Smidgy and the Grump, Freaky Friday, 11-06

[whogirl'smom]

Sounds like a great time was had by all at Biergarten! Maybe they will start providing sporks there, so it won't matter what utensil you pick up! (um, you do know what a spork is, right?)

I saw something on TV the other night about certain restaurants around the world now having "dark dinners" where you are in complete darkness and have no idea what you are being served! Most people ended up eating with their hands.

 

[coffeehousemom]

well swim westward Nemo (I mean Nebo) we have 2 of those pinball machines. We have one Twilight Zone pin here at my coffeehouse & another at home along with 15 others I might add. Galena is only 2 1/2 hours away from ya.

 

[jcc0621]

and Up, (thumbs sideways). Yeah, Diane liked Up more than I did.

I hated UP!

Then she volunteered me.

I always said that Smidgy was a smart woman

Roy G. Biv?

I have heard of him

I'll drop a line, drop a name, drop off a kid or drop you a note, I'll drop off the mail, drop in anytime and I'll even drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life but I won't drop my precious dope.

OK Hawkeye Pierce!

No wonder they call it leak soup!

Then Diane's cell phone rang.

Well

Coming up:
Spending quality time with a clown.

Not the clown again!

 

[monymony3471]

. Now I'm forgetting how to speak English.

THAT'S OK, WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT LIKE WE ALWAYS DO



And on arriving at the Land pavilion, the first thing I did was find a drinking fountain and drop 3 in my mouth.

THIS IS PROBABLY A TYPO, I THINK YOU MEANTT 13

The last time we were here, I had such a hard time feeling my way down, almost fell 3 times, that the woman behind me finally yelled out, "Oh please, sir, just sit anywhere, I can't take it anymore watching you!"

I SAID THAT OUTLOUD?????


I made it, again with a sigh of relief and after trying to butter my bread with a dumpling, I gave up and went to work on my soup.

And it didn't work.

Even though I couldn't see it, I could tell by the weight that I wasn't getting anything in my spoon. I'd scoop it up, but it was like it was just falling right off.
No wonder they call it leak soup!

Finally, I felt with my other hand to see if I've got it right side up.

Oh, I did, that wasn't the problem.
Problem was I was using a fork!

YES, 13 VIKES WOULD DO THIS TO A PERSON. AND HE BLAMES IT ON THE LIGHTING.



By the way, the Biergarten is one of the cheaper sit down meals you can get at DisneyWorld. It is also worth every penny of it. There is entertainment in the form of weird horns and jug blowing and xylophones and children participating down in the middle of the floor, I just didn't have much time to see much of it this time.

ARE YOU SURE YOU WERE HALUCINATING AND IMAGINED THE JUG BLOWING, WEIRD HORNS, AND XYLOPHONES?

Coming up:
Spending quality time with a clown.

WHAT ABOUT DIANE'S PHONE CALL? YOU JUST BLEW RIGHT OVER THAT. OH RIGHT, YOU WERE LOADED ON VIKES.


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[ChelleinNC]

Sounds like a great time was had by all at Biergarten! Maybe they will start providing sporks there, so it won't matter what utensil you pick up! (um, you do know what a spork is, right?)

Sporks DS was excited to get a spork with his sample at Costco the other day. Can you imagine getting excited about a spork?

 

[winkers]

I think the name of it is G.I. Joe.

Wonder what they'll call the sequel; Lower G.I. Joe?

The story you are about to read is true, only the names have been changed to protect the idiots.

The last time we were here, I had such a hard time feeling my way down,

"Oh yes, here it is, "Winkers Clan", they were probably seated about 20 minutes ago."

warning this post is under the influence of heavy painkillers.............I decided to see just how bad your foot must feel!

Lower G.I. Joe?!


I am not an idiot!
just intellectually challenged at times.

feeling yourself down as opposed to up?

when we checked in at the biergarten we were told that they couldn't fit another group at our table with us.
I had kept my eyes peeled half the day tring to spot nebo &smidgey Our kids wanted to know what you looked like so they could be in on things too......... I said "just look for Mr. Clean with a pretty brunette"
none of them knew who Mr. Clean is....again, my wittiness wasted on the young.

