Love Fawlty Towers
As long as I am not on the first floor I am happy!This reminded me of a scene from the old Brittish tv show, Faulty Towers, and once again I couldn't resist:
"Oh, the Netherlands? Thank goodness, I thought there was something wrong with you".
Now, Diane knows that line as well, but she isn't laughing.
Would you think I would pick up on that?
Huh uh.
"It's ok honey, he's from over by Holland, you know, with the tulip bulbs and the little chocolate sho,,OOOF!"
I just stood there as names and such were exchanged, but even the elbow to the ribs didn't shut me up.
"Love your sauce".
...but it's hard to be happy when your skin looks like a plucked chicken!
(boy, does that sound like a perfect tag line for the tag fairy?)
SEE NEBO. Their brains are like an elephants. They never forget our comedies of error (or maybe the comedies of intentional mis-conduct)."Find a parking spot?"
"Nope, left it in the Animal Kingdom bus stop out front."
"Six people got in before I could stop them."
" And the old guy in the ECV next to the cooler wants to know what time Flame Tree opens."
"Very funny."
"Yep, here's your sign!"
1.
Yeppers again, like I said, I was going to be cheerful, no matter what cost.
Behind the window stood a guy and a girl. Diane said "Hi, we're checking in."
I half expected the guy to say, " Really? At the check in window? Wow!"
"Here's your sign!"
2.
"It's ok honey, he's from over by Holland, you know, with the tulip bulbs and the little chocolate sho,,OOOF!"
I just stood there as names and such were exchanged, but even the elbow to the ribs didn't shut me up.
3.
As check in proceeded, I just stood there looking clueless as ever, I couln't hear a word he was saying so I just leaned and looked around, you know, like most DH's do there.
4.
Feeding the ducks in the smoking area has become a ritual for us, and this time I even bought cheese popcorn for them, got tired of wasting bread.
Yes, I know we shouldnt do this, but it's SO darn entertaining when your just sitting there. THis time it wasn't just ducks, but gulls and other birds that I'm not sure what they were also in the mix.
When we first sat down there wasn't a bird in sight, then it was like Alfred Hitchcock gave the cue, "Ok, send in the birds". Tippi Hedron would have freaked.
They were everywhere around us. Even sitting on the back of the bench right next to Diane's ear. They would eat off my shoe, out of my hand, off my knee, and I could tell we were really ticking off the cast members that used this path on their golf carts, they'd have to wait for the birds to move before they could go on.
5.
Then this poor, unsuspecting girl/woman, came down the path.
If you stop feeding the birds, they don't hang around too long, and we had decided that they had made a big enough mess on the pathway already with bird poop, and stopped feeding them.
But they were still close.
Watching.
Now, I have nothing against this girl. I don't even know her.
But she was doing the one thing that really annoys the snot out of me.
Talking on her cell phone.
Why don't people go to Disney and just enjoy being in DISNEY?
With cell phone in hand, she was also oblivious, you know, like all the idiots on the road that insist on talking to their hands.
As she came towards us, yes, I thought about it. The bag of Vitner's Cheesy Flavored Duck and Random Bird Popcorn sitting right next to me.
As she drew closer, I heard her say; "Way?, YES WAY!" Which was then followed by, "Awesome".
Sweat broke out on my lip.
I looked in the tree in front of us, SO many bullets just sitting there!
Then she sealed the deal.
Right in front of us, she said, "Ok, later, CIAO!"
I lunged for my holster.
But the gun was gone.
Diane was quicker. Evidently she was going throught the same turmoil as I , and the, CIAO did her in too. ( I admit, I don't know how to spell this word, you know, goodbye in Spanish? Sounds like Chow?)
Diane threw handfulls of duck food ten feet in front of her, and they came back out with a vengeance! She screamed and ran down the path, before she even hit the bend by the sixties, (we were in the fifties smoking area way on the right), she stopped.
I watched her, wondering if we might be in trouble, but no, she suddenly grabbed the phone out of her pocket again, but wasn't punching in any numbers, was back to talking.
I could tell she was going to finish her walk that she started in the fifties all the way to the end. She might even remember some of it.
"Nice move Wyatt, you sure were fast."
"Hey, somebody had to respect the sanctity of being in DisneyWorld, even if you couldn't pull the trigger, Doc."
"Know what? She's just hitting the sixties section now, and there's a smoking section on the way in the seventies. If we hurry through the pool area,,,,,,"
"I'm right behind you!"
6.
(Sorry Smidge... It's one of those "it's gotta happen" moments.)
Especially if the conversation is one way. I can understand the call "where are you? Tower of Terror? OK. Be right there." But the conversations about what clothes they are going to wear? Nah. I was kinda hoping that the girl with the phone was going to go under the tree with the birds and reap the rewards of cheese popcorn dropping down upon her. 
That would serve her right. 'Course, being scared by hundreds of birds is a close second.....
Winkers I don't think nebo want's to elaborate on the brush
some sick part of me wants to know...........I don't wanna know
I can only imagine what thought went through your mind....
That's a good one!! ok, this just caused me to choke on my brownie............never inhale a brownie it hurts!!
like a soldier in the civil war, bang bang..........sorry, I couldn't help singing along!
ooohhh, you're evil!!!
I honestly have no idea what you're talking about....
