Orlando Smackdown: Dis vs. Uni. Ch.16 Japan Hates me, Just Hates me 7-13

[Backstage_Gal]

Yikes, Smidgy, sounds like quite the bad driver.

The worst one we ever had was from the airport to home. We live 10 minutes from the airport, and the driver got all kinds of PO'd at us for having to wait in line for hours for a fare and we lived so close. I still feel kind of guilty about that for some strange reason.

On a happier note, our son comes home tomorrow night, YAY!

 

[cp'ersmom]

I made a funny post the other day about how we're all a dysfunctional family (or as someone funnier than me stated a DISfunctional family) and I really feel like we are. We're not just here for the funny stories, we're here for the feeling of family and connection we all have with each other. We bring to each other funny comments to share to feel connected, we also bring our good news and happy tidings but when tragedy strikes our lives we also turn to our family for support, empathy, and a sense of togetherness. So, I guess what I'm trying to say is we're there for each other in both happy times and sad ones. There is nothing in the world that can make any sense out of what happened to those innocent children and teachers, it makes us all feel sad and a little less safe in our daily lives. I'm sorry also for your own recent times of loss and emptyness.

That was well said, no wonder you're a recent graduate ! Congrats!

 

[cp'ersmom]

OK, I will throw in a good news post to get this a little bit lighter, if you don't mind.

After 31 1/2 years, the last mortgage check is in the mail!

Yee haw!!!!,

 

[margymas]

An M-80.


It's now security time, ....

This is getting to be a regular thing with me and the TSA. ...

I took my shoes off.
I took my jacket off.
i took my hat off.

... In there, I had to hold my arms up over my head, but I guess it wasn't working, I got no orgasm at all.

I know it's old and time-worn, but sometimes you simply hafta', for old-time's sake.

Did TSA-guy at least buy you dinner first?

 

[MHSweb79]

(by the way, what is Second person?)

You is the second person.

I hope my English teachers are proud.

I do remember in all of my creative writing classes (degree in Communications) being told NEVER to have the narrator die when you are writing in first person. As in, "Then I died."

So Nebo, if you are going to write about anything drastic like that, stick with the third person.

 

[jcc0621]

Sargeant Hulka

Son, where is your drill Sargeant? BLOWN UP SIR!

You made it to FLORIDA!

 

[buzz1121]

Nebo, what a way to start your trip! Smidgy's further details about your cab driver added a certain visual component that gave me further shudder/chuckles about your drive to the airport and the lack of communication between you. It's like you were afraid to break the delicate balance of scary to flat out terrifying.One word or phrase just might have tipped the scale.

And how completely weird, but totally normal in a Nebo TR, that I can simultaneously shudder/chuckle?

I think I want to travel with you through a TSA check. With you there, I can just about bet I would slide right through with flying colors!

I can't believe "we're off"!!!!

 

[nebo]

That's funny how quickly you can forget things.
I totally forgot about how cold it was in the cab, and here's a part i'm sure Diane forgot as well;
As we pulled out of our finger street to the road that takes us to the main drag to the highway, she has the GPS on in the cab.
I recogized Jack's voice saying "Turn right at the next intersection."

Which would have been correct.

The cab driver started to turn left, and I yelled out, "STOP"
"Turn Right like he just told you!"

She was just barely able to make the right turn now, and way over on the wrong side of the street. That was how our drive to the airport began.

Nebo, what a way to start your trip! Smidgy's further details about your cab driver added a certain visual component that gave me further shudder/chuckles about your drive to the airport and the lack of communication between you. It's like you were afraid to break the delicate balance of scary to flat out terrifying.One word or phrase just might have tipped the scale.

Well put, you should be my editor.

And how completely weird, but totally normal in a Nebo TR, that I can simultaneously shudder/chuckle?

I think I want to travel with you through a TSA check. With you there, I can just about bet I would slide right through with flying colors!

I can't believe "we're off"!!!!

Yeah we are. And it wasn't from the Orgasmatron.