Then our hostess sat us at a table with 3 other people...what the heck??
I was realy excited when I spoted them just below us.


We loved getting to meet you guys! You were just as fun, witty and kind in person....I just wish the dumkopf who sat us knew what they were talking about.
And now we bring to you "German lessons with winkers" dumkopf....dumb head.

the picture taking was hillarious!
by the way, it looks like we could play "count the chins" on that picture you posted.

D.Jay couldn't figure out why you kept playing with your food.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

My sons are trying to sleep and would like me to tell you to stop being so funny and making their mommy laugh and snort so loud.

illegal immigrant

lower g.i. joe

napomegranates

dope drop

leak soup

a fork!



Killing me!


Way funny update Nebo... as always, of course.

 

[Underdog369]

I think the name of it is G.I. Joe.

Wonder what they'll call the sequel; Lower G.I. Joe?

Could have called it Up your G.I., Joe.

The story you are about to read is true, only the names have been changed to protect the idiots.

Hey!!!! You didn't change my na... Oh. never mind.

I just may have gotten a bit smarter here; I first went into Photobucket and pulled out the pics I needed and posted them first, now all I have to do is fit the story around them, that way I won't be surprised after 3 hours of working on the chapter only to find it lock up on me. So far, so good.

Watch out world, Nebo is learning to be technical. The computing world will never be the same again!!!!

After that we then went and saw the movie in the "Staircase of Death" theatre.

It used to be called the Circle of Life theatre, that is until the last time I was there.

Ethan and I went there 2 years ago because he didn't like 'Soarin (appostrophe trademarked)..... NEEBS, NOW YA GOT ME DOIN' IT TOO.... anywho. Ethan didn't like the hang gliding movie thingy so we went to see Circular of Life. We thought it was actually kinda cute.

We then rode the stupid Imagination ride again to kill some time, then headed over to the Showcase, just taking our time. To be honest, taking our time was about the only speed I had in me today, yeah, T o T was pretty much "Pedal to the Medal" for me.

NEVER mention that ride to my kids. They all immediately and in unison start singing the imagination song. Imagination happens to be one of their favorite rides.

We have a 12:30 appointment at the Biergarten for lunch, we are both looking forward to it cuz we get to meet some people that have been regulars on the trip report circuit since we joined. Funny how you can feel like you are old friends with someone you've know for a few years and never actually met them in person.

At 12:30 we were at the Biergarten podium, probably should have gotten there a little earlier, but we saw no sign of the Winkers clan.
Now, this is easy to do when you have no idea what a Winkers clan looks like.

But we thought we'd be able to figure it out, so we just hung around a bit, then checked in and hung around a bit more.

So, ya can't see in the light as well as in the dark huh?

"Oh yes, here it is, "Winkers Clan", they were probably seated about 20 minutes ago."

Crap. We asked if we could be put at their table but nooooo, you snooze, you lose. But she did seat us nearby.

Now, the rest of this story, even though the whole thing is written in first person perspective, is now going to be REALLY first person perspective.
Meaning, some of it may not be entirely accurate, but it's from what I could see, which was mostly non-existant.

We were hoping to save seats for you, but they wouldn't let us. The party of three that was with us wouldn't look kindly at us if we stated those seats were reserved for you and smig.

I think Cherie recognized us and started waving. Diane saw her and told me "There they are" and got up to say hi.

"Aren't you coming?"

It looked funny having Cherie wave right in front of the poor person sitting next to her as that person takes a bite of food. I think that person wanted to jab her with her fork.

Without faces, names go in one ear and out the other for me. I think the names I got out of the Winkers Clan at that time were, Cherie, D-Jay, her husband, Evan, Ethan, Bailey, MIL, Doc, Sneezy and James the Younger.

You got all of us except Hunter. I think he's classified as Bashful.

