The Battle For My Wallet IV: Return of the ZZUBs (Addendum, p.85; 07/12)

[CRSNDSNY]

Can't wait for more!!!

 

[samc]

I won’t bore you with all the details. Partly because this chapter will be long enough and partly because some stories are just for me.
I know that’s hard to believe. Especially after the Teppanyaki/Canada episode. But I actually do keep some things for myself.

thankfully......image how vivid that chapter could of been

6. At the Hardees in Auburn, AL or Knoxville, TN

may I add, anywhere in Auburn unless they're losing the iron bowl...NOtubbie

Cute, isn’t it?

precious........but where are the towel animals???......cause you know you're paying for those babies at the not so much deluxe

My wife and I chewed around on our options

when you had FREE chocolates on the bed

please don't keep hanging till next January.....NOLOST

 

[LaLa]

Finally, The Readers Digest Condensed Version of Spectromagic reached us.

I think I've seen this. It's called The Flashing Necklace Cart.

I won’t bore you with all the details. Partly because this chapter will be long enough and partly because some stories are just for me.

Also: dairy. Perhaps. I’ll keep you posted.

How 'bout you let that dairy story be one of the ones you keep just for you?

Here is my partial list of places I’d rather be instead of waiting on and riding one of Disney’s busses:

1. Tehran
2. Between Michael Moore and a box of Twinkies
3. Licking the floor of any public restroom
4. Grooming Geraldo Rivera’s mustache
5. Explaining to Bill O’Reilly that he’s arrogant. And maybe a little obtuse.
6. At the Hardees in Auburn, AL or Knoxville, TN
7. Reading an article describing the nefarious effects of a diet pill which causes oily leakage from a part of the body that shouldn't leak such things.

This whole thing was just full on funny. I was doing the laugh/shake thing while I was reading it. That is, until I got to number 7, at which point it became the laugh/shake/gag thing. Numbers 3 and 4 weren't so hot either. All that to say: you owe me a new keyboard.

I popped open a Yoo Hoo, kicked off my sneakers and peeled my socks off my feet. The smell was bad enough to make the French surrender. In other words, not that bad after all.

Good grief, man. Did we really need to know all that? The numbness is just now starting to wear off from the Teppanyaki thing. Still. The joke was FOFF. I've got a feeling my French gift shop white flag waving son would appreciate it.

I’m studied, deliberate, planned out.

We invited my little girl into the conversation and asked her which park she’d want to go visit on our last day.

“What are my choices?” she asked.
“Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, MGM or Animal Kingdom.”
“Remind me which park has what rides, Daddy.”

I ran down the list for her of the rides I knew she liked.

She hemmed. She hawed. She would have Hee-Hawed if we tolerated such things. But we don’t. I watched the wheels turning in her little head as she tried to make a decision. I think she was wrestling with the idea that SHE got to make the decision.

And I think she just might be alot like her Daddy. Which is a good thing. Flatulence issues aside.

“Ok, Daddy. I know which park I want to go to,” she said.

Her answer surprised me.

Because it was exactly the park I wanted to go to as well.

Six Flags?

This installment was hilarious. I loved the MGM thing (not talk on the phone till 3 in the morning and spend two hours picking out the perfect outfit before a date love it, but still) and the resort breakdown was right on the money. So to speak. We got the pile of stuffed animals fighting over the remote control hookup at POR last year. The kids acted like it was the most amazing sight they'd ever laid eyes on. But then again, we're Rednecks so take that with a grain of salt.

I gotta say, the fact that your trip report is winding down makes me a little sad, Z. Your writing puts us right there with you with every installment that you crank out. Sometimes we wanna be there, sometimes we don't. Case in point: Canada. And the peeling off of the socks. But other than that, mostly we do. So thanks for periodically bringing a lil' sumpm sumpm special to our days since last September, ZZUB.

And drag it out, man. It's only been nine months. I say go for a full year. Give Mel a run for her money.

 

[UtahMama]

...and that is why you are the mack-daddy of Trip Reports.

I'll betcha I have a 25% chance of getting your next park right.


And it has never even occurred to me to use "turn down" service. Does the value resorts do such a thing? Never mind, you won't actually answer. I just wanted your post count to be up into the stratosphere.

