Hucifer does the solo thing sort of. Alone and going home, 9/21

[orangecats2]

You are too funny! I read all the update only. Following along now. Can't wait for more!

 

[norybell]

"Never berate a bear"...that's some good wisdom, there, hucifer. During my May trip, Pooh accidentally knocked my shirt (and bra!) strap off my shoulder, and I totally gave him a hard time about that. Do you think I'll be in trouble, next time I run into him? Should I send him a card, or something?

I get ready and head out the door. I walk down to the main building. I open the door but pause before going inside. Two women are several feet behind me and are walking into the building too. Despite the Missing-My-Family-Blues tune I’ve got ringing through my head, I’m still feeling pretty Disney-esque at the moment. So I stand outside and hold the door open so that they can enter ahead of me. I’m all, “Top of the muffin to you!” and they pass by me, walk through the door…and keep walking. Right on past. No nod, no recognition, no “You are the nicest and prettiest woman EVER.” Nothing.

My first reaction? People just suck sometimes. My second reaction? Maybe that CM-style nametag of yours causes more trouble than it's worth?

Across the aisle is a little boy of about seven, sitting with his mom. He’s staring at me like he’s never seen the likes of me before. I look down at my nameplate and wonder if that’s why I’ve got his undivided attention. I look back up and he’s still staring at me. I smile at him. He doesn’t smile back. What? Why are you staring at me? Spinach in my teeth? Are my unmentionables showing? Perhaps you expecting me to suddenly jump out of my seat, cross my eyes, and shout “Booga wooga wooga wooga!” while flapping my arms like a dodo bird?

Hucifer, I really think you need to take a good, hard look at your portrait:

and repeat to yourself, Stuart Smalley-style: I am riveting. People stare at me because I am so riveting. Etc.

My unspoiled view of the Photopass lady. Who refused to offer to take my picture. Because I'm solo, apparently.​

Seriously, WHAT IS UP WITH THIS? I call solo-traveler discrimination! I didn't have a single Photopass offer to take a pic of me, either. Harumph.

Just another average Disney park morning, where you see castmembers out, whistling a Disney tune and pulling their toy dogs to the restrooms.

OK, maybe this is a stupid question, but...is that a real dog?

You have totally made me lust after a CP breakfast reservation. And I don't typically like buffets (because, you know, I enjoy being a stereotypical lady...). Sadly, I have no available mornings on my upcoming trip. And even if I could, there are no available reservations. Again I say: harumph.

 

[susanc]

You got it, sista. This next one is for you.

woot woot! thank you! =)

 

[susanc]

Just another average Disney park morning, where you see castmembers out, whistling a Disney tune and pulling their toy dogs to the restrooms.

At least it looks like the toy dog was potty trained.

 

[PrincessV]

The first thing I think when I awake this morning (besides “I can’t believe they ditched my Mickey wakeup for this crap”) is: “I sure miss my family.”

Aw!

Perhaps you expecting me to suddenly jump out of my seat, cross my eyes, and shout “Booga wooga wooga wooga!” while flapping my arms like a dodo bird?

I believe we'd all have enjoyed that option.

The food (including the Breakfast Lasagna) did not disappoint.

What on earth is a breakfast lasagna?!

I paid for my meal with two Mickey balloons and left the building.

Coming up: Part 2. How to work Will Smith into your trip report

Ooo, that's just eerie... we watched "Men in Black" this weekend. And. "Miami" came up in my iPod's shuffle this morning. What could it all mean?!

 

[estherhead]

So we board our boat and sit back to experience the new Mexican ride.

Let’s just say that, for as lame as the old ride may have been, this one royally sucked the big one. Actually…and don’t tell anyone I told you this…I sort of…um…liked the old Mexican ride. Maybe it has something to do with it borrowing footage from If You Had Wings. Anyway, I used to like this ride…until it got hijacked. Those three caballeros are obnoxious and ubiquitous. They took a sweet little boat ride about Mexico and turned it into a shrill and abhorrent mess. The new characters add nothing but a disjointed and disorderly storyline (if you want to call it that) to the once-quaint trip through pseudo-Mexico. In other words, I hate the addition. And I’m not alone. All three of the men agree that this attraction reeked. In fact, it is so awful that Mitchell even broke his personal Code of Silence to tell me this: “It’s your fault that we had a bad time.” You know, since it was my suggestion and all.

