Operation Big Thunder: the Dole Whip Conspiracy COMPLETE

[Captain_Oblivious]

My Cousin Vinny. Although I'm not sure if it counts, since it was requested, in a sense.

+1 I think I've already set the precedent for awarding easy points like that.

How the heck did you know that? I'm starting to worry about you.

Andy does Shakespeare in the park. He'll deny it and just say he googled the quote or something, but don't let that fool you.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

I got busy and missed a number of fairly easy ones.

As for reading right over top of the Sherlock Holmes quote…
I just feel bad about that one.

+1

And don't feel bad. That was funny.

Hey, there's got to be comic relief. Somehow I have to find a way to work that picture of Dave sleeping into it. If Glenn can do it, I can too!

Those pictures are classic!

I'm not sharing my secrets.

coughShakespeareintheparkcough

Wow, I can't believe you admitted it!

Oh nuts. If he had wrtten it as "mind your own beez-ness" I'd have gotten it!

Well, I can't make them all gimmes.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I suppose I need to get a guess in for the lie. I'm torn between what Julie had for lunch and whether the kids had difficulty sharing the phone. Chicken flatbread sounds like the kind of thing Julie's been eating so far, so I guess I'll have to go with "there was some difficulty sharing the phone". Dang, I hate to guess that, because your kids are such s.

Yes, the kids are angels, and would never, ever, argue over something as trivial as a phone.

That would have been more obvious, but you did get to most of the ones that were available today.
I’m just picking at the scraps that you and Andy left.

Mmmm...scraps.

Now then…
I was rereading the current update to see if I saw any better candidates for the lie.

Nope.

Nothing stands out and over thinking it has not been a good strategy thus far.
So it’s time to officially go with the obvious (or the Oblivious as the case may be)
and officially chose the obviously wrong answer. Namely…
that the young’ens had one or two minor problems sharing the phone.

Very popular guess in this round. Nobody thinks my kids can get along, apparently.

While I’m here…
The photo of “Smiley” also re-caught my eye as I was reading.
Considering the look on the faces of all the soldiers around him…
I’d say that the proper caption for this one ought to be:

“The smell of excellence!”

Must have had beans around the campfire.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I can say definitively that someone or some people have correctly identified the lie in this chapter.

 

[glennbo123]

Must have had beans around the campfire.

Blazing Saddles reference.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Nobody thinks my kids can get along, apparently.

It’s not that…
we just think they’re normal kids.

Thus, and I’m simply applying the theory of least astonishment here…
They’re gonn’a fight from time to time.

(now watch the right answer be the location of the bathrooms )

Must have had beans around the campfire.

Blazing Saddles reference.

“I’d say ya’ had enough!”

 

[glaserjm]

Mark, I know I'm late in the game, but I just wanted to let you know that I've signed on for the TR and just finished reading your 2010 report, which I thoroughly enjoyed. DH had to ask me multiple times what I was laughing at and before I knew it he decided he just had to read it himself!

I'm really looking forward to more updates on this one! What a great family you have. You remind me much of my own family traveling to WDW when I was little and a daredevil and my younger brother had to be coaxed and cajoled to do most every ride. As you're already experiencing, their appetite for adventure will grow with age and my ultra cautious younger brother will now do every and any ride you can throw at him (some that I won't even do now!)

This TR is getting me even more excited for my upcoming October trip, which I didn't think was possible!

 

[afwdwfan]

Andy does Shakespeare in the park. He'll deny it and just say he googled the quote or something, but don't let that fool you.

To fart or not to fart. There's really no question.

(now watch the right answer be the location of the bathrooms )

A very good argument was made for that one, but then again it is Mark we're talking about. I could see father and son reenacting a "bathroom" scene from Big Daddy somewhere in Italy.

 

[glennbo123]

To fart or not to fart. There's really no question.

You're on fire!

 

[KatMark]

To fart or not to fart. There's really no question.

I so needed a laugh this morning.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Blazing Saddles reference.

+1

It’s not that…
we just think they’re normal kids.

Thus, and I’m simply applying the theory of least astonishment here…
They’re gonn’a fight from time to time.

As much as I hate to admit it, it does happen from time to time.

(now watch the right answer be the location of the bathrooms )

I wouldn't be that cruel...would I?