Then it was time for me to have to actually obtain some food, and I was starving! At least the serving table were well lit, I grabbed an a few things to begin with, a bowl of potatoe leek soup was one of them. As I was trying to figure out what exactly is what, a young guy was behind me, talking to me and really being helpful about naming the mystery items and telling me what's good or not.
What I didn't know at the time was that this was someone I had just met but couldn't see, Evan I believe.
Or Nearly Headless Nick. Then I was done and had to find the table again.

Headless or not, leave it to Evan to help an elderly man with his food. When he came back he said, "Dad, I helped a blind person read the labels of the food." Good kid huh?

I made it, again with a sigh of relief and after trying to butter my bread with a dumpling, I gave up and went to work on my soup.

And it didn't work.

Even though I couldn't see it, I could tell by the weight that I wasn't getting anything in my spoon. I'd scoop it up, but it was like it was just falling right off.
No wonder they call it leak soup!

Finally, I felt with my other hand to see if I've got it right side up.

Oh, I did, that wasn't the problem.
Problem was I was using a fork!

Leaky soup. You must try drinking the water-in-a-collander technique. Eventually you get enough nourishment to wish you shouldn't have even attempted such a feat.

Then the Winkers Clan stopped by on there way out.
As we were all talking, I finally could see some of them, that was nice being able to put heads on headless people.

Although using Harry Potter characters really does describe my kids best.

I heard Diane say how she fell and hurt her hand, and then I heard this:

"OH, and Nebo stubbed his toe."

Huh?

What did I hear?

Stubbed his toe?

STUBBED HIS TOE!!!!?

I was aghast, agape and agog.
Also, astonished, amazed and appalled!

Saying I "just stubbed my toe" was like saying Marie Antoinette had a sore neck!

I felt like taking off my shoe and sock and throwing my foot on the table but thought better of it since it would have probably fallen in the fake butter.

Just before this point, the band started playing. All I could hear is murmuring voices and occasionally recognize my name.

As I was inwardly seething and trying to figure out how to set the record straight, I heard, "Steve?" "Nebo?" "Yoo hoo".

Apparently they were trying to get my attention for some pictures, but I was in my own little world of planning a verbal revenge against my wife.

Cherie and Smig kept murmuring in quiet voices..... OK they were almost yelling at each other when someone mentioned the word pictures. OK. That's my cue. Camera out, turned on, ready, film loaded ( just kidding. We have a digital camera. No film), I am ready.

Waiting for Nebo. His head is down "looking" at the food on the table and rearranging it. Ok, keep watching. Cherie and Smig keep on smiling... only a few more seconds.... wait for it...... wait for it....... we didn't wait. Smig yelled, you put your head up, I took the pictures (ended up with some good ones) and then let you play with your food again

"Yeah? My whole body hurts after all they have put me through. What'ya got?"

"Vikes".
"Need some?"
"Not yet, I'll let you know."

I told her fine, if it get's too bad give us a call and we can meet by the corn dog stand at the Boardwalk.

I dunno, she might have taken some had you truly offered.

Cherie and D-Jay have a great family, wish we didn't have 2500 miles separating us. Once again, I, we, have met people on the Dis that we are proud to be able to call friends.

Don't tell too many people. It'll make our heads swell so big we won't be able to leave the resort.

I really enjoyed the time we spent. It felt like greeting friends we haven't seen in a while.

 

[nebo]

Hi all.

I'm sitting here drinking a glass of wine because Smidgy said I have to.

She said she bought it for me so you better drink it! I guess last week was a good year for "wine in a box".
On top of that, my whole upper mouth is numb from having a cavity worked on, so if I sound funny, that's why.

Now, remember not too long ago I mentioned something was up that I didn't want to talk about till I got an answer?
Well, I got an answer.

I have managed to pull off the impossible and on the first try, without any appeals, I have been declared officially disabled. And not because of my foot, but from my "visual field". Or lack there of. The last few months have been spent seeing many doctors and specialists that Social Security has sent me to see, but it's the eye thing that wowed them.