I have to defend this ride as it is a true reflection of Walt himself. In the Nazi era FDR was trying to get USA propaganda into all the Americas to try and bond them together so the other countries in this hemisphere weren't persuaded to join the bad Axis people (clearly I'm over simplifying this.) And FDR asked Hollywood for help. Walt Disney volunteered himself and his studio to help.

That is were we get this tourism film with the caballeros.

Whenever I ride this ride in Mexico I am transported to the Mexico of the 1940's when Walt Disney and his friends enjoyed being good will American ambassadors there as well as to my own childhood trips to Mexico in the 80's. I love it and feel there probably isn't another ride at Disney as authentically Walt except for Carousel of Progress which I also thoroughly enjoy.

Here is a summary from Amazon:

As a Disney oddity, they don't get much odder than Three Caballeros. Donald Duck receives a birthday package from South America, and the film proceeds to unravel like some peyote-induced hallucination. It starts out reminiscent of other Disney films, where shorts are cobbled together, such as "Make Mine Music" or "Fun and Fancy Free." The film has vignettes such as "The Cold-Blooded Penguin" and "The Flying Guachito." After them it careens straight into part-travelogue, part-stream-of-consciousness animation. Not helping out much are Donald's "friends," Joe Carioca (a parrot) and Panchito (a rooster). They spend most of the rest of the film watching Donald chase skirt. That's right, Donald Duck is a wolf in this movie, and he chases every live-action señorita who bustles across the screen. Although some will say otherwise, Caballeros is for die-hard Disney, Donald, or psychedelia fans only. --Keith Simanton

Review for "Saludos Amigos"
The first of two features Walt Disney made at the behest of the Office of Inter-American Affairs, Saludos Amigos consists of four cartoons linked by live-action travel footage. The very funny "Lake Titicaca" finds Donald Duck high in the Bolivian Andes, struggling with a recalcitrant llama. "Pedro," the story of a little airplane replacing his father on a mail run across the Andes, is a variation on "The Little Engine That Could." "El Gaucho Goofy" continues the popular "How To" cartoon series that juxtaposes a deadpan narration with increasing physical mayhem. Here, Goofy demonstrates Pampas-style riding and the use of the bola. The jaunty parrot Jose Carioca makes his debut in "Aquarela do Brasil." Although largely eclipsed by the wilder The Three Caballeros (1944), Saludos Amigos retains its charm. Included in the supplemental material is South of the Border with Disney, which chronicles the Good Will Tour Walt and a group of his artists made in 1941. The 16mm footage has darkened, but this featurette offers rare glimpses of some of these artists at work, including Frank Thomas, Norm Ferguson, and Mary Blair, whose stylized drawings set the look for much of Saludos Amigos and Caballeros.--Charles Solomon.


So, in summary: die hard fans like the new Mexico ride and know all of this above stuff. I'm just sayin'. You CLAIM to know all kinds of Disney trivia. And yet not enjoy the Mexico ride. How can this be? What would Walt think of your disin' his American goodwill?

Also, LOVIN' this report! I can only dream of a solo WDW trip. I got close several years ago by going without my kids & dh. But I had my mom & sister & nephew with me so it wasn't totally solo. But the joys of having no kid responsibilities was AMAZING! Still in awe my Disney loving dh let me go.

 

[WDWisOurHappyPlace]

Aww hucifer,
You miss your family, no appreciation for door holding, stared at by a little boy, photopass lady doesn't think you are worth her time, snarly Crystal Palace woman, ticked off Pooh.......well, at least you liked your breakfast lasagna.

Coming up: Part 2. How to work Will Smith into your trip report

Could it be, "The Pursuit of Happyness"?


