
It wasn't just good... it was stupendously, fantastically good.
If you haven't had one, GET. ONE.

I need this. Mmmm....forbidden cronut...

Underpants!
I mean France! France!!

I love being able to stand on the bridge between UK and France pavilions there just so I can say, "I see London, I see France..."

The attention to detail, just gets me sometimes, ya know?
A lot of people wouldn't even notice this little scene.
Now, while I never saw a little boat, bicycle, or painting
on the banks of the Seine, it all just screams French tableau.
You would see bikes like that. You would see paintings like that out and about.
And the bank of the Seine does look like that.

It totally makes me feel like I'm in Paris, too! And I've never been there.

I don't really remember too much about the film.
I do remember that much of it was breathtakingly beautiful.
I remember recognizing some scenes (I was there!)
And I remember that I enjoyed it.

You took a nap. Admit it, we all do.

Yes I'd just had lunch... but I hadn't had dessert yet!!

Except for the cronut, but who's counting? As Rob pointed out, calories don't count on vacation.

I wish some parents would... parent.
I used to notice this all the time when my girls were little.
I'd take them to the park or something and before you knew it,
I was babysitting my kids and half a dozen others too.
Even my own mother commented on this when she watched my kids.
Some people say that we may be heading towards our own extinction.

This is why they need to let me bring my taser.

Ya know. Being a typical guy, I can't stand shopping.
Grocery shopping I don't mind, but any other kind...
Well, tools. I don't mind.
Grocery and tool shopping...
Books. I like books.

Sounds about right. If they would just put the stuff I need right by the front door, we'd all be happier.

He was about 65 - 70 years old and just screamed... hippie.
I couldn't resist.
I had to do it.
I walked up to him and said...

"Hey man, can I borrow some of your pot?"

Bonus questions!
1. What did I need to make me feel more at ease in France?

Ugly American tourists! Good thing you had some all around you.

Or maybe a Grand Marnier slushie?

2. How many people were on Living With the Land with me? (Hint: < 10)

4, just because it's my favorite number.

3. Find the burning bush.

I was heading out to do something that I'd never thought I'd do.
Something that I'm willing to bet very few,
possibly none of you reading this, have done.
And it's going to blow your minds.
I'm not going to make it a bonus point question.
But feel free to guess what it might be.

You used your refillable mug at a different resort than where you were staying? You went pool-hopping? You took your kids out of school for a Disney vacation??

 

[RMColosimo]

I have joined late, but I plan on getting all the points left. That Canadian Candy Bar will be mine!!!!

1. What did I need to make me feel more at ease in France?

Some of that pot from Cheech, or was it Chong?, I am guessing.

2. How many people were on Living With the Land with me? (Hint: < 10)
2.5 Don't ask me what a .5 person is, but it is something.

3. Find the burning bush.

It's right there!

Great story, I am not sure I could go to Disney without my Wife or kids. The thought of doing the parks by myself actually terrifies me. I like to talk through what I am doing, and not sure I could bear all the responsibilities of the choices? So many choices with no wife or children to tell me what to do... It's like being at work where I have to make the choices and stuff...

 

[Sandy Mouse]

More sashaying was done by moi.

By Whom? Oh, by you. Go ahead, dazzle us with your skills.

so the Tarte au Citron (lemon tart) was calling my name.
(Which is really weird. I didn't know if I could eat a sentient tart.

How do you know it is? Just because it can talk, it doesn't mean it's sentimental... or smart.

The Taiko drummers were just about to get started.
I like watching Taiko drumming.

I love these drummers - they're just fun to watch.
I miss the Fife and Drum corp at the American Experience, too. Why did they have to go!!

The man seated on the pot looked very much like Tommy Chong,
of Cheech and Chong fame.
He was about 65 - 70 years old and just screamed... hippie.
I couldn't resist.
I had to do it.
I walked up to him and said...

"Hey man, can I borrow some of your pot?"

How is it you are still walking around and not murdered on the streets of... whatever country that was!

 

[Sandy Mouse]

Should’a had the steak.

It's never a bad time for steak. Breakfast? Steak. Lunch... Steak. Dinner? Steak? Yes, please.

My first and only visit with my parents and my sister.
We went to ride HM.
Mom and Sis in one Doombuggy, Dad and I in the next.
I don't recall exactly where we were in the ride,
but I'm sure it was before the graveyard.
We came to a bend in the track,
my Dad looks at me, grins, stands up, leans over...
And SLAMS his hand down on the buggy in front of us.
And at the same time he yells "RRROOOAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!"