Lala- The flashing-necklace-cart!!!!!!!

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

Wow.

Looky at this!


Borg. ZZUB!!!!!


Again.


OK.


10 Things I'd rather be doing than reading This Trip Report:

1a. Dying a slow painful death.
1. Eating japanese takeout in the men's washroom in Canada. At Epcot.
2. Eating mexican takeout in the men's washroom in Canada. At Epcot.
2c. Getting trapped a la Groundhog Day on It's A Small World.
3. Reading La La's last trippie chapter.
4. Reading a water meter.
5. Waxing my retinas.
6. Picturing men wearing lederhosen.
6b. Filling your percription for diet pills guaranteed to cause oily leakage.
6d. Cleaning La La's keyboard with a Q-tip.
7. Eating dogs and tots.
8. Gluing myself to a chair.
9. Effectively attempting to ignore this chapter.
10. Digging up my backyard in an attempt to find a smidgen of self-respect.


And, finally...


11. Doing your laundry.


So funky, Dude.

 

[ncseric]

10 Things I'd rather be doing than reading This Trip Report:

List of 15 things

Canadian math. Eh.

 

[Frickles]

Nothing happened on the way out. Yeah, I mean sure, there might have been some gentle pushing, even gentile pushing,

Can I tell you how glad I am that you spelled that word right? Of course my brain read it wrong and wondered why on Earth you would be telling us about that.

“Ok, Daddy. I know which park I want to go to,” she said.

Her answer surprised me.

Because it was exactly the park I wanted to go to as well.

We all know it is going to be Epcot. It doesn't take a math expert to figure that out. Look at your avatar!!!

 

[JKMJ441724]

Canadian math. Eh.

Now that's just funny right there. I don't care who you are.

 

[Aro]

ZZUB,

First off I want to say I've been a long time reader and your trip reports are laugh out loud funny and a fabulous read.


Secondly, after looking at the picture of the turn down service, I find myself baffled as to why the pillows are arranged such in a manner. Unfourtunately, I cannot post the picture for reference because my post count is too low.


Doesn't this defeat the whole purpose of turn down service? You can't possibly sleep with pillows set up like that. Now you have to undo the time saving, luxuriousness of having someone else prepare your bed for sleep. No time or effort on your own part has been saved as you work to re-arrange the pillows, a strenuous task, I know. But I do have to say that the diagonal slant is quite impressive, gives a nice domino effect.

 

[Tanya90210]

whooo hooo... a cliffhanger!!

Loved this chapter!! The picture of the stuffed animals is adorable!!

 

[praisehisname]

Nothing happened on the way out. Yeah, I mean sure, there might have been some gentle pushing, even gentile pushing,

Can I tell you how glad I am that you spelled that word right? Of course my brain read it wrong and wondered why on Earth you would be telling us about that.

Great chapter, ZZUB! I'll be sorry when your trip report ends. Do you have another trip planned?

Denise

 

[OhMari]

I hope I don't have to put this book down again for another month for find out which park your dd' picked.

I think you were trying to say how mad you were with this statement: (sorry, can't find your quote, my page won't go back that far), but anyway, you said something about a red mickey poncho. I would of loved a red mickey poncho, all the poncho's I saw were clear, with a mickey head. I was to stubborn to buy one, since I had my dollar poncho back in my room. So I elected to get rained on.


Seriously, finish this thing-it will feel like you actually spring cleaned your closet.

 

[burly]

ZZUB loving your trip report. Sometimes you say the most thought provoking things. How many other women reading thought to themselves..."I would love to get sent a box of Chocolate." People should still do this. Thanks again.

 

[Crazy Kanga]

I leave Wednesday for "The Lodge". I sure wish you would finish this cliff hanger before I leave!
Roll Tide! Mean it!
CK

 

[Disfan3]

Hey...FRICK...you smarty pants... you might want to keep that a secret for those of us who do NOT yet know the ending....

of Supranos.

Survivor.

or the Pirate Master...or

MoNique's Charm school or Flavor of Love.


Just sayin'.....




I wasn't even going to TRY to guess. I like reading the suprise. Life is like A box of Chocolates...Z.

You know the rest.....

 

[ZZUB]

And it has never even occurred to me to use "turn down" service. Does [sic] the value resorts do such a thing? Never mind, you won't actually answer.