(Wow Estherhead, that's an impressive defense of the Mexico ride. Do you have a rebuttal on this Hucifer? )

 

[mmeb144]

(Wow Estherhead, that's an impressive defense of the Mexico ride. Do you have a rebuttal on this Hucifer? )

 

[estherhead]

Oh dear, it was over the top, right? I was worried about being over the top. But Hucifer is so FUNNY that I just know she will be able to handle my teasing tone and defend her honor as top Disney trivia queen. Unless, of course, the trucking class people have sucked her dry with their truck enthusiasm.

Gooooooo trucking!!!! Or something like that. Give me a T. Give me a R. Well, you get the idea.

 

[hucifer]

Hmmm, is a diehard vegan such as yourself even allowed to use the word ROAST???

Ooh..diehard vegan...that is so not me. Vegans don't consume dairy, and they certainly don't eat fish! I'm a vegetarian that cheats with seafood once in a while.

So to answer your question...yes. I am allowed to use "Roast" about 5 times a month.

Okay, since I am out of practice in this HTR tantric dance of reparte' (due to your recently ended lengthy absence) I am not sure if you are serious, so I will probably make the obvious faux pas by explaining but you asked about "riding Dumbo" and I wasn't sure if you meant the one at MK, or the one performing the proverbial "jumping up and down on the bed."

Yeah, yeah, I got your silly joke. That was as witty of a response as I could muster.

Well he does NOW!!!!

He started it! Well, no wait. I started it. But it's his fault that he has zero sense of humor.

You are too funny! I read all the update only. Following along now. Can't wait for more!

Wait, are you saying you USED to only read the updates, and now you read the rest of the replies? Or are you just sticking with the updates?

In either case, glad you like it.

Oh! and here's your big banana welcome!

"Never berate a bear"...that's some good wisdom, there, hucifer. During my May trip, Pooh accidentally knocked my shirt (and bra!) strap off my shoulder, and I totally gave him a hard time about that. Do you think I'll be in trouble, next time I run into him? Should I send him a card, or something?

What a total perv! You should have received a free meal AND a hand/paw-written apology for molesting you.

BTW, did you enjoy that?

My first reaction? People just suck sometimes. My second reaction? Maybe that CM-style nametag of yours causes more trouble than it's worth?

I think you nailed it. They might have thought it was my job. The jerks.

Hucifer, I really think you need to take a good, hard look at your portrait and repeat to yourself, Stuart Smalley-style: I am riveting. People stare at me because I am so riveting. Etc.

I am riveting. People stare at me because I am so riveting.

Wow. I feel awesome now. Thanks, sis.

Seriously, WHAT IS UP WITH THIS? I call solo-traveler discrimination! I didn't have a single Photopass offer to take a pic of me, either. Harumph.

And if you think I'm actually going to ASK for one, well think again. If I have to beg, then I don't want your stupid picture.

OK, maybe this is a stupid question, but...is that a real dog?

No, it was one of those pull-string toys. It was truly bizarre. And yes, it was a stupid question.

Okay, not really. Mom always said, "There are no stupid questions. Just stupid people."

She was always so wise, that Mom of ours.

You have totally made me lust after a CP breakfast reservation. And I don't typically like buffets (because, you know, I enjoy being a stereotypical lady...). Sadly, I have no available mornings on my upcoming trip. And even if I could, there are no available reservations. Again I say: harumph.

Ooh, Crystal Palace makes the yummiest breakfasts! And the Breakfast Lasagna is worth the price of two Mickey balloons.

woot woot! thank you! =)

I hope you liked it.

At least it looks like the toy dog was potty trained.

Good point! I can't even say that about Patrick.

I believe we'd all have enjoyed that option.

It certainly would have added a certain je ne sais quoi to my report, that's for sure.

What on earth is a breakfast lasagna?!

Wha-wha-WHAAAAT????

V, you simply haven't lived until you've eaten this culinary concoction. I'm surprised you're well enough to ask, quite frankly. Breakfast Lasagna is...heaven. Pure heaven. On a plate. Next to my made-to-order omelette.

