Operation Big Thunder: the Dole Whip Conspiracy COMPLETE

[afwdwfan]

3 thumbs up in reference to Siskel & Ebert "At the Movies" TV show.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Lie..

Not big on Charleston's parking situation, huh? Keep in mind the time of day we actually arrived in town.

Airplane

Forest Gump

Wizard of Oz.

Great movies, aren't they?

Nice Job!!! No really Those little curbs are meant to have a tire resting on them. How do you know you got it in there ?

I dunno. I pulled ahead, backed into the space, spun the wheel to edge closer, and figured it looked good enough.

My OCD would be working overtime. I would be tilting my head trying to make sense of it all.

As the kind of guy who likes to take something perfect and scuff it up a little, I liked these doors. A little oddity amidst the order.

Oh sure, after I've stalked you all weekend you post while I help Judy grade summer work after the first day of school. (sympathy vote?)

You wasted a whole weekend stalking me here? Sorry. I actually did mean to try and get an update posted this weekend, but didn't get to it.

Besides, if you're going to stalk me, we should just meet up at the Cheesecake Factory again. Because then there's massive quantities of food involved.

Um, a reference to "The Italian Job"?

Oh yeah, here's your sympathy point. +1

Ok, so all the good guesses are gone.

Not all of them...

Oh well, moving on to the update. I am impressed by your mad parking skills. Usually I end up with the back tire about a foot from the curb, so kudos to you.

Deep fried burger, eh? Is that akin to a deep fried twinkie? Imagine serving both of them at the same meal? What would the committee say to that?

That might cause a rift in the space-time continuum. In any case, the state fair foods just keep getting weirder. I read that deep-fried Kool-aid was being served this year, and my only thought was: how do you do that?

I love Charleston. Love, Love, LOVE it? I found all the buildings so interesting, but I never did come across the one with the crooked door or would that be a crooked stoop? I'm really not sure?

Beautiful city! I'd love to get back to explore a little more.

Oh - I almost forgot - I bought a sterling silver chain at the Market and they waved the sales tax when I said I was from Delaware.

Cool! I wish I had tried that.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Missed it by that much.

Get Smart

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

massive quantities of food

Saturday Night Live


sort of...

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

a rift in the space-time continuum

many, many of the Star Trek epasodes and films

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

I also may start awarding 10 points for guessing the lie correctly, since that is much more difficult than spotting the movie quotes. That would bring about the possibility of making up ground in the standings.

I like that idea.
Finding the lie is a lot harder (as proven by my missing a bunch of them).

Still trying to decide if I need to start giving hints...

Hints might get the scores even closer. Well…
more blatant hints as opposed to the very subtle ones used thus far,
but that’s up to how you want to call it.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Totally agree, subs would NOT be for me!! My brother was in the Navy in 1978 until 1986. I swear that all of his shipmates who had been on numerous tours with him, scared the bejesus out of me. Think pre drug testing and whatever you can imagine would be tame compared to their stories!

Oh, my goodness. That sounds horrifying!

Loved the pictures from Charleston. Such lovely homes. It reminds me of New Orleans, only much cleaner.

I have not been to New Orleans in well over a decade, but I can vouch for Charleston's beauty.

I like a good burger every once in a while but the rest of my clan loves burgers. They would have loved where you ate. I myself love some seafood.

My problem with seafood is that it tastes like fish. Anyway, we're big on burger joints. We love a good dive.

Sigh, all the movie quotes are gone. I think. Have to go back and look.

So certain are you. Always with you what cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?

Lie. You didn't consult the roadtrip food bible.

This is where not having read previous TR's might hurt you. Road Food has found us many quality food stops along the way. It totally beats McDonalds! Ok, that's not saying much. But still.

What a fabulous looking lunch, though not remotely low country, my kids would be all over that! Charleston looks gorgeous and a really fun afternoon. Sure you didn't have beer with lunch when taking pictures of supposedly angled doors? Those would drive me nuts. Wierd!

It was dinner, actually, but it was great. Aand i ppprommissse. Noo beerrrsh.

That, my friend, is a bold face Lie!

Even with the photo documentation? Quite a bold stand there, my friend.

 

[glennbo123]

So certain are you. Always with you what cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?

Empire Strikes Back?