That's where you're wrong. I will answer your question. I don't know the answer. But this is the Disboards so that won't stop me. I don't think the values and moderates have turn down service. I think only the so-called Deluxe properties offer it.

NicoleMarie: I think you're seeing things. My best recollection is the sheets and blankets were clean. ish.

I did fail to mention that one night, the turn down maids left us a big, wrapped piece of chocolate with the Wilderness Lodge Logo on it. It was a nice touch. And free. So again I say, pounce on turn down service. Ask for it by name.

We also received a towel animal one night. I took a picture of it b/c it was the first time in over 25 trips we'd received one. And also it was the model of lameness:

La2: since you asked so nicely, I will include all of the messy details of my burgeoning intolerance of dairy. It will be in a forthcoming chapter entitled Ode to a Cow: Why a Big Spoon Is Not Your Friend.

I didn't realize the end of this chapter was a cliff hanger. I just thought that was a clever way to end the chapter. I didn't think there was any surprise in it at all. If Frickles of all people can connect up my avatar picture with my Trip Report, then I would imagine everyone, including Mel HappyHat, would be able to figure it out.

Of course Mel thinks busses means kisses. Which explains a lot about her, doesn't it?

The end is near my friends. A few more chapters and this one is done.

When will the next one begin?

 

[Frickles]

I am Ded!!!

and offended.

and shocked.

 

[LaLa]

La2: since you asked so nicely, I will include all of the messy details of my burgeoning intolerance of dairy. It will be in a forthcoming chapter entitled Ode to a Cow: Why a Big Spoon Is Not Your Friend.

DED!

Forwards and backwards.

Twice. For good measure.

The end is near my friends. A few more chapters and this one is done.

When will the next one begin?

Now that's a cliffhanger.

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

That's where you're wrong. I will answer your question. I don't know the answer. But this is the Disboards so that won't stop me. I don't think the values and moderates have turn down service. I think only the so-called Deluxe properties offer it.

NicoleMarie: I think you're seeing things. My best recollection is the sheets and blankets were clean. ish.

I did fail to mention that one night, the turn down maids left us a big, wrapped piece of chocolate with the Wilderness Lodge Logo on it. It was a nice touch. And free. So again I say, pounce on turn down service. Ask for it by name.

We also received a towel animal one night. I took a picture of it b/c it was the first time in over 25 trips we'd received one. And also it was the model of lameness:

La2: since you asked so nicely, I will include all of the messy details of my burgeoning intolerance of dairy. It will be in a forthcoming chapter entitled Ode to a Cow: Why a Big Spoon Is Not Your Friend.

I didn't realize the end of this chapter was a cliff hanger. I just thought that was a clever way to end the chapter. I didn't think there was any surprise in it at all. If Frickles of all people can connect up my avatar picture with my Trip Report, then I would imagine everyone, including Mel HappyHat, would be able to figure it out.

Of course Mel thinks busses means kisses. Which explains a lot about her, doesn't it?

The end is near my friends. A few more chapters and this one is done.

When will the next one begin?

But... I'll weigh in on your lameness. And, at the same time, answer La La's question! As usual.

B/c this is the Dis and it's never stopped me before.


That towel animal was in NO WAY lame.


It's just that you were looking at it the WRONG way!


It's not a bunny.


So "inside the box" thinking, again, Z.


Turn that sucker upside down.


It's clearly a formally dressed married Hindu ladyghost in a Dhoti.


Clearly.


Of course... this ALSO may explain a lot about me.


So random, Dude.


Cheers, Mel.


P.S. What do you think I see here: ?

 

[maxiesmom]

We also received a towel animal one night. I took a picture of it b/c it was the first time in over 25 trips we'd received one. And also it was the model of lameness:

Ok, while I agree that is just about the lamest towel animal I have seen, at least it is not one of the pre-made ones they have been tossing around. You know, you check in, go to your room, and there are already towel animals waiting for you. They are just not special when they are not made especially for you, ya know?? They should be individual, with a personality, just like the people in the room.

Of course that theory leaves us with the question of what that towel animal says about you, Mr Zzub???????

Maybe your Mouskeeper new what a poopy-head you were going to be, leaving another cliff-hanger on your trip report!!!!