I'm still waiting for the secondary notice that clears the non-medical requirements and should give me monthly dollar amounts, but it's a huge relief to not have to worry about losing the house.

I don't have glaucoma or macular degeneration, which is a huge relief in itself, but I do have a shrinking retina in both eyes due to extreme myopia, the shape of my eyes and from scar tissue building up from previous retinal detatchments.

Wanna guess what's coming next?

You got it!

Time to celebrate!

Damn DIsney!

Starting on Aug. 22, 4 nights at CBR, water view, for 114 a night, then 8 nights at Pop on the free dining plan. And at CBR no park tickets, just relax, relax, and probably go back to Vista del Lago and look at some more homes, and hopefully this time remember to take some pictures!

This is a very strange feeling here right now, in a way I'm technically retired, my mind can't grasp that issue yet, I've worked full time ever since high school. But at least now when we get a chance to move down there we will at least have some income coming in. And there you have it.

Yay! You get some pool time after your big adventure eating!

Yeah Marie, it was so much nicer to be able to sit by a pool without being able to walk across it.

I was gonna make a joke about that, but DH keeps telling me how "tense" I am tonight and that I look like I'm about to spin out of control so I don't want to take the chance of it coming off as mean instead of funny....



I'm off to the World in a couple of days, family vacation time

Ok, ok, I figured it out. So I was off one day on the date. Have a great time down there, warn them we're coming!

Seriously?! Butter your bread with a dumpling and eating soup with a fork?! Dude, are you SURE you only took 3 of those vikes?

I'm glad you and Smidgy were able to meet up with the Winkers clan - by all accounts, they're truly "good people"

OK, I think I can breathe again now - you'd think I'd have learnt by now not to read a Nebo update while drinking a cup of tea, right? Well, I forgot ... and paid the price

Leave my vikes out of this! Trust me, go to Germany and take some dumplings, then take some butter. They are the same size and shape, and the dumplings actually spread easier then the frozen butter balls.

That would be along the lines I was thinking Feb of what year




Sounds like you better get over to Jellyrolls We're planning to go one night, it's been years since we've been there.

See abouve about the date. I just hope Jellyrolls is as much fun as Pat O'brians, that place we never miss when we stay there.

 

[nebo]

Sounds like a great time was had by all at Biergarten! Maybe they will start providing sporks there, so it won't matter what utensil you pick up! (um, you do know what a spork is, right?)

I saw something on TV the other night about certain restaurants around the world now having "dark dinners" where you are in complete darkness and have no idea what you are being served! Most people ended up eating with their hands.

No, I don't know what a spork is.
Is it the same thing as a foon?

well swim westward Nemo (I mean Nebo) we have 2 of those pinball machines. We have one Twilight Zone pin here at my coffeehouse & another at home along with 15 others I might add. Galena is only 2 1/2 hours away from ya.

Ok, confused here Kayte. You mention Galena, but your bio says your from WI.
DID they change the spelling now to Willinois?

WHAT ABOUT DIANE'S PHONE CALL? YOU JUST BLEW RIGHT OVER THAT. OH RIGHT, YOU WERE LOADED ON VIKES.


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I didn't blow right by it, I just ran out of keystrokes near the end of the last chapter. Yes, the phone call was from our DVC friend, who evidently didn't listen to her entire voice message and called to see what we wanted, so we had to start out from scratch again with her. She said she'd look into any availability, since Disney won't allow us to do so.

Nice job of target shooting Monica on my last chapter, you didn't let me down. You have to admit, I set all those targets up for you. I can't wait to get to D-Jay's post.

warning this post is under the influence of heavy painkillers.............I decided to see just how bad your foot must feel!

Lower G.I. Joe?!


I am not an idiot!
just intellectually challenged at times.




We loved getting to meet you guys! You were just as fun, witty and kind in person....I just wish the dumkopf who sat us knew what they were talking about.
And now we bring to you "German lessons with winkers" dumkopf....dumb head.

the picture taking was hillarious!
by the way, it looks like we could play "count the chins" on that picture you posted.

D.Jay couldn't figure out why you kept playing with your food.