So it turns out that my Mom and Sister must've gotten on the buggy just before that one.
The two teenage girls riding in this one screamed!!!

Of course my Dad was mortified.
I can see (and hear) him like it was yesterday.

Now, that's funny!

 

[pkondz]

Thank you. Thankyouverymuch.
On the strength of that song, I'm here all weak.

Bwwwaaaaaahaaahaaahaaaaa…
I may feel just a little bit bad for some of the folks in that story but…

Oh who am I kidding, that’s comedic gold right there.

I do love that story, if I do say so myself.

Yep…
That paints quite the picture.


Second favorite, you say?

My fave.

Picture a line of 6 - 7 people, standing on a curb, waiting for a cab.
Cab roars up and screeches to a halt at the front of the line.
The cabbie rolls down the window and looks at the woman at the front of the line.
"Bar room blitz?" He asks.
The woman tugs on the door handle, but it's locked.
She looks up at the driver, puzzled, who repeats. "Bar room blitz?"
She says. "What?"
He slams the car into reverse and guns it backwards to the 2nd person in line.
"Bar room blitz?" He asks the next patron.
"What?" She asks.
"Bar room blitz?" He repeats.
"Are you going to the airport?" She asks.
The driver lets out a loud sigh, rolls his eyes and gets out of the cab,
slamming the driver's door behind him.
Suddenly the song "Bar Room Blitz" comes blaring out of the cab.
The cabbie walks out in front of the crowd...
And starts dancing and lip synching to the song!
Everyone looks at him in puzzlement.
Except.
Except for this nerdy looking guy at the back of the line,
wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase.
Akwardly at first, and then with a bit more confidence,
he starts air guitaring to the song.

The cabbie, stops, looks him over, nods...
and lets him in the cab!

And as they drive off to the strains of Bar Room Blitz,
the tag line for the lottery, "What would you do?" comes up.

Actually, I like that one too.
Tapstiles it is.

Okay. It's official.

Oh yeah?
What if the Jolly Green Giant came by with a golf club?
What then, huh Mr. Smart guy???

Well then you’d have a great story and no way to either prove or disprove it.
And that is the primary formula for every great legend, folk tale and conspiracy theory.

Oh, I can prove it.
I have photographic evidence.

I hope Spaceship Earth wasn't your favourite ride...

You never really know what will turn up, or for that matter, what tangent I’ll go off on
(you know, anything to distract folks from the pitifulness of the actual story line)

Oh, I know that method very, very well.

The flags combined with the couple of voices in the distance weekly hollering out: “yeaaaaa!”
To this day, folks in my house will show sarcastic approval for whatever is currently deserving of it by hold up one hand and mimicking the waving of those little flags along with the weak “yeaaaaa”.

No way! I don't use the finger wave too much, but I frequently will use "And there was much rejoicing."
Neither one of my kids has seen the movie.... must let Kay (DD14) watch. She'd probably like it.
Don't know about the older one.

Yup…
The May birthdays in our house are coming up, so we should be getting a nice batch of ‘em soon.
Like I said, we don’t do birthday cakes. My boy asks for the Bad Mac, and I ask for the brûlée.
Yummmmmmmmm…

Can I come over to your house?

Of course, hot-rodding them does even more so.
DW will mix up a little bit of olive oil, honey and ground ginger and then toss sliced carrots in the mixture and roast them for a while. The result is heavenly.

Never heard of, much less tried, that.
Sounds interesting.
I honestly can't say if I'd like it or not.
Depends on what you're roasting along with them carrots!

Think?
Of course that’s what were doin’ (weather we want to admit it or not).
Cheapest form of therapy out there.

Therapy?

Or self flagellataion?

 

[Steppesister]

@Steppesister - 2 points because she deserves some after a bad day.

Bad days always get better. Especially when you end them with a margarita. Thanks for the sympathy. If we're ever at WDW at the same time, I owe you one.

Today's temps currently 47 with a high of 68 in the forecast.
Sweet! Shorts and a t-shirt again!

70 here. Still have my knit scarf going.

pkondz side steps

Fool. Trampling is so much more effective.

No! No! He's cutting through Innoventions West! A brilliant move!

Oooh nice one!

I was so sure I had that race won!
Or at least placed.
I didn't even show.

Told ya so.

Still, I like the ride enough to bowl over the young and elderly to get on it first thing.

That's more like it.

I'd never done the car design thingy before,
so it took me a while to get up to speed (see what I did there?)