“I’d say ya’ had enough!”

Mark, I know I'm late in the game, but I just wanted to let you know that I've signed on for the TR and just finished reading your 2010 report, which I thoroughly enjoyed. DH had to ask me multiple times what I was laughing at and before I knew it he decided he just had to read it himself!

Jayne!

And thanks so much for the compliment! I appreciate you reading my drivel. And then forcing your husband to read it. Hopefully he'll recover soon.

I'm really looking forward to more updates on this one! What a great family you have. You remind me much of my own family traveling to WDW when I was little and a daredevil and my younger brother had to be coaxed and cajoled to do most every ride. As you're already experiencing, their appetite for adventure will grow with age and my ultra cautious younger brother will now do every and any ride you can throw at him (some that I won't even do now!)

I was always ultra-cautious as a kid too, and now it's coming back to haunt me with my boys. Somewhere my parents are laughing at me.

This TR is getting me even more excited for my upcoming October trip, which I didn't think was possible!

Glad to hear it! I wish my next trip was that close.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

To fart or not to fart. There's really no question.

Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outraged passers-by,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of Intestinal Gas,
And by farting end them: they die, they smell
No more

A very good argument was made for that one, but then again it is Mark we're talking about. I could see father and son reenacting a "bathroom" scene from Big Daddy somewhere in Italy.

They do have that fountain right in the middle of the plaza.

You're on fire!

I so needed a laugh this morning.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outraged passers-by,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of Intestinal Gas,
And by farting end them: they die, they smell
No more

A refference to "Hamlet"

(and a dang funny one too )

 

[afwdwfan]

A refference to "Hamlet"

(and a dang funny one too )

Seriously??? I referenced Hamlet first. If you get a point for that I'm boycotting this TR.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Julie did indeed order the chicken-wrap-flatbread-whatever-it-was thingy.

The kids did indeed share the phone during spy missions very well.

I tried to test your knowledge of Walt Disney World geography with this chapter, and it appears that Vanessa is the only one who passed the challenge. Much like there is no basement in the Alamo, there are no bathrooms in the Italy Pavilion. I found this out the hard way after running around frantically with a son who really needed to go. Rather than barge through a sit-down restaurant, I briefly considered using the fountain before asking for directions (as a man, that killed me to do so) and being told I had to take poor Dave over to Germany.

Good job Vanessa!

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[Captain_Oblivious]

A refference to "Hamlet"

(and a dang funny one too )

Seriously??? I referenced Hamlet first. If you get a point for that I'm boycotting this TR.

I'm going to have to uphold Andy's protest in this case. Andy gets the point for making everybody laugh. I just continued his joke.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Seriously??? I referenced Hamlet first. If you get a point for that I'm boycotting this TR.

No you ain’t. This here TR is funny.
“And you never cut: Funny”


As for the point…
Ehhhh… I'm just playing along.
It's your call Mark (being as it's you TR in the first place)

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

No you ain’t. This here TR is funny.
“And you never cut: Funny”


As for the point…
Ehhhh… I'm just playing along.
It's your call Mark (being as it's you TR in the first place)

Already answered. In case you missed it, the latest standings and revelation of the lie are at the bottom of page 61.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

I tried to test your knowledge of Walt Disney World geography with this chapter…

Well lookie there…
I was right about being wrong

I'm going to have to uphold Andy's protest in this case. Andy gets the point for making everybody laugh. I just continued his joke.

And… I see we’ve already gotten the ruling (and a fair one I will agree).


As Napoleon once said:
"I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword."

Translation: If I see the quote… I’m going to pick it up.

But, if my nemesis were to read back carefully… I’ve also purposely (and on several occasions) said that either someone else deserved a point rather then me or that one really ought not be giving out because the reference was either too obscure or too simple. :

 

[afwdwfan]

But, if my nemesis were to read back carefully… I’ve also purposely (and on several occasions) said that either someone else deserved a point rather then me or that one really ought not be giving out because the reference was either too obscure or too simple. :

Indeed you have. But you're still my nemesis and that means I have to argue against any point you try to get.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

Indeed you have. But you're still my nemesis and that means I have to argue against any point you try to get.

“I can live with that”



“Have at you!”