Ooo, that's just eerie... we watched "Men in Black" this weekend. And. "Miami" came up in my iPod's shuffle this morning. What could it all mean?!

That Will Smith is ubiquitous and incredibly scrumptious.

I have to defend this ride as it is a true reflection of Walt himself. In the Nazi era FDR was trying to get USA propaganda into all the Americas to try and bond them together so the other countries in this hemisphere weren't persuaded to join the bad Axis people (clearly I'm over simplifying this.) And FDR asked Hollywood for help. Walt Disney volunteered himself and his studio to help.

That is were we get this tourism film with the caballeros.

Whenever I ride this ride in Mexico I am transported to the Mexico of the 1940's when Walt Disney and his friends enjoyed being good will American ambassadors there as well as to my own childhood trips to Mexico in the 80's. I love it and feel there probably isn't another ride at Disney as authentically Walt except for Carousel of Progress which I also thoroughly enjoy.

Here is a summary from Amazon:

As a Disney oddity, they don't get much odder than Three Caballeros. Donald Duck receives a birthday package from South America, and the film proceeds to unravel like some peyote-induced hallucination. It starts out reminiscent of other Disney films, where shorts are cobbled together, such as "Make Mine Music" or "Fun and Fancy Free." The film has vignettes such as "The Cold-Blooded Penguin" and "The Flying Guachito." After them it careens straight into part-travelogue, part-stream-of-consciousness animation. Not helping out much are Donald's "friends," Joe Carioca (a parrot) and Panchito (a rooster). They spend most of the rest of the film watching Donald chase skirt. That's right, Donald Duck is a wolf in this movie, and he chases every live-action señorita who bustles across the screen. Although some will say otherwise, Caballeros is for die-hard Disney, Donald, or psychedelia fans only. --Keith Simanton

Review for "Saludos Amigos"
The first of two features Walt Disney made at the behest of the Office of Inter-American Affairs, Saludos Amigos consists of four cartoons linked by live-action travel footage. The very funny "Lake Titicaca" finds Donald Duck high in the Bolivian Andes, struggling with a recalcitrant llama. "Pedro," the story of a little airplane replacing his father on a mail run across the Andes, is a variation on "The Little Engine That Could." "El Gaucho Goofy" continues the popular "How To" cartoon series that juxtaposes a deadpan narration with increasing physical mayhem. Here, Goofy demonstrates Pampas-style riding and the use of the bola. The jaunty parrot Jose Carioca makes his debut in "Aquarela do Brasil." Although largely eclipsed by the wilder The Three Caballeros (1944), Saludos Amigos retains its charm. Included in the supplemental material is South of the Border with Disney, which chronicles the Good Will Tour Walt and a group of his artists made in 1941. The 16mm footage has darkened, but this featurette offers rare glimpses of some of these artists at work, including Frank Thomas, Norm Ferguson, and Mary Blair, whose stylized drawings set the look for much of Saludos Amigos and Caballeros.--Charles Solomon.


So, in summary: die hard fans like the new Mexico ride and know all of this above stuff. I'm just sayin'. You CLAIM to know all kinds of Disney trivia. And yet not enjoy the Mexico ride. How can this be? What would Walt think of your disin' his American goodwill?

Also, LOVIN' this report! I can only dream of a solo WDW trip. I got close several years ago by going without my kids & dh. But I had my mom & sister & nephew with me so it wasn't totally solo. But the joys of having no kid responsibilities was AMAZING! Still in awe my Disney loving dh let me go.

Whew! That was so much reading that I thought my head was going to explode. Thanks for the background and stuff. But...sorry. Still hatin' on the ride. I miss the old Mexico ride like a bad John Waite song.

Now estherhead...your name is so familiar. I went back through the TR but didn't see another post. Then I looked you up to see where I might have run into you before, but didn't see anything. Are you on the Mothering.com board? Cruise Critic? It's driving me CRAZY!