Yes, I do. Nice literary technique using "speed" as part of your picture play for the context.

65mph

Was that hard for you...?

It felt like a ball of yeast was rising in my stomach and I just didn't knead that.

I like this one better though.

(Is anyone else a big enough geek and lame enough to admit
that they too flip all the toggles and push all the buttons?
Anyone?)

Ok. Fine. :raiseshand:

New screen saver. Thanks!

But for whatever reason... I was kind of... well... bored.

Do I need to come give you a beating? YOU WERE IN DISNEY! That's not even allowed!

So I just wandered around, without an agenda or time limit.

You do realize that is the very essence of Nirvana, Utopia, Heaven... whatever semantics you want to use. That is worth doing multiple times and spending Disney amounts of dollars.

And the very second... the instant I did so...
Both kids tell me they've changed their minds and now want to go to Epcot.

SHUT UP! (Yes, they deserve every beating you give them. And should take you back there to make it up to you. Just choose a different restaurant, though, now that you know it doesn't live up to the hype.)

I could say something about this being the eye candy that appeals to the other half of the EPCOT census- you know opposite of the belly dancers kind of thing.

Goodness knows that's much more important than parenting.

Duh.

Guess even pawnshop owners go to Disney...

Bonus questions!
1. What did I need to make me feel more at ease in France?
2. How many people were on Living With the Land with me? (Hint: < 10)
3. Find the burning bush.

1. More money? Better French? Someone to take that "parent' out of the gene pool?

2. Zero. The same number of A's I've gotten this term.

3. Is it this one that you almost caught on fire with your lens flare. (JK, that's actually a legit technique. Nice shot.)

Sorry, I went back and looked but coudn't find one. Time to move on...

 

[pkondz]

Hadn't heard that one before.
I like it!

Does that require me to read all of the replies closely?

Nah. Just check your own, in case I did something glaringly obviously wrong.

Canadian heat wave!

Ya got that right!
Anytime the temps get above freezing, you're likely to hear me singing:
"We're having a heat wave. A tropical heat wave...."

And then of course your ears would bleed.

I think they throw elbows and bodychecks. It's not a penalty if the referee doesn't see it.

Or doesn't not see it.
I saw a top 5 list of best "dives" tonight on TV.

And no stinky feet!

That just totally ruins it for me.

I was shocked that my kids actually enjoyed that one. I thought for sure they'd be bored to tears.

I'd bet that Elle (DD18) would like it a lot, while Kay (DD14) would throw herself under the boat.

Could not agree more. Just as bacon is proof of heaven.

Oooohhh... I really like that. I'm going to shamlessly steal it from now on.

As a road design engineer, I encounter this line of thinking a lot. When I tell people where I work, the first thing they say is, "You know what you people oughta do..."

Makes me wonder why I wasted all that money on a degree!

But you know what you really ought to do...

We need to bank the curves on the highways like they do for that ride. That'll get your blood pumping.

YES!!

Finally, someone who prefers the lame-o side like me! And can't stand the drops on ToT, either! My brother from another mother!

If I ever forget which side of Mission Space I prefer, I just remember that orange is the color of vomit, which is likely to make an appearance on that side.

Hey, Bro!

I just think of it making me green from motion sickness.
Then remember that Disney got it backwards.

I don't want to crash, you know.

Those toggles and buttons have to be there for a reason!

Besides, I've loved pushing buttons since I was a toddler. Never grew out of that phase.

What is this "grow out of" that you speak of?

I always like to give the navigator and pilot crap for steering us into an asteroid belt on that ride. It's especially fun if you're with strangers.

Best scene of the whole movie.

I like the Canada pavilion a lot. Reminds me of the Wilderness Lodge.

Never thought of that... but you're right!

Maybe that faulty sense of smell messed up your taste buds??

It wasn't the smell... it was the texture.
And... honestly... it was a little on the bland side, too.

I need this. Mmmm....forbidden cronut...

You do. You really do need that.

I love being able to stand on the bridge between UK and France pavilions there just so I can say, "I see London, I see France..."

What is this "grow out of" that you speak of?

You took a nap. Admit it, we all do.

Nope. Never seen it, so I watched it.
No guarantees for the next time.

Except for the cronut, but who's counting? As Rob pointed out, calories don't count on vacation.

Yes. Yes. I had a 'frican cronut and didn't count it as dessert.
Happy now?

This is why they need to let me bring my taser.

I like where this is going.