Son, where is your drill Sargeant? BLOWN UP SIR!

You made it to FLORIDA!

That's the facts, Jack!

You is the second person.

I hope my English teachers are proud.

I do remember in all of my creative writing classes (degree in Communications) being told NEVER to have the narrator die when you are writing in first person. As in, "Then I died."

So Nebo, if you are going to write about anything drastic like that, stick with the third person.

But but, I really don't want to die in EITHER person!
Ok, give me an example of writing in the second person, really.

I know it's old and time-worn, but sometimes you simply hafta', for old-time's sake.

Did TSA-guy at least buy you dinner first?

Yes it is, but it's still good.

Yikes, Smidgy, sounds like quite the bad driver.

The worst one we ever had was from the airport to home. We live 10 minutes from the airport, and the driver got all kinds of PO'd at us for having to wait in line for hours for a fare and we lived so close. I still feel kind of guilty about that for some strange reason.

On a happier note, our son comes home tomorrow night, YAY!

From Montana, right? That's great!

You had a sad childhood? Your wife left you and your cat(s) died? The taxi driver in IL cursed you with another bad taxi ride?

Next chapter we'll get into our baggage issues.

Great chapter! Can't wait for more.

Hi Minnie, glad to have you on board. Great avatar picture too.

All that and no payoff?! I hope you filed a complaint I modified my comment in case it was inappropriate. I loved that line though

I loved that part in Sleeper, that was back when Woody Allen was good.

He seriously let you by with all those pills?

Yes, happened exactly as I wrote.

If you had hair today what color do you think it would be?

Your mind kind of flits around a bit, doesn't it?

It would be mostly brown with a little gray.
I DO have quite a bit of hair, I just buzz it down to nothing cuz it look better than bald patches do.

So, what happened to the personal bag? Inquiring minds want to know.
Glad you survived the ATOD!

You would have just loved the flight into Denver we had this summer, I thought the plane would break into pieces, the winds were so bad.\
But you are here to tell the tale, all that counts!

We didn't hit any turbulence at all.
And that personal bag was put under Diane's seat. You are allowed a carry on, and a personal bag as long as it can fit under a seat.

 

[smidgy]

speaking of personal bags, etc. One thing I am always nervous about is fitting our carrions in the above compartments.

they are the correct size, but it seems the sterwardesses always annouce "we have a full flight today. chances are not all the carry ons will be able to fit. please do not use the above compartments for your personal bags or coats."

so I always try to sit near the plane entrance, and when they call are "Group" I am right there.

cause I can't believe how many selfish people I see throw their life's posessions in the overhead. "ok, my carry on, my huge backpack, my winter coat, honey, give me the diaper bag, and your bulky coat also. what's the problem?" then some poor schmuck ends up having to check their carryon. (and to me, one of the points of Magicall Express is bypassing the baggage claim)

I have put my coat above, AFTER everyone has boarded and put their things away. another goofus and gallant moment.

who knows who goofus and gallant are?

 

[margymas]

who knows who goofus and gallant are?

I have a vague memory of magazines in my dentist's office when I was a kid, but I can't pull up the details. Was it a cartoon?

 

[jedijill]

Yeah we are. And it wasn't from the Orgasmatron.[/B]

Too funny....the house from the movie Sleeper sits up in the foothills just outside Denver. Whenever I drive by, I always think about the Orgasmatron.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptured_House

Jill in CO

 

[smidgy]

I have a vague memory of magazines in my dentist's office when I was a kid, but I can't pull up the details. Was it a cartoon?

ding ding ding.. another hint the timbetoes, a family of bears (can't remember their names now), and HIDDEN pictures!!! both a page with hidden pictures in the drawing, AND pictures on the first couple pages that you can find throughout the magazine.

 

[nowellsl]

ding ding ding.. another hint the timbetoes, a family of bears (can't remember their names now), and HIDDEN pictures!!! both a page with hidden pictures in the drawing, AND pictures on the first couple pages that you can find throughout the magazine.