 

[glennbo123]

Besides, if you're going to stalk me, we should just meet up at the Cheesecake Factory again. Because then there's massive quantities of food involved.

Funny you should mention that. I've been meaning to get a pm out to you and MEK. Maybe I'll try to get it sent right now.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

well, it's probably pretty stiff

Vacation

Don't know if this is one of the quotes that you're talking about,
but it is a seperat line from the one i mentioned at first.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Third Time’s the charm…

Define Reasonable

I parked a couple of hours. Paid a few bucks. Didn't feel ripped off.

A bowl of Shrimp-n-Grits (when made correctly) can be a transformative experience.

I've heard that. Like I said, I'd go for the traditional fried chicken. I'm a sucker for good fried chicken.

Unless you don’t care for shrimp

“Awwwk! Never mind.”

Exactly. Who let the parrot in here, anyway?

At least until the 21st of December.

Uh oh. I better use up these gift cards from last Christmas before then.

This one sounds very promising.

Promising indeed.

A transplanted Memphis Tradition.

As opposed to a state fair tradition?

You said “on the first try”, you didn’t say you got it “right” on the first try,
So it’s all good.

Hear that, Randall?

Naaaa, were it government work…
you should have gone back and made sure that it was half way out into the street.

I believe that qualifies as a shot.

[TMI]
They’re called “Single Houses”. They’re a single room in width (but usually several stories), with a single gabled roof and turned toward the water to make the best use of the cross breezes. In a proper one, the street entrance door always leads to the piazza as the main entrance for the internal rooms is normally via the porch into a central star hall. The entire design is basically 18th century air-conditioning
[/TMI]

Now that's downright interesting. If you're not careful, people may learn something from this here TR. Not because of me, of course. But still.

[TMI]
A legacy of the 1886 earthquake. Some of the older foundations are somewhat askew now. So many building were destroyed that the owners of the surviving structures went to great lengths to save them. It may look odd on the outside, but they would have straitened things out on the inside once you got passed the entrance.

Another thing you’ll see a lot of (and for the same reason) are “earthquake bolts” and especially on the brick structures. They look like decorative circles, stars or crosses attached to the exterior of the building…

…but they’re the ends of long turn buckle rods often running the length of the building that were added to stabilize the structure after the tembler had done it’s damage.
[/TMI]

And that's also interesting. I would never have guessed it was due to an earthquake. Thanks for giving me the run-down!

Aren’t TR’s designed for cramming in whatever you feel like?
I’m having fun!

Sure, both me and anyone else!

Still over thinking the lie at his point. If I’m going to miss most of them…
I might as well continue do so in spectacular fashion.

You guys really want a hint, don't you?

Subbing.

Now to go catch up on 29 pages of highly productive and intelligent insight. (minus the TR author's posts that is).

Welcome Nemesis! Now this TR feels more complete.

Intelligent insight? You're digging in the wrong place. Try this instead:

Tuesday Morning Quarterback

 

[MissLiz]

So, I've read through the update a couple of times and I can't figure out any more of the movie lines, BUT I'm going to go with the homes being understated in the Battery as the lie.

You can't say that and then show one picture of a home with hedges up the stairs and another picture of a home with three verandahs and some sort of turret! Beautiful? Gorgeous? I want to live there? Yes. Understated? Not especially.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Even with the photo documentation? Quite a bold stand there, my friend.

"Never give up, never surrender!"

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

So did seeing all that Civil War stuff make you decide it was time for the Oblivious family to take Charleston?

Yes, with one inert grenade and a minivan.

Lie. It can't be an excellent walking city when you have vans parked on sidewalks.

I'd be right there with ya.

Thanks for having my back, man.

Just going for a new twist on the crickets...

Oooh! Illustrations!

Somebody really needs to re-evaluate these committee assignments. It seems like there's a little too much of a crossover representation on the various committees. Isn't that a conflict of interest or something?

I agree. But then again, if I ran for a position on the committee, I might be expected to do the work involved in running them. No thanks!

Oh yeah... that one looks so much healthier than a fried burger. No cholesterol here folks, move along.

It might be fried, but at least it's not deep-fried.

Stupid civil engineers. Always putting curbs in the way.

Well, it keeps dummies like me from parking on the sidewalk.

An Oblivious family drive being completely uneventful... hard to believe. Lie?

