Have you ever had a shock?

[Darian]

We we visiting my older brother in Daytona in '75 and suggested we drive down to Orlando for the day and check out this new park that was recently built. At one point in the day, mom was watching over my baby sister and my brother's daughter, both about 4 years old. She sees this ride with "Snow White" in the title (some how missing the rest of the title) decides it would be a great ride for her and the girls. Once on the ride, the girls start screaming and the only memory of the entire ride my mom has is hold her hands over both girls eyes and closing her's as well.

Hey HooKooDooKu! Dare I ask what the mom actually saw that made her cover the kid's eyes? Just call it lurid curiosity on my part. After the bikini top brouhaha on this thread I could use a good stiff shocker.

For the record, the reason people in hot climates were a lot of clothing is not just to reflect the sun's heat but to collect your sweat and as it evaporates from the clothing, it acts like an air conditioner (e.g. a swamp cooler) and literally cools your body off. Just keep powering down the water. I completely agree with our male college age poster about the wearing of bikini tops being just fine. Middle aged men don't mind the sight either.

 

[5 Disney Fans]

Now, I haven't read through all 200 pages of this thread, and it is possible my family is mentioned here because of the incident I'm about to describe. So to any of you out there who were on the boat from MK to FW and then on the bus to the FW camp loops and had to listen to my DD (2 yo at the time) SCREAM for the entire trip, I'm really sorry.

In May of last year we took DD to WDW for the first time. She had a great time for most of the trip, so other parents of toddlers please do not be discouraged. We went to MK for EMH one night and our personal stroller was "borrowed" (turned up later that week). It was getting late so we headed down to wait for the boat back to FW. DD fell asleep but woke up when I stood to get on the boat (see, if I had the stroller, this might not have happened. ) When we came to the park that evening, we had ridden the monorail, so DD sees us getting on the boat and freaks out because she thinks we aren't going back to the cabin. Well, she cries and screams for the entire boat ride, and then the entire bus ride to get back to our cabin loop. We try everything to calm her down but nothing is working, so we finally just give up and let her cry. DH is about to melt right into his chair, he is so embarrassed. We are hearing all kinds of sarcastic comments, which doesn't help. Then, on the bus, a family gets off before our stop and the mom says loudly (and meanly) so that we will hear, "Sometimes they need an old fashioned smack on the ***."
DH and I were already frustrated and embarassed, but I couldn't believe someone would suggest we hit a child who was so obviously already at her wits end. I mean, if that lady thought my DD was obnoxious when screaming about being tired and confused, can you imagine how she would be screaming if I started hitting her on top of it? So not so much a shocking moment as a shocking comment. Saddest thing was my DH was ready to just stay at FW for the rest of the trip with DD because he was so worried DD would have another meltdown and trigger the kinds of responses we got that night. Luckily, we did go back to the parks and DD (and DH) had a wonderful time.

OMG! This happened to us too!!! My DS was 2 1/2 and we were waiting in line to see the Diamond Horseshoe Jamboree (I think that is the name? it had Bullseye and Woody in it.) in MK. He is a big Toy Story fan! The show didn't start for another half hour so while in line we took out a snack and drink for him to have while sitting on a step (you know how Frontier Land has all those porches?). Well unexpectantly the doors opened and they started letting people in for the show. My DS just settled down with his snack and being a very hard headed 2 year old he didn't want to move until snack was over. My DH waved people ahead of us while I tried to reason with a screaming toddler and some "man" said to my DH "what that kid needs is a good smack on the A**!" A split second later my son snapped out of his tantrum and was ready to go in and my DH took off to catch up with the man to give him a piece of his mind.

 

[5 Disney Fans]

Whenever I wear a hat (baseball cap type), I always feel much hotter. When I remove the hat, my head is very sweaty. By the way, it was a white hat!?! Are you sure wearing a hat keeps you cooler??? I really would like to know the answer seeing that I will be in FLA in Aug!!! Help I'm melting!!!!!
TIA

Remember how mom always told you to wear a hat in the winter b/c 98% of your body heat ecapes through your head? (Ok, maybe it was just MY mom ). Same has to hold true for summer time. So if it is a really HOT day and you stick a hat on your head... how is the heat going to ecape? I don't think wearing a hat keeps you cooler but it helps prevent sunburn.

Those are just my thoughts though, I have no proof other then a magazine article I read in Parenting a few years ago. Now I just put sunblock on the kid's heads and leave the hats off.

 

[Ride Junkie]

All I could think was "OMG, I'm related to a fixin's thief!" He did it two more times during our stay and Dh and I refused to go into the food court with him for fear they would recognize the cracker snatcher.

That is so funny. "Cracker snatcher." Heh heh!!!!!
That would be a great login name! Great thread, keep 'em coming people!

 

[Ava]

see i hate seeing posts like this only because i'm one of those people who have short shorts. but i don't do it on purpose. my legs are fairly longer than an average persons' so when i buy any thing like pants or shorts, they tend to be shorter on me. i always try and make sure that EVERYTHING is fully covered, but sometimes they just look plain short.

