The Battle For My Wallet V: Beyond the Number IV (Chapter Eighteen, p.75, 5/18)

[samc]

That was my most embarassing vomit ever.

My most urgent vomit was in 1996. I was out with some friends at this putt-putt, go-cart place. It also had one of those spinning deals. It was two or three circles and you were strapped in the middle. Supposedly they use something like this to train astronauts. Why do I listen to advice from carnies? He also said because of where you were in the middle of the spinning action, you don’t get sick. So I tried it. 10 seconds into the ride, if we can call it that, I was in serious trouble.

When I got off the torturous device, my legs were rubbery and I knew I was going to viciously hurl and soon. The rubbery legs were nothing to be ashamed of, but blowing chunks after a ride ain’t cool. So I had to find a quiet place to let go of the impending furious stream of grey sludge now parked in the back of my throat. I made some excuse about needing to get something out of my truck and as soon as I was in the parking lot, out of view of my friends, I found the nearest bush and hurled breakfast, lunch and dinner at the bushes.

Hi LaLa!!!!.......I didn't know you had a TR going on...glad you're back....this is you?....or is it???????

wondered whether I should give Obama a second look. On account of his name being O-bama and me being a life long Bama fan.

that's takin it too far.......like naming your child Bear......not that anyone would really do that ......or would they????


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Merry Christmas / Roll Tide Everyone!!!

 

[ZZUB]

Also wanting to know, Who sent the attention attracting fruit!!

The suspense is killing me!:

Really? See I think the puke perpetrator is MUCH more interesting. And yet, I can't solve that riddle. But since so many people have asked, it was my Mom who had the attention attracting pail of flower shaped fruit sent to us. She said she thought it would be "refreshing" for us to have fresh fruit after a long day in the hot parks. She evidently didn't realize that we would scarf it down while a maid re-made our bed. As it happens, she was right. It was very refreshing. Not like a Junior Mint, but cool and satisfying nevertheless.

 

[alldiz]

Really? See I think the puke perpetrator is MUCH more interesting. And yet, I can't solve that riddle. But since so many people have asked, it was my Mom who had the attention attracting pail of flower shaped fruit sent to us. She said she thought it would be "refreshing" for us to have fresh fruit after a long day in the hot parks. She evidently didn't realize that we would scarf it down while a maid re-made our bed. As it happens, she was right. It was very refreshing. Not like a Junior Mint, but cool and satisfying nevertheless.

How nice of your mom. Here I was thinking the front desk sent it
because they thought ,(if I may) the "ZZUBSTER" was going
to unleash the fury on them.

Thank goodness you haven't posted a picture of the "mayhem"
in Canada.
Kerri

 

[Mickey_Maniac]

At the top, right side, there would appear to be a Hidden Mickey....

No offense Eeyore, but the fact that you stared at this picture long enough to actually find a hidden Mickey seems well... you know... just... wrong, not right, disturbing, scary (take your pick of the adjectives...).

 

[CJsMom]

Eeewww. But funny all the same!

ZZUB - I thought of you five times on my trip last week:

#1 When we got to the airport in Orlando - SchadenDisneyfreude!
#2 When we rode "Sophia Lorenson"
#3 When I walked (no, ran) by Canada
#4 When we spoke to some people who were waiting for their table at Boma, but clearly wishing they were staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge - Deluxenfreude!
#5 When we were leaving - yup, Disneyfreude.

I tried to explain all of the above to my DH. He doesn't get it. "Who is this guy and why is he writing about his vacations on the Internet?" Ugh. Never mind. I'll just keep laughing to myself!

 

[Tanya90210]

What a beautiful Fruit basket... how sweet of your mom

Not sure how I feel about the vomit picture.....