In any case, here's your big banana welcome:

Aww hucifer,
You miss your family, no appreciation for door holding, stared at by a little boy, photopass lady doesn't think you are worth her time, snarly Crystal Palace woman, ticked off Pooh.......well, at least you liked your breakfast lasagna.

Liked? LIKED? I INHALED it. It was heaven on earth. It was a gastronomical delight. It made angels sing and demons weep. I heard harp music while I chewed. I saw clouds and my life pass by.

Or something like that.

Could it be, "The Pursuit of Happyness"?

With Will Smith? You betcha.

(Wow Estherhead, that's an impressive defense of the Mexico ride. Do you have a rebuttal on this Hucifer? )

Yep.

The new Mexico ride still sucks.

The end.

 

[hucifer]

Oh dear, it was over the top, right? I was worried about being over the top. But Hucifer is so FUNNY that I just know she will be able to handle my teasing tone and defend her honor as top Disney trivia queen.

Apparently my self-entitled Disney trivia queen title has been slowly getting stripped ever since I started this TR...all these posters are telling me my faults. Boat to Epcot this, Bridge to SM that, Mexican ride history this, blah blah. I guess to the outside world, I AM a queen. Goddess, even. But within these DISboard walls, I'm just a average schmuck with an ego.

Unless, of course, the trucking class people have sucked her dry with their truck enthusiasm.

The trucking class sucked alright.

Gooooooo trucking!!!! Or something like that. Give me a T. Give me a R. Well, you get the idea.

OMG, you're right. The acronym for trip report (being TR, of course), is also the first two letters in TRUCK. Wow, why didn't I see the connection before? And here it was, right in front of me this whole time! It was fate. FATE, I tell you!

Estherhead, you're a genius!

 

[hucifer]

Quoting you: I head back to the lockers and get my clothes

What is with you and not wearing clothes?

Hey, I like the freedom. I don't see anyone else complaining.

Quoting you: The picture that she takes turns out crappy anyway, so I won’t bother posting it.

That’s why people won’t help you. They know you’re going to dis them on the DIS.

That's because I have enough class not to dis them to their face.

Quoting you: It looks beautiful and it is very flavorful.

That’s the first thing you’ve posted that actually looks good. Your food usually looks like a handful of something you pulled up from the garden at the Grand Floridian.

That's nothing compared to some of the pictures of charred flesh I've seen. Like sausages that look like turds.

Quoting you: Maybe take some family pictures.

When you’re with your family they are family pictures. When they are of other families they are creepy, stalker pictures.

Again, no one else is complaining.

Quoting you: Who knew that there was a bridge on the other side of the big hill where you can watch people get splashed at the bottom?

E-V-E-R-Y-B-O-D-Y (damn newbie). Where is New Michigan Amy when I need her?

I think she's abandoned me like half of my readers did when I went on my month-long hiatus.

At this point I would like to interject (actually all I do is interject) that based on the picture of Patrick in your signature, he is aging in proportion to how long this trip report is taking. I think he was an infant when it started. He may be in college by the time it is done. In any case, you definitely have a lady killer on your hands there.

Touche.

And you're right...my god that boy is a flirt...and the women already love him.

Quoting Norylibertybell: I assume the woman in the stall next to yours wasn't wearing a wedding gown?

Really, would anybody be surprised if she was?

More surprising was the fact that she was facing the toilet like a man.

Quoting Norybellbookandcandle: Guess I skimmed through that part?

No, you just forgot because that post first appeared about three years ago when she started this report.

I've heard that one before.

Quoting Glennbo: It started with her post at the top of page 27.

Hey Glenn, you had that page a little too conveniently right at your fingertips. I hope you’re not one of those weirdoes who has a Hucifer shrine in their basement with stick figure pictures all over the place (because God knows there are enough of us already).

That WAS a little creepy, wasn't it? How he knew EXACTLY where to go for that picture?

Quoting Pollito915+1: that new siggie pic of your DS is freakin adorable! He looks so grown up!

He started shaving a few pages ago.

I won't even say where.

Quoting you: I wasn't in the mood for clothes today.

Here we go again.

They're so cumbersome.