Ugly American tourists! Good thing you had some all around you.

Or maybe a Grand Marnier slushie?

4, just because it's my favorite number.

Noted.

 

[pkondz]

I have joined late, but I plan on getting all the points left. That Canadian Candy Bar will be mine!!!!

Late, but not too late!
Yes, you too can still win that.... wait.... "That Canadian Candy Bar"?
Did I give the impression that it would only be one????

Silly me.

However... to the TR!!
You're coming in at juuuuusssst the right time.

Also noticed where you hang your hat.
I've been to your home town, so maybe you should swing by mine, just to keep things even?
No?



Again, welcome!

1. What did I need to make me feel more at ease in France?

Some of that pot from Cheech, or was it Chong?, I am guessing.

2. How many people were on Living With the Land with me? (Hint: < 10)
2.5 Don't ask me what a .5 person is, but it is something.

3. Find the burning bush.

It's right there!

Guesses noted and tabulated.
Results posted in the next chapter.

Great story, I am not sure I could go to Disney without my Wife or kids. The thought of doing the parks by myself actually terrifies me. I like to talk through what I am doing, and not sure I could bear all the responsibilities of the choices? So many choices with no wife or children to tell me what to do... It's like being at work where I have to make the choices and stuff...

It was a real mixture of emotions.
Some days I was glad to be on my own since I could do whatever I wanted.
Other days I would be missing one, two or all three of the rest of the family.

It was a surreal vacation.

By Whom? Oh, by you. Go ahead, dazzle us with your skills.

Have I not done so already?

Note to self: Must improve prose, wit and photography.

How do you know it is? Just because it can talk, it doesn't mean it's sentimental... or smart.

But I do!
It saw my teeth fast approaching and yelled "Don't eat me!" (smart) and then was sad (sentimental.)

So there's that.

I love these drummers - they're just fun to watch.
I miss the Fife and Drum corp at the American Experience, too. Why did they have to go!!

Winnipeg has one of the best Taiko drumming teams in North America, and that's where I learned to enjoy it.
I never saw the Fife and Drum corp, but I sure wish I had.
Never seen one.

How is it you are still walking around and not murdered on the streets of... whatever country that was!

It was Japan.

Are you assuming my mouth has never gotten me into trouble????

It's never a bad time for steak. Breakfast? Steak. Lunch... Steak. Dinner? Steak? Yes, please.

True.
But I just wasn't in the mood for a. pretty good steak (I get great steak, up here) or b. the sticker shock.

Now, that's funny!

Thanks a bunch.

 

[pkondz]

Bad days always get better. Especially when you end them with a margarita. Thanks for the sympathy. If we're ever at WDW at the same time, I owe you one.

@Steppesister You've got a deal. And you'll see why this appeals even more, later on.

70 here. Still have my knit scarf going.

I assume you mean you're wearing it as some sort of skirt?
With a nice light, cool top and possibly strappy sandals?

It's obviously way too warm for it to be used as a scarf.

Fool. Trampling is so much more effective.

Ah! So you would think!
But there are strollers in the mix.
Oh, sure you can trample the pedestrians,
but strollers are the worst for getting your legs all tangled up.

This is the voice of experience talking.

Yes, I do. Nice literary technique using "speed" as part of your picture play for the context.

Huh? I have no idea what you mean.
I was referring to the use of the word "thingy".

Was that hard for you...?

Nope!

I do this a lot when I drive in the States.

The sign says the distance to "destination" is 115 miles.
115 divided by 0.6 = 191.67 kms.
If I'm travelling at (for example) 120km/h that's 2 km/minute.
191.67km divided by 2 = 95.8 minutes or about an hour an a half.
One hour and thirty seven (rounded) minutes.

By the time I do the mental math, I usually see a sign that says:
"destination" 112 miles.
112 divided by 0.6 = ........


I may possibly be easily amused.

I like this one better though.

Thanks!

Ok. Fine. :raiseshand:

Looks like there's a few of us around these parts.

New screen saver. Thanks!

Thanks! I think that's such a wonderful compliment.

Do I need to come give you a beating? YOU WERE IN DISNEY! That's not even allowed!

That cracked me up!

You do realize that is the very essence of Nirvana, Utopia, Heaven... whatever semantics you want to use. That is worth doing multiple times and spending Disney amounts of dollars.

Yes. Yes I do.
And that's what was bugging me so much about the Agent P game.
I just wanted to wander around and take in the sights.
But the game was making me leave without really looking to go on to the next thing.
I guess the game was okay, (albeit loud) but I wasn't in the mood to be told where to go next.