 

[CampbellScot]

It's a rare thing for me to speak out loud in response to something I read...but your vomit picture elicited a very loud "GRRRROOOSSSSS" from my mouth before I knew what was happening...which of course brings anyone who is within earshot of my office in to look...including an easily distracted special needs child...who left his spot in line in response to my exclamation...which then caused his young teacher to panic b/c she thought she had lost a child...which led to a lecture about focusing and filtering out distraction and a loss of "points" for the child. He wasn't the least bit concerned though because he got to see a "really cool picture of throw up"...

THAT is some pretty powerful photography!!


Merry Christmas to you and yours!!! Thanks for adding that extra special something to my day!!!!

 

[maxiesmom]

Thanks. Loads. I woke up feeling sick to my stomach, and was just now starting to feel better. Only you would take a picture of someone else's refund. Between that and the chocolate cover boogers comment, I don't think I will eat for at least one day. Maybe two.


I'd say keep the chapters coming, but I think I will pass for now.

 

[Frickles]

Seriously, I would love to go back and quote the highlights, but I will never be visiting page 24 again. I am seriously yucked out by your little picture there buddy. You had me at the Fruit basket, but you so lost me with the spewage. Heck I don't even know what you said after that.
I just threw up in my mouth a little.

 

[LaLa]

I don't see what the big deal is. There wasn't anything gross AT ALL about that chapter.

Or WAS there?!

ZZUB, my friend. I come here fully expecting to read some really sweet and moving sumpm sumpm before Christmas but instead I get slapped in the face with this little sweetheart of a shot...

That's gotta be a Dole Whip. Mixed with grapes. Why does it always have to be grapes?

You made us wait HOW LONG.... for THAT?!

If you want to gross us out, you're gonna have to work a little bit harder. Amateur. You're welcome, by the way Frickles. For the picture. Anyway, I'm kidding. That was extremely nasty, ZZUB. I stand and applaud. But not really. My legs are feeling rubbery so I can't stand right now. If I didn't have a thing for bringing the puke stories myself, I would be highly offended and put your butt on Ignore for that mindnumbingly descriptive recount of your most embarassing and most urgent pukes. As it is, I'm just severly grossed out. Along with everybody else on the planet Earth. It's a good thing it was so funny. That whole chapter was downright hilarious and definitely worth the wait, Z. Descriptive puke stories and pictures of stranger vomit notwithstanding. Once the nausea passes, I really will stand and applaud.

Or else I won't and just say I did.

And while I stood there waiting on my wife and daughters, I pondered this pile of puke.

Really? Because I’m pondering how in the heck you could put your mouth around a piece of LEMON ICEBOX PIE, of all things, after that wretched PukeFest you had in the poor city leader’s bathroom. Just the thought of trying to force down the perpetual chunk in the back of the throat with a glob of meringue and citrus is enough to make me reach for DH's well worn fanny pack. Again.

...the stained bedspread was still splashed across the floor not unlike Paris Hilton after a hard night of partying.

Yes, we saw that one coming and no, it never gets old.

But what could it be? My mind was awash in the possibilities.

...the phone book.

And here I was thinking it was going to be a major award. In all honesty ZZUB, that is probably one of the funniest stories you've ever told.

Like food. That wasn’t ramen noodles.

Freaky living off ramen noodles in college borg. You just can’t beat a meal for twelve cents. I don’t care who you are.

Gone. Like Chuck from Happy Days. Never to be seen or heard from again.

DED.

Let’s face it, you could dip a booger in chocolate and it would be edible.

Here’s a lil tidbit my husband and I picked up at the last preschool Christmas pageant we attended: when it comes to kids, and especially kids standing on a stage while roughly one hundred sets of parents preserve the precious moment on videotape, chocolate is indeed optional. I’ve never seen so many kids helping themselves to boogers in all my life. While they sung an angelic chorus of “O Little Town of Bethlehem”. Which is why we prefer to feed our kids before any public performance. Cuts down on the need to go digging around for a lil sumpm sumpm to hold them over until suppertime.

Originally Posted by ZZUB

That was my most embarassing vomit ever.