Quoting you: I didn't get one offer when I was solo.

Amazing since you were never wearing clothes. I guess your fanny pack was covering the good parts.

I DIDN'T HAVE MY FANNYPACK WITH ME! Dammit people! Pay attention!

Quoting you: [titls head]

I don’t even want to know what you were trying to say.

I'm surprised it made it past the censors.

Quoting you: He’s staring at me like he’s never seen the likes of me before.

He never saw someone from Michigan?

Apparently not.

Quoting you: You know, ever since Dan knocked me up?

Still struggling with that whole “family friendly” thing I see.

Every day.

Quoting Norybelladonna: During my May trip, Pooh accidentally knocked my shirt (and bra!) strap off my shoulder, and I totally gave him a hard time about that.

Ummm….err….nevermind. I just can’t.

Coward.

Quoting PricelessV: What on earth is a breakfast lasagna?!

This is one I have to agree with Wendy on, it is amazing. So is the breakfast Pizza (I think at Cape May at the Beach Club and maybe one other place I can’t remember).

We actually agree on something???? Shocking.

Quoting PrincessV: Ooo, that's just eerie... we watched "Men in Black" this weekend. And. "Miami" came up in my iPod's shuffle this morning. What could it all mean?!

You were Getting Jiggy With It?

I'd like to get jiggy with him.

Quoting estherhead: So, in summary: die hard fans like the new Mexico ride and know all of this above stuff. I'm just sayin'. You CLAIM to know all kinds of Disney trivia. And yet not enjoy the Mexico ride. How can this be? What would Walt think of your disin' his American goodwill?

I have to agree. Who doesn’t think of those bad axis people while gently riding down the Rio Del Tiempo?

Lou

 

[PrincessV]

Wha-wha-WHAAAAT????

V, you simply haven't lived until you've eaten this culinary concoction. I'm surprised you're well enough to ask, quite frankly. Breakfast Lasagna is...heaven. Pure heaven. On a plate. Next to my made-to-order omelette.

Well, nuts - now do I need to add the Palace to our must-have ADRs so I can experience Breakfast Lasagna?! I feel left out.

That Will Smith is ubiquitous and incredibly scrumptious.

True enough.

At this point I would like to interject (actually all I do is interject) that based on the picture of Patrick in your signature, he is aging in proportion to how long this trip report is taking. I think he was an infant when it started. He may be in college by the time it is done. In any case, you definitely have a lady killer on your hands there.

P.S. Indeed, I was getting jiggy with it.

 

[estherhead]

Estherhead, you're a genius!

I KNEW it!

I always knew I was great, even it has taken 36 years for a stranger to tell me so. My mom, of course, has known it for years.

As for knowing me, you've seen me around, I'm sure. I've read all your TR's and have several of my own which you may have read. I'm not that entertaining. I'm more informative. Being the genius and all.

I am also on cruiscritic, though not on mothering. I prefer ivillage parenting boards though I don't post much over there.

 

[hucifer]

Well, nuts - now do I need to add the Palace to our must-have ADRs so I can experience Breakfast Lasagna?! I feel left out.

Between Tusker House and Breakfast Lasagna, you really are missing out. Don't tell me you haven't eaten at the Flying Fish! OMG.

I always knew I was great, even it has taken 36 years for a stranger to tell me so. My mom, of course, has known it for years.

Moms are good like that.

As for knowing me, you've seen me around, I'm sure. I've read all your TR's and have several of my own which you may have read. I'm not that entertaining. I'm more informative. Being the genius and all.

I am also on cruiscritic, though not on mothering. I prefer ivillage parenting boards though I don't post much over there.

I bet it was Cruise Critic where I've seen your posts. I've been spending WAY more time there this summer than on the DISboards, especially on the Royal Caribbean and family boards.

Have you posted before on my TRs? This I wasn't too sure about.

I poked in your latest TR and I love it so far...your little Boo is freaking adorable! And the same age as my Patrick!

 

[estherhead]

Probably. Dh & I took a child free RC cruise in January. OH MY GOODNESS was it glorious. Seriously. Sigh....