We have a portable DVD player. That helps. A lot.

This, I do believe.

Fun update, Mark.

First, as a person who grew up in Chicago and paralleled park until she moved to the suburbs, I laugh watching people in the City now trying to do it...it's a hoot as it takes them at least four or five times to get the car in there. I give you a getting it done in your first attempt.

Thank you! Maybe driving in Chicago helped me last year.

What beautiful homes and greenery.

Lunch looked absolutely yummy.

It was dinner. Did I say lunch in the chapter?

Or maybe it's a sign of a SKIMMER!

I'll say that the lie was Dave requiring a potty break on the way home. Maybe it was Scotty instead?

Dave has a habit of needing to go at exactly the wrong time during our travels. And also needing a newspaper, if you know what I mean.

3 thumbs up in reference to Siskel & Ebert "At the Movies" TV show.

Well, duh. I kinda called that one out. Here's +1 anyway, because I'm a nice guy.

Get Smart

+1

Saturday Night Live

sort of...

No, I don't think the judges are going to allow that one.

many, many of the Star Trek epasodes and films

Ok...I was thinking of Back to the Future, but you're right. +1

HINTS:

1. The 2 movie references I found are still up for grabs. One is a Bill Murray movie. The other is a Dustin Hoffman movie.
2. The lie has absolutely nothing to do with parking.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I like that idea.
Finding the lie is a lot harder (as proven by my missing a bunch of them).

Hints might get the scores even closer. Well…
more blatant hints as opposed to the very subtle ones used thus far,
but that’s up to how you want to call it.

Lots of people are struggling there. Of course, it doesn't help that I always try to talk you out of your guesses.

I just posted one hint.

Empire Strikes Back?

+1

Funny you should mention that. I've been meaning to get a pm out to you and MEK. Maybe I'll try to get it sent right now.

Cool! I love it when a plan comes together. We'll definitely look to make it work. I might know a couple of alternate restaurants too.

Vacation

Don't know if this is one of the quotes that you're talking about,
but it is a seperat line from the one i mentioned at first.

I consider them part of a whole in this case.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

So, I've read through the update a couple of times and I can't figure out any more of the movie lines, BUT I'm going to go with the homes being understated in the Battery as the lie.

You can't say that and then show one picture of a home with hedges up the stairs and another picture of a home with three verandahs and some sort of turret! Beautiful? Gorgeous? I want to live there? Yes. Understated? Not especially.

Well, I was thinking as compared to modern monstrosities such as you'd find with the Vegas celebrity lifestyle. These aren't gaudy. They're much more tasteful in that respect.

"Never give up, never surrender!"

+1

By Grabthar's Hammer...you will be avenged.

Now there is an underrated movie.

 

[KatMark]

It was dinner. Did I say lunch in the chapter?

Or maybe it's a sign of a SKIMMER!

I promise with everything I have I did not skim; at my age, I just forget what I read two minutes ago.

 

[glennbo123]

"excellent driver" is a Rainman reference

 

[glennbo123]

By Grabthar's Hammer...you will be avenged.

Galaxy Quest.

That's a GREAT movie! We own that one, and it's a go-to movie for long drives.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Just don’t see a Bill Murray reference (Which means I’m going to be mad at myself when it shows up).

As opposed to a state fair tradition?

Exhibit A: http://www.dyersonbeale.com/

I believe that qualifies as a shot.

Well… not being your nemesis I guess that all I can say is:

What are friends for?

Sure, both me and anyone else!

Like I said…
What are friends for?

Feel free to deface my TR as the mood strikes you.

You're digging in the wrong place.

If you had said:

“They’re digging in the wrong place.”

We’d have been looking at a Raiders of the Lost Ark quote.
Don’t think that one’s going to get past the rules committee though.

I love it when a plan comes together.

That however is a quote:

A-Team

I just posted one hint.

Wasn’t planning to go after the parking issues anyway.

This chapter is a tough one as I really don’t have a good reason for picking any element as untrue
(other then that you only bought one hand grenade but I suspect that the plural usage in the opening paragraph was really unintentional).

I’ll say that Julie had something other then the Moultrie burger, and that’s only because we got a picture of your plate but not hers.

(The only other possibility would be the ride home was eventful and we just haven’t heard the story yet)