I wasn't talking about a tall person whose shorts therefore look short. The girls I saw were wearing what looked like boy-short style underwear, or possibly the hot pants that normally go under cheerleading skirts. They didn't even look like shorts to me, they looked like underwear.

 

[lyzziesmom]

Just got back last week, and I had a different kind of shock. First day at WDW, we were having dinner in MGM at the Sci-Fi Drive-In Theater. I don't know if it's because it's dark, or due to the movies playing, but man that place is QUIET. So here I am, with DD7 and DD1, who is screaming her head off, and they sit us in a car "hitchhiking" a couple who are there with no kids! Now, I know there is absolutely nothing wrong with DD1 besides the fact that she heard me say we were going to eat, and there was no food in front of her immediately. The only thing she likes better than food is the sound of her own voice, preferably screetching at near-dog-whistle frequencies. This continued until our food arrived. Luckily, we had a CM who brought out DD1's fruit plate before the rest of the meal.

Anyway, the shock was... nobody around us seemed to mind the wailing! Even the nice couple in the front of our car, who were on their first vacation without their recently-grown children, took the time to turn around and tell me not to worry about it (apparently over the screaming fit, they could hear me telling her to be quiet so the other people could enjoy their meal!). I was shocked simply by how understanding and nice people can be - something you don't see a lot of on this thread!

BTW - by the end of the meal, DD1 was all smiles... and elbows-deep into her ice cream sundae.

 

[a*lil*bit*goofy]

Just got back last week, and I had a different kind of shock. First day at WDW, we were having dinner in MGM at the Sci-Fi Drive-In Theater. I don't know if it's because it's dark, or due to the movies playing, but man that place is QUIET. So here I am, with DD7 and DD1, who is screaming her head off, and they sit us in a car "hitchhiking" a couple who are there with no kids! Now, I know there is absolutely nothing wrong with DD1 besides the fact that she heard me say we were going to eat, and there was no food in front of her immediately. The only thing she likes better than food is the sound of her own voice, preferably screetching at near-dog-whistle frequencies. This continued until our food arrived. Luckily, we had a CM who brought out DD1's fruit plate before the rest of the meal.

Anyway, the shock was... nobody around us seemed to mind the wailing! Even the nice couple in the front of our car, who were on their first vacation without their recently-grown children, took the time to turn around and tell me not to worry about it (apparently over the screaming fit, they could hear me telling her to be quiet so the other people could enjoy their meal!). I was shocked simply by how understanding and nice people can be - something you don't see a lot of on this thread!

BTW - by the end of the meal, DD1 was all smiles... and elbows-deep into her ice cream sundae.

now thats a good kind of shock!!!

 

[mom2alix]

I wasn't talking about a tall person whose shorts therefore look short. The girls I saw were wearing what looked like boy-short style underwear, or possibly the hot pants that normally go under cheerleading skirts. They didn't even look like shorts to me, they looked like underwear.

I know exactly what you mean. I saw a girl in Epcot last week who had 2-3 inches of "cheek" hanging out of the bottom of her short shorts. What was really shocking was that she only looked about 13-14 and was with her parents! My mother wouldn't have even let me wear something like that around the house much less in public!

 

[AnaheimGirl]

Remember how mom always told you to wear a hat in the winter b/c 98% of your body heat ecapes through your head? (Ok, maybe it was just MY mom ). Same has to hold true for summer time. So if it is a really HOT day and you stick a hat on your head... how is the heat going to ecape? I don't think wearing a hat keeps you cooler but it helps prevent sunburn.

Those are just my thoughts though, I have no proof other then a magazine article I read in Parenting a few years ago. Now I just put sunblock on the kid's heads and leave the hats off.

LOL! Yea, if the hat's not breathable. I can't stand to wear a baseball cap or similar style hat in the summer. But my wide-brimmed, open weave straw hat keeps me cool in the summer. It's like carrying my own shade with me.

 

[Ride Junkie]

I wasn't talking about a tall person whose shorts therefore look short. The girls I saw were wearing what looked like boy-short style underwear, or possibly the hot pants that normally go under cheerleading skirts. They didn't even look like shorts to me, they looked like underwear.

What gets me is when I see a young girl wearing short shorts, and they have something scrawled across the butt. Whether it says "princess", "cheer", "hottie", or something even less appropriate, to me it's like saying, "my butt is a billboard, everyone have a look!" It does draw attention to their backside, and with all the pedophiles around, I wouldn't want anyone staring at my kid's butt. Just my humble "childless" opinion.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

What gets me is when I see a young girl wearing short shorts, and they have something scrawled across the butt. Whether it says "princess", "cheer", "hottie", or something even less appropriate, to me it's like saying, "my butt is a billboard, everyone have a look!" It does draw attention to their backside, and with all the pedophiles around, I wouldn't want anyone staring at my kid's butt. Just my humble "childless" opinion.

Humble my childless opinion, too. I totally agree!!!!!

 

[almacdonald]

My panties have a longer inseam than some of the shorts I saw 2 weeks ago!

 

[LiteBrite]

Humble my childless opinion, too. I totally agree!!!!!