And thanks for checking out my report. I have a lot of readers but not posters which is nice as that is generally what I am, unless I have to defend some poor, misunderstood ride.

My Boo is gorgeous, hilarious, and exhausting. When is your next trip with your Patrick? It's so nice to see the world through their eyes. Both the real world and the Disney World. And he would look so CUTE with Mickey. He's adorable.

 

[WDWisOurHappyPlace]

Have you posted before on my TRs? This I wasn't too sure about.

Did you know that if you click on the number of replies to your thread, you can see a list of everyone who has posted to your thread, then click on their number of posts and get a list of all of their posts to your thread? --- just a little DIS 101.

 

[hucifer]

And thanks for checking out my report. I have a lot of readers but not posters which is nice as that is generally what I am, unless I have to defend some poor, misunderstood ride.

Misunderstood, under-appreciated, and despised.

My Boo is gorgeous, hilarious, and exhausting. When is your next trip with your Patrick? It's so nice to see the world through their eyes. Both the real world and the Disney World. And he would look so CUTE with Mickey. He's adorable.

Ah! I'm so glad you asked! We are taking Patrick to Ft. Lauderdale in October for a beach vacation. But NEXT year we are taking him on a RCI cruise (Rhapsody of the Seas) to Hawaii in September! Two weeks baby! I can't wait! Sometimes I think he's the only child on the ship. The only folks in roll call are older couples.

Wouldn't Boo and Patrick look adorable together?

Did you know that if you click on the number of replies to your thread, you can see a list of everyone who has posted to your thread, then click on their number of posts and get a list of all of their posts to your thread? --- just a little DIS 101.

Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!

You so rock! That was incredibly helpful.

 

[glennbo123]

I get ready and head out the door. I walk down to the main building. I open the door but pause before going inside. Two women are several feet behind me and are walking into the building too. Despite the Missing-My-Family-Blues tune I’ve got ringing through my head, I’m still feeling pretty Disney-esque at the moment. So I stand outside and hold the door open so that they can enter ahead of me. I’m all, “Top of the muffin to you!” and they pass by me, walk through the door…and keep walking. Right on past. No nod, no recognition, no “You are the nicest and prettiest woman EVER.” Nothing.

This always peeves me off too. (And it would peeve me worse if they said I was the prettiest woman EVER, but you know what I mean.) I've gotten over saying things in my head in response to this, and have begun to say, "you're welcome" in response to the void where "thank you" was supposed to have been.

So I go all LeRoy Small on them by yelling “POW!”and giving them a swift kick to their big butts.

I remember him -- even though that chapter was I don't know how long ago.

And then I yell at them, “The jerk store called…they’re running out of you!”

Ooooo! Seinfeld reference #1!

It didn’t matter that I was early with Crystal Palace folks, either. They sat me right away. It’s almost like nothing bad happened on my first day here. It’s a Festivus miracle!

Ooooo! Seinfeld reference #2!

And don’t call me Shirley.

That's one of my top 10, all-time favorite jokes. Never gets old.

They say elephants never forget. Apparently, neither do bears.

Pooh doesn’t forget faces. And he holds grudges. I got dissed big-time. He gives me a wave (may as well been the finger) and walks right past me. Boom. No hello, no pat on the shoulder, no picture, nothing. He is one pissed-off Pooh.

I had completely forgotten about that incident from waaaay back in the TR. We Hucifer fans refer to that portion of the TR as "the Jakie years".

 

[glennbo123]

You confuse me with your big words.

I'm going to remember this line for my Marvin responses. I didn't understand it either. Sorry Marv.

That WAS a little creepy, wasn't it? How he knew EXACTLY where to go for that picture?

Actually I did an advanced search on the word "scarf", as posted by myself, to find when those posts started occurring.

I kind of had to do a search, since all of the Hucifer scrapbook pictures and newspaper articles on the walls of my Hucifer shrine-room are in such a chaotic and random order. (Think "Silence of the Lambs" or just about any "Law and Order" episode.)