Thanks, Cherie. It did look like I was all of six inches away for that picture, maybe I was. Yes, that was fun, we should do lunch again.

My sons are trying to sleep and would like me to tell you to stop being so funny and making their mommy laugh and snort so loud.

illegal immigrant

lower g.i. joe

napomegranates

dope drop

leak soup

a fork!



Killing me!


Way funny update Nebo... as always, of course.

And thank you, Lbaw, that makes writing this completely worthwile.

 

[nebo]

Janet, I didn't hate UP, but wasn't crazy about it either. Honestly, I have been disappointed in the last few Pixar movies. Even before Up, Wall-E didn't do a thing for me, I won't even buy it. Same for Ratatoulie. Before that, Cars was just ok, I did like the Incredibles a lot though. So, in my mind, Pixar has gone steadily pretty much downhill since Nemo.

And yep, you hit it right on the head with the Hawkeye Pierce. I have probably ripped that sequence off in my trips reports 3 or 4 times in the last 3 years, but just change the key word to whatever typo I have made, and fill in whatever pops in my head. By the way, the "Drop kick me Jesus through the goalposts of life" line is an actual country song.

No, still haven't gotten to D-Jays post, tomorrow.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Nebo, YAY on your great news!

 

[Angelrose]

That is great news Nebo. So happy for you. Now I can't wait to read you next trip report.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Congratulations Nebo! I am sure that is a huge relief for you guys!

 

[coffeehousemom]

hmm never been to the western side of the state huh? I live in WI but I own a coffeehouse in Galena IL which is 20 minutes away. You can be in 3 states within a 15 minute of each other.

 

[whogirl'smom]

Good for you Nebo. I know that's a load off your mind, for you and Smidgy.

 

[winkers]

Congrats on your retirment/disability.............I'm not sure if congratulations is traditionaly a sentement associated with dissability.

I have several family members who have gone through the pain in the rear that is getting qualified for disability, so I know how amazing it is you got it on the first try!

Money "issues" stink because it can take over your life worring about it. I'm glad you two can relax a little now.


disneyworld is the perfect way to celebrate!

 

[lisalonglash]

I have managed to pull off the impossible and on the first try, without any appeals, I have been declared officially disabled. And not because of my foot, but from my "visual field". Or lack there of. The last few months have been spent seeing many doctors and specialists that Social Security has sent me to see, but it's the eye thing that wowed them.

AWESOME news, Nebo! I'm very happy for you and Smidgy!

I'm still waiting for the secondary notice that clears the non-medical requirements and should give me monthly dollar amounts, but it's a huge relief to not have to worry about losing the house.

Starting on Aug. 22, 4 nights at CBR, water view, for 114 a night, then 8 nights at Pop on the free dining plan. And at CBR no park tickets, just relax, relax, and probably go back to Vista del Lago and look at some more homes, and hopefully this time remember to take some pictures!

Sounds like a great way to celebrate to me!

This is a very strange feeling here right now, in a way I'm technically retired, my mind can't grasp that issue yet, I've worked full time ever since high school. But at least now when we get a chance to move down there we will at least have some income coming in. And there you have it.

Fantastic! Truly wonderful

Leave my vikes out of this! Trust me, go to Germany and take some dumplings, then take some butter. They are the same size and shape, and the dumplings actually spread easier then the frozen butter balls.

I will do that, just for you, in September and report back

 

[smidgy]

thank you all for your support. I just want to tell all you "nebofans" that Steve is the biggest "work ethic" person I have ever met. has been a wonderful provider for many years. (has worked 2 jobs so I could stay home with the kids when they were little.) has never looked for a "handout". Has always been the "man" , providing for his family.. and now was "man" enough to apply .. and was accepted! I am very proud of him, he deserves this.

and so now.. We must do the dance of JOY!!!!!

 

[shannn]

What wonderful news!!! smidge, you're a lucky lady to have a man who's strong enough to take care of his family AND strong enough to realize when he needs help. There's not much better than that.

Enjoy your August adventure!