Well now that sounds like a Highlights magazine We still get those at school.

 

[smidgy]

Well now that sounds like a Highlights magazine We still get those at school.

winner winner, chicken dinner! although I have seen a recent copy, and it's not near as good as it used to be. just like MAD magazine. there was a time we wouldn't THINK of a road trip without a few MAD magazines. but theydid away with "the lighter side of.." and we really dislike that stupid Monroe. (you can tell WE have classy taste in literature!!!)

 

[Xclusive2WDW]

Your wish is my command




Ok, cmon everyone, group hug, she's one of us.

Um, you are a she, right?

"See Mom,, thats's one of the reasons!"

YES I am! Good thing to clarify this day on age though.

I'm glad you all made it safely after the crazy cab lady. I once had a cab driver upset with me because she could not break my bill (a $20) so I paid her the $8 fare in a few singles and quarters. She was livid, going off on me to the point she almost did not get paid. She is lucky I come from the service industry so I wouldn't do it. I could not believe how upset she was because hey, after me, she had change!

 

[MHSweb79]

OK - I googled for samples of second-person narrative and came up with an example, which is how to build a sandcastle:

You can now construct the towers of your castle by placing one pailful of sand after another face down on the area of the beach that you have staked out for yourself. Make four towers, placing each mound twelve inches apart in a square. This done, you are ready to build the walls that connect the towers.

I did start reading a fiction book written in second-person narrative a few months ago, but it was so annoying that I only made it in about 10 pages or so. "You head down the stairs to get some breakfast,wondering how your life got to this point. Your dog whines to go out so you open the door." That kind of thing.

I also remember Goofus and Gallant from the dentist's office. Does anyone besides me remember being a "Do-Bee?" As in, don't be a Don't-Be, do be a Do-Bee. Hint: The host of the show also had a Magic Mirror to wish little kids a happy birthday. (I watched the show because my town didn't offer kindergarten.)

And finally, sort of on-topic, I saw Smidgy's smackdown with the Mousekeeper on another thread and thought it was a pretty funny story. The mousekeeper should NEVER have argued with you guys- it was an honest mistake, but once she was told it WAS a mistake, she should have gracefully retreated. And, I bet she took down the Do Not Disturb sign- again, another honest mistake- I'm sure lots of people forget to remove them when they check out.

 

[sewmess]

who knows who goofus and gallant are?

Highlights was one of my two magazines when I was a kid. The other was Ranger Rick. And I agree - the last time I picked up a Highlights at the dentist's office I was highly disappointed. Not what I remembered at all.

It has been so long since I've ridden an aluminum tube of death, I don't know what I'd do with the whole TSA rigamarole that you go through now. Of course, that whole rigamarole is exactly why we don't use the aluminum tube of death.

I am concerned about the baggage issue that will be forthcoming. --yet another reason not to ride the AToD, when you drive you know exactly where your baggage is and who is responsible for misplacing it.

 

[nowellsl]

there was a time we wouldn't THINK of a road trip without a few MAD magazines. but theydid away with "the lighter side of.." and we really dislike that stupid Monroe. (you can tell WE have classy taste in literature!!!)

Back in the day I had a whole collection of MAD magazines and books
I haven't read one in years! Those and Archie comic books. I remember those big blue books with bible stories in the Dr. and dentists offices back when I was little.

 

[cjlvsccm]

Wishing Nebo & Smidgy, and all of those here who GET IT, a very Merry Christmas!

We're here to share the joy, and even the parts of life that aren't so joyful!

 

[cjlvsccm]

Back in the day I had a whole collection of MAD magazines and books
I haven't read one in years! Those and Archie comic books. I remember those big blue books with bible stories in the Dr. and dentists offices back when I was little.

I got Highlights at home before I started school, afterwards throw in some Weekly Readers and Archies, then I moved up to MAD magazine. After that, right into Rolling Stone (quite a leap, I know). Might explain a little bit about me, now that I think about it.