SHUT UP! (Yes, they deserve every beating you give them. And should take you back there to make it up to you. Just choose a different restaurant, though, now that you know it doesn't live up to the hype.)

Well, I might tell them to take me to Le Cellier.
I'd eat that steak if someone else is buying.

I could say something about this being the eye candy that appeals to the other half of the EPCOT census- you know opposite of the belly dancers kind of thing.

Oh my. I hadn't even considered that!
Thank you for pointing out the error of my ways.

1. More money? Better French? Someone to take that "parent' out of the gene pool?

2. Zero. The same number of A's I've gotten this term.

3. Is it this one that you almost caught on fire with your lens flare. (JK, that's actually a legit technique. Nice shot.)

All noted.

 

[Tracy161]

I don't know if my neighbours heard my alarm,
but I still feel guilty.

Ugh, I go through this every morning when my alarm goes off. Ahh, the joys of living in an apartment complex.

Tracy161 - 2 points because she exercises for all the right reasons.

Woohoo!!! I'll take points via any means necessary, thank you very much!!

Today's temps currently 47 with a high of 68 in the forecast.
Sweet! Shorts and a t-shirt again!

Oh, you Canadians...

pkondz puts it into a higher gear and begins to bypass Doddlers and Saunterers alike!

Doddlers and Saunterers?! Well now you're just showin' off.

Still, I like the ride enough to bowl over the young and elderly to get on it first thing.
Survival of the fittest.
Disney is not for the meek.

Respectable tactic. I do the same.

And here's another one, once we were all on board.

I'd never done the car design thingy before,
so it took me a while to get up to speed (see what I did there?)

It didn't place first in any category.
I think that qualifies me as an automotive engineer.

Well I drive faster than that on some highways,
and I don't ever feel like holding my arms up in the air and
hollering like an idiot.

I guess we have different driving styles...

(Is anyone else a big enough geek and lame enough to admit
that they too flip all the toggles and push all the buttons?
Anyone?)

Um, what else, exactly, would you expect me to do in there?!

I see that every day, on pretty much every street corner of my town.

I knew it!!! Okay, let's hope all the naysayers will finally put that complaint to rest now. I knew this was a wholly accurate representation of every street corner in Canada

Yes I'd just had lunch... but I hadn't had dessert yet!!

So did I imagine the cronut? But that's irrelevant... when one has the option to get multiple desserts, one must always take it!

"Hey man, can I borrow some of your pot?"

Bonus questions!
1. What did I need to make me feel more at ease in France?
2. How many people were on Living With the Land with me? (Hint: < 10)
3. Find the burning bush.

1. Hmm... a black and white stripped shirt?! White face paint and gloves?! A knack for using body language?
2. 1... just you!
3. ?!

 

[pkondz]

Ugh, I go through this every morning when my alarm goes off. Ahh, the joys of living in an apartment complex.

Next time, turn the alarm up really loud.
Then leave it on when you go to work.

They'll appreciate being able to listen to the radio while not having to use any electricity.

Oh, you Canadians...

What? It's warm!

Doddlers and Saunterers?! Well now you're just showin' off.

Survival of the quickest.

I guess we have different driving styles...

Remind me to never ever let you drive.

Um, what else, exactly, would you expect me to do in there?!

And we have another button pusher!
Maybe the better question would've been,
"Is there anyone who doesn't push the buttons?"

I knew it!!! Okay, let's hope all the naysayers will finally put that complaint to rest now. I knew this was a wholly accurate representation of every street corner in Canada

Oh, yeah.
They're pretty common.
Kind of like pests, really.
Sometimes there's so many that they spill out into the streets and really slow down the skidoos.

So did I imagine the cronut? But that's irrelevant... when one has the option to get multiple desserts, one must always take it!

Ugh! Yes! I messed up! You caught me!

But I still say it was a pre-dessert.
(One can never have enough dessert.)

1. Hmm... a black and white stripped shirt?! White face paint and gloves?! A knack for using body language?
2. 1... just you!
3. ?!

All guesses noted.

 

[orangecats2]

I know we were talking about this several days ago but I wanted to show you these pics as proof of my ways:

 

[pkondz]

I know we were talking about this several days ago but I wanted to show you these pics as proof of my ways:

And all I could think was to sing the Big Mac song.
"Two all beef patties, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing on a sesame seed bun!"
(If you don't know the song... You haven't lived.)