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Dead Meat here....WOW - I think I'd be honored that I was mentioned soooooo many times times if I wasn't about to be beaten with a stick
So I'll start my defense early
OK - I'm ready for my beating
I'm from the area too - but I'd pick 65 - but then my mil lives in Indy - and you havent lived till you take the drive to BALL STATE!! talk about hairy driving!!You have no idea the scare I had. Everything locked up when I posted the deer pic. I hit the cute little mountain scenery icon and that was it,,,,, for about 20 minutes! I was just about to either cream the computer of reboot, when it started up again. So, of course, I have to see if it's any better.
WHile I'm here, I would like to say hi to Longneck, haven't seen Emily since we met at French Quarter.
An a hello to Ashclan and Scrap4u, both of you sound familiar, I thin you have posted here before, if not from other trip reports.
A welcome to Philadisney as well, we all know her from her stardom role in "What not to Wear," on tv. Just wish I could remeber what city Kelly is from.
And then there's Tiggerwannabe. Only Colleen would take the time to go and look in past reports for that picture. Geesh! Well two can play a that game, if my puter let's me.
We first met at a Poly DIS meet, and not long after saying hello, I saw how she got when someone came to close to her Lapu Lapu,,,,,,,, good thing there is no audio here.
actually,she's a sweetheart, even if she does have a Lapu Lapu problem,
goodnight, nebo
Did you say something, Neebs? I couldnt hear you with my headphones on...
Hey, I saw the deer picture, way to go
I can just picture you, LOL.
Great update!
So happy you are back.
Actually...I checked the address of your photobucket and found it there
There's *no way* I woulda found it trying to figure out which trippie it was from
I can find pics in photobucket waaaaay easier~
...wanna see?
You have to do better plannin, so you can wiz right through the gut of Atlanta.
Me and my dd drove from Jacksonville Fl to WI 2 days before the ice storm. We left Jacksonville at 3:30 p.m. and cleared Atlanta 7:00 p.m.
I was trying to tell my dh how important it was not to be caught in rush hour. When we sailed through, she wasn't even impressed or anything, she thought it was just another city we had to get through, geesh, such a grateful daughter.
We stayed somewhere north of Atlanta for $85 a nite at a Comfort Suite and that was naming my own price, I should of shot for $55.
The next morning we caught 24, then I65. I won't tell you how fast we made it home
Well, excuuuuuuuuuuse us for inconveniencing your Disney trip with our ice storm. It's not like WE had to enudre any hardships like no power for 10 days, missing a week of school that we are forced to make up at the end of the year, and fist fights in the local "Wal Marts" over basic supplies like milk, bread, and the ever useful generator.
BRB. I think my ax needs sharpened. Hee hee.
Excellent beginning! Bravissimo.
btw, we have hit Atlanta at rush hour with screaming babies in the car. Good times, good times.
Luv the SK pic - and I have some athlete pics too... hmmm... never mind..I am still along for the ride... as always in my crazy mixed up life... you bring me sunshine...
(ok a lil mushy lol)
Write on my dear friend, Write on!!
Bee
see honey.. they love me!!!!
Only in a Nebo (and smidgy) report do we get
Lost Highways
Steek beatings
Extreme Parking Manuevers
Seedy Motels
Celebrity Sightings
and Scary, Shower Haunting Clowns
Love it!!!
goog recap!
Steve is mac - and he's busy dancing... with stars.... just sayin - 
They put up barriers when constructing everywhere else on property - why can't they just hide that eyesore away?!
In my opinion, lake views at Pop are way overrated, I'd take a pool view any time. Maybe on the ground floor, not so bad, but up in the air, you can't help but notice the stopped construction across the way and it's not a pretty sight to look at.
Uumm... adios?!
About dial-up... I've got DSL going through Verizon and it's FAST! Often faster than my super-duper cable LAN connection at work. $14ish a month. 
I DID let someone else pont out "goodbye" in spanish is "adios", does that count? and how many times have we sat in our boat in the "good-bye room" on Small world?
No really, I do put in my 1 to 2 cents worth in, but figure Cherie has it all under control. I ask the stupid questions at the right time... get the "here's your sign" look, and move on. It's that simple..... unless I ask something really dumb that any person with common sense would know, like: Smidgy!!
Your right about one thing, it was a total waste of good cheese popcorn, well except for the handful Smidgy threw in front of the girl, for that I would have paid five bucks a bag.
Yeah, it could be. Arent's the languages closely related?
smidgy is sitting in my favorite spot the last time we were there we stayed in the building that is in the background room 5413 top floor corner room just had to walk out turn to the right and had a view of the lake
It was Romper Room
Yep, we are doing 2 days at the Royal Pacific after doing 7 nights at Pop. I can't wait. THe hotel looks so nice
We used to always ask for a second floor, but now first floor has gotten more desirable for smoking reasons and access. [/COLOR
The "German" episode belongs in the hall of fame.
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You will love Royal Pacific, we do. Stayed there 3 times now and it's a nice walk to the parks. While you are there if you have some time go over and check out the Hard Rock Hotel and Portofino Bay. Plus you are allowed to use their pools.
Nebo, do you have room for any more tags?
Jeez, some of us don't have any yet.....just sayin'.....
Hooray, you're "home"!! Now let the magic begin.....
Kathy
I only got tagged once, but I had to slip a couple of fastpasses to them when no one was looking.
Ok, since you're quoting the Coasters, maybe you are old.
You have the best stories of hurting yourself! Most people manage to hurt themselves in mundane ordianry ways, but not you.....You've made it into an art form! and that's why we love you!
Hold it, you're the one that manages injuries from a piddle pad!