Mother of a teenage daughter here, and I'm right there with you. Unless you like the idea of every eye within range settling on your precious daughter's backside, how could this be ok?

 

[Flora Fan]

Just got back last week, and I had a different kind of shock. First day at WDW, we were having dinner in MGM at the Sci-Fi Drive-In Theater. I don't know if it's because it's dark, or due to the movies playing, but man that place is QUIET. So here I am, with DD7 and DD1, who is screaming her head off, and they sit us in a car "hitchhiking" a couple who are there with no kids! Now, I know there is absolutely nothing wrong with DD1 besides the fact that she heard me say we were going to eat, and there was no food in front of her immediately. The only thing she likes better than food is the sound of her own voice, preferably screetching at near-dog-whistle frequencies. This continued until our food arrived. Luckily, we had a CM who brought out DD1's fruit plate before the rest of the meal.

Anyway, the shock was... nobody around us seemed to mind the wailing! Even the nice couple in the front of our car, who were on their first vacation without their recently-grown children, took the time to turn around and tell me not to worry about it (apparently over the screaming fit, they could hear me telling her to be quiet so the other people could enjoy their meal!). I was shocked simply by how understanding and nice people can be - something you don't see a lot of on this thread!

BTW - by the end of the meal, DD1 was all smiles... and elbows-deep into her ice cream sundae.

Thanks Lyzziesmom...A well timed entry.

Don't you just love it when people are kind and understanding. It sure does make a huge difference in your day.

 

[Darian]

My panties have a longer inseam than some of the shorts I saw 2 weeks ago!

almacdonald your post reminded me of a memory I've suppressed successfully for over a year. So, speaking of panties:

I thought I'd seen it all... from breast feeding, stroller ankle bashing to public displays of extreem affection and urination. But no. During our last visit to MK we sat down on mainstreet to wait about 30 minutes for the parade and this teenager (about 16 years old) sits down in front of us, which was fine because her mom had saved space for her.

Now this girl was wearing those ultra low rise pants, so low as one poster put it "you could see her five o'clock shadow in the front." Bad as that was, once she sat down, about HALF of her buttocks were exposed! An almost full moon on Main street!

But it gets worse. Instead of "normal" panties made of some kind of fabric, hers consisted of a metal chain going around her waist, hooking in the center of her back to a metal triangle that pointed downward with another metal chain acting like the back piece of a thong. I shudder to imagine what the rest of her undergarment was constructed of. It sure didn't look comfortable.

Finally her mom said something to her and she put on a coat to cover her errrr, exposure. Call me a prude, but is this sort of thing common these days? Does this shock anyone else? I wonder what her parents think about her choice of metal undergarments?

 

[kaw1218]

almacdonald your post reminded me of a memory I've suppressed successfully for over a year. So, speaking of panties:

An almost full moon on Main street!

But it gets worse. Instead of "normal" panties made of some kind of fabric, hers consisted of a metal chain going around her waist, hooking in the center of her back to a metal triangle that pointed downward with another metal chain acting like the back piece of a thong. I shudder to imagine what the rest of her undergarment was constructed of. It sure didn't look comfortable.

I have seen alot of girls wearing items like these on south street in philly...... does make you wonder how comfortable they can be.

 

[SnowWhite607]

My DH waved people ahead of us while I tried to reason with a screaming toddler and some "man" said to my DH "what that kid needs is a good smack on the A**!"

Okay this really gets my goat. I cannot stand it when people tell other people how to discipline their children (especially when the advice givers dont even have children!!)

Dont some people think before they speak??! First of all, not everyone resorts to violence/hitting/corporal punishment with their children. And second, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!

As Dr Phil would ask - what was it that you said to yourself that made it okay to tell someone else what to do with their child?

Glad to hear the couple at the Sci Fi was understanding!



25 days till I'm off to the world!!

 

[lyzziesmom]

And the one that I will never ever forget, that has forever ruined Pirates of the Carribbean for me...

Grad Night 1992, there I am, happily riding PotC, front seat of the boat, with the rest of my boat and the boat(s) behind me filled with the football team of -hopefully- some other school. Suddenly, the ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM starts singing at the TOP of their lungs "Yo ho, yo ho, a piece of a** for me!" They kept this up for the entire ride.

I can no longer ride that ride, or watch the movie for that matter, without hearing the "new & not improved" version of the song. PotC was closed during my recent trip, but I still heard it in my head as I walked by!

Great, now it'll be stuck in my head ALL NIGHT! Thanks guys, for making me dredge up this memory!

 

[Judge Fudge]

And second, MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!

While I agree with your statement, it could apply to 85% of the comments in this thread. (Not crapping on the thread either, I think most of it is pretty funny and the reason I first signed up)

"Yo ho, yo ho, a piece of a** for me!"

I guess you wouldn't like my wife and my change of the SM lyrics to, "pretty good, show me your thong!" At least we have the decency to keep it to ourselves.

 

[lyzziesmom]

"pretty good, show me your thong!"

Thanks.

Oh well, at least the *other* song is now out of my head.