 

[KathyM2]

My DS is the exact same way...I don't know why they don't just call it "Big Mac, Plain"....BTW it's McHappy day...not sure if it's that in the US today or not...but I'm heading for the golden arches because you have to today ya know?

 

[pkondz]

My DS is the exact same way...I don't know why they don't just call it "Big Mac, Plain"....BTW it's McHappy day...not sure if it's that in the US today or not...but I'm heading for the golden arches because you have to today ya know?

My co-worker just mentioned that a minute ago.
Guess I'll head out to get some stomache cramps for tomorrow.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Picture a line of 6 - 7 people, standing on a curb, waiting for a cab.
Cab roars up and screeches to a halt at the front of the line.
The cabbie rolls down the window and looks at the woman at the front of the line.
"Bar room blitz?" He asks.
The woman tugs on the door handle, but it's locked.
She looks up at the driver, puzzled, who repeats. "Bar room blitz?"
She says. "What?"
He slams the car into reverse and guns it backwards to the 2nd person in line.
"Bar room blitz?" He asks the next patron.
"What?" She asks.
"Bar room blitz?" He repeats.
"Are you going to the airport?" She asks.
The driver lets out a loud sigh, rolls his eyes and gets out of the cab,
slamming the driver's door behind him.
Suddenly the song "Bar Room Blitz" comes blaring out of the cab.
The cabbie walks out in front of the crowd...
And starts dancing and lip synching to the song!
Everyone looks at him in puzzlement.
Except.
Except for this nerdy looking guy at the back of the line,
wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase.
Akwardly at first, and then with a bit more confidence,
he starts air guitaring to the song.

The cabbie, stops, looks him over, nods...
and lets him in the cab!

And as they drive off to the strains of Bar Room Blitz,
the tag line for the lottery, "What would you do?" comes up.

Yep, that paints quite a picture as well.

Oh, I can prove it.
I have photographic evidence.

I hope Spaceship Earth wasn't your favourite ride...

I don’t know… webcam shows it’s still there
The Jolly man must’a teed back up.

No way! I don't use the finger wave too much, but I frequently will use "And there was much rejoicing."
Neither one of my kids has seen the movie.... must let Kay (DD14) watch. She'd probably like it.
Don't know about the older one.

I’ve noticed that Gals don’t always take to it as quickly.
Introduced the film it to my boy somewhere around the age of 12.
He went out, bought himself a copy, and started indoctrinating all his friends.

Kind’a makes one proud.

Can I come over to your house?

You’re welcome to pay a visit, but I’d advise you against coming down this way full time…
you might melt.

Therapy?

Or self flagellataion?

And the difference would be….

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A person of true conviction I see.

And all I could think was to sing the Big Mac song.
"Two all beef patties, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing on a sesame seed bun!"
(If you don't know the song... You haven't lived.)

That version would certainly be a lot easier to learn backwards…
Not that anyone would actually entertain such a notion.

BTW it's McHappy day...not sure if it's that in the US today or not...but I'm heading for the golden arches because you have to today ya know?

McHappy Day?...
Never heard of such.

 

[pkondz]

Yep, that paints quite a picture as well.

Well it appears I may have some of the details wrong.
It's been quite a few years since I'd last seen it, but...

I FOUND IT!!!!

I notice that it's for a lottery in Norway.
I guess we must've stolen it and used it for our own lottery.
Can you do that?

Don't care. It's hilarious!

I don’t know… webcam shows it’s still there
The Jolly man must’a teed back up.

Well, he was going over the water.
Maybe he put it in there and just teed up another one.

Might want to check and see if it's the same ride.

I’ve noticed that Gals don’t always take to it as quickly.
Introduced the film it to my boy somewhere around the age of 12.
He went out, bought himself a copy, and started indoctrinating all his friends.

Kind’a makes one proud.

You're raising him right if you start him out on Monty Python.

And you're right. Generally (but not always) guys like it and girls don't.

You’re welcome to pay a visit, but I’d advise you against coming down this way full time…
you might melt.

Oh, I'm used to hot weather too.
I've experienced heat up to 80F!!

And the difference would be….

One way is harder to spell

That version would certainly be a lot easier to learn backwards…
Not that anyone would actually entertain such a notion.

:

McHappy Day?...
Never heard of such.

For every Happy Meal or Big Mac sold, McDonalds donates a portion of sales to help sick kids.
Some donate to Ronald McDonald House, or local hospitals.

 

[KathyM2]

I wonder if McHappy day is only in Canada??