AAhh,,,, there you are!
(sound familiar?)
Now, let's have some fun!
So much to talk about, people to offend, Bunnies to get their hare ruffled.
Is it just me, or does it seem like no matter what columnist you read now-a-days is using the word "ubiquitous"?
Really,, it's everywhere now like a new fad.
Ruh roh,, gonna be won of those knights.
And so, on we go........ The Thumpers.
But wait:
first;
I still havent posted the stupid "this is our room video yet".
A good reason for that is because I didn't take it until the second to last day there! Hey, you don't want to rush into some things too soon!
Now;
Can anybody guess where we happened to meet that afternoon at the Animal Kingdom?
Did someone say a "bar?"
Really? Moi?
You would be correct, the Dawa bar in particular.
Our morining was typical for us,,, Safari, Primevil Hurl, Nemo, the Moronical,, then an early lunch at Flame tree. ( this time i'm sticking in pictures later, live with it, drives me nuts to get on a roll writing and have to switch back and forth).
Yes, I know how I"m becoming, if I had money I'd be "eccentric",,, instead,, I"m just "crotchety".
Ok, our alfresco table view from Flame Tree:
Soze,,, we get there 15 minutes early and we both order a pinapple, coconut, mango, blue Hawaii, red rum runner, long island pina colava.
Hey, c'mon, you missed me, admit it.
Yep, pretty sure that was the name. And that's how we ordered it/them.
I really wanted just a beer, but what fun would that have been?
Besides, now I can throw up from 4 different island nations simultaneously!
We then pulled some extra chairs around a table that was really hard to miss, and sat there waiting for them.
We had seen a couple pics of them, so we thought we knew what we were looking for. Heather has long blond hair, Mike is funny looking,,,, no , we had no idea what his baby sister looked like,, we thought i tdidn''t matter.
We couldn't be more mistaken.
Two women walked up to us, and stood there for a second just looking at us. Finally,, one said,,, "well,,, you gonna say hi Nebo?"
Smidgy got it before me;
"Oh, HI!,, Come join us, come join us,,, and they sat down at our table.
Heather now had brown hair, not blond,,, and cut really short, not long like I was expecting. She was like out of Get Smart,,,, incognito, a double agent. I asked if she was trying to hide from Mike, since he wasn't with them,,
"Has he been beating you up?" I asked, concerned.
(I'm sorry,, but I have to do this),,,
"Oh no,, I am almost always up before him." she replied.
Soonly, Mike came up, he had gone for EE lastpasses, and hugs and kisses all around were rampant.
I hate rampant kisses.
And what does "rampant' mean?
Is this mike on?
Hello, testing,,, one two drei quatro.
Oh, there you are,,, resume.
Let me get this out of the way,,, the three of them are total "stand up " people, even though they are sitting down right now.
However,,,
(I love throwing that in,,, makes everybody suddenly snap back to it)
especially the folks I'm writing about.
looking down, (yes, us shy, insecure, pessimistic introverted types are always looking down), I made an observation.
Now, I have railed in the past on the proliferation of "feet" in the Disney resorts and Parks, and it is obviously not improving.
Feet are everywhere!
I know they are needed and we all have them, but that's what Reeboks are for, to cover them. The best looking feet are hidden in Reeboks and Nike.
I can't help it, I just think they are stupid looking parts of the human anatomy, and can never figure out why women call attention to them by painting the nails a glow in the dark neon red.
I also hate the word "toe" or "toes" . Just sounds so childish, to me. Can't believe there was a famous football coach who went by that as his first name.
In Ponzi's Hawaii report, he mentioned going shopping with the girls so, they could get some,,,,,and then he used a few words, synomyns for sandals,,,,,flip flops, tongs, whatever,,, but one of the ones he used was "toesies"
I almost threw up!
Now, I know he turned in his man card a long time ago,, that can happen when raising two daughters,,, but c'mon. geesh!!
Real men don't say "tee hee" and real men never say "toesies".
So, while looking down, I see Melissa is wearing sandals.
Heather, is wearing sandals.
And, yes, even Mike is wearing sandals!
It was like being inside a Toes/R/Us.
Really, I'll bet they had close to thirty toes between the three of them!
Oh well, that's just me.
Oh, you want some pictures?
Allrighty then,,,yes, I did take a couple of them that day.
Oh, silly me, it appears I have misread those little snapshots on my P-Bucket page, but I still think the first one is Mike, let's try it again;
The three of them really are great people. But Melissa had a tendancy to just wander away creating the Melissa scavenger hunt a few times. She did that once just as we were going in to see the Festival of the Lion King Musical.
Nobody knew if she needed a potty or a snow cone, but she was suddenly gone.
The show was just starting and suddenly there she was;
she not only made it inside, but was able to find us as well!
I think she rode in on the Simba float.
But let's get back to Mike and Lady H.
Ok, mostly Mike I guess,,,,,it's a guy thing.
I came back to the table after getting a drink while still at the Dawa Bar,,,Smidgy and Heather were talking, Melissa was walking, and I see Mike "snup snupping" into his hand.
Then I saw he had his I-phone or whatever in his hand, and I ran up and asked, "Mike, are you ok? What's wrong?"
Still "snupping" and with tears rolling down his cheeks, he said; "It's,,, Puh,,, Puh,,, Ponzi!"
"Huh? What about Ponzi,,, something happen to him?"
"Oh no", and then I could tell he was laughing, not crying;
" I just went to get on your trip report and say you were doing ok,,,, so far,,,,and saw that Ponzi had posted a picture of you as Homer Simpson!"
Spiffy, absolutely Spiffy.
I will tell you another observation about Mike I couldn't help but make;
He's extremely dangerous!
Yes, you read that right,,,, and most probably dangerous to yourself,,, cuz he is so convincing.
He is Mr. Exhuberance, the Energizer Bunny, and he can talk you into doing things you might not want to do.
If there was a fifty foot bungee tower, with a fifty one foot cord,,, he would say,,,"Yeah,,, but think of the fun you'll have on the way down!"
Mike and Melissa rode Everest, with me sitting behind thme.
Then, Mike said to me,,, C'mon, this time you and me ride together.
"Yeah? Ok, how come? Something different gonna happen with you sitting next to me? You know, I'm not always in the mood to throw up!"
But that was pretyty much our Bunny day, next up is Stephanie!