My most urgent vomit was in 1996. I was out with some friends at this putt-putt, go-cart place. It also had one of those spinning deals. It was two or three circles and you were strapped in the middle. Supposedly they use something like this to train astronauts. Why do I listen to advice from carnies? He also said because of where you were in the middle of the spinning action, you don’t get sick. So I tried it. 10 seconds into the ride, if we can call it that, I was in serious trouble.

When I got off the torturous device, my legs were rubbery and I knew I was going to viciously hurl and soon. The rubbery legs were nothing to be ashamed of, but blowing chunks after a ride ain’t cool. So I had to find a quiet place to let go of the impending furious stream of grey sludge now parked in the back of my throat. I made some excuse about needing to get something out of my truck and as soon as I was in the parking lot, out of view of my friends, I found the nearest bush and hurled breakfast, lunch and dinner at the bushes.


Hi LaLa!!!!.......I didn't know you had a TR going on...glad you're back....this is you?....or is it???????

Hey back atcha SamC! I can see how this would be confusing but your first clue that it's NOT me is the fact that I don't listen to Carnies. Wilson or otherwise. I also don't puke on rides. I get puked ON as I stand BESIDE the rides. Big difference. So as bad as ZZUB's little scene was, it could have been worse. Much worse. Instead of puking in the bush, he could've been the bush.

NoGeorgeW.

 

[CampbellScot]

I don't see what the big deal is. There wasn't anything gross AT ALL about that chapter.

Or WAS there?!

ZZUB, my friend. I come here fully expecting to read some really sweet and moving sumpm sumpm before Christmas but instead I get slapped in the face with this little sweetheart of a shot...

That's gotta be a Dole Whip. Mixed with grapes. Why does it always have to be grapes?

You made us wait HOW LONG.... for THAT?!

If you want to gross us out, you're gonna have to work a little bit harder. Amateur. You're welcome, by the way Frickles. For the picture. Anyway, I'm kidding. That was extremely nasty, ZZUB. I stand and applaud. But not really. My legs are feeling rubbery so I can't stand right now. If I didn't have a thing for bringing the puke stories myself, I would be highly offended and put your butt on Ignore for that mindnumbingly descriptive recount of your most embarassing and most urgent pukes. As it is, I'm just severly grossed out. Along with everybody else on the planet Earth. It's a good thing it was so funny. That whole chapter was downright hilarious and definitely worth the wait, Z. Descriptive puke stories and pictures of stranger vomit notwithstanding. Once the nausea passes, I really will stand and applaud.

Or else I won't and just say I did.



Really? Because I’m pondering how in the heck you could put your mouth around a piece of LEMON ICEBOX PIE, of all things, after that wretched PukeFest you had in the poor city leader’s bathroom. Just the thought of trying to force down the perpetual chunk in the back of the throat with a glob of meringue and citrus is enough to make me reach for DH's well worn fanny pack. Again.



Yes, we saw that one coming and no, it never gets old.





And here I was thinking it was going to be a major award. In all honesty ZZUB, that is probably one of the funniest stories you've ever told.



Freaky living off ramen noodles in college borg. You just can’t beat a meal for twelve cents. I don’t care who you are.



DED.



Here’s a lil tidbit my husband and I picked up at the last preschool Christmas pageant we attended: when it comes to kids, and especially kids standing on a stage while roughly one hundred sets of parents preserve the precious moment on videotape, chocolate is indeed optional. I’ve never seen so many kids helping themselves to boogers in all my life. While they sung an angelic chorus of “O Little Town of Bethlehem”. Which is why we prefer to feed our kids before any public performance. Cuts down on the need to go digging around for a lil sumpm sumpm to hold them over until suppertime.



Hey back atcha SamC! I can see how this would be confusing but your first clue that it's NOT me is the fact that I don't listen to Carnies. Wilson or otherwise. I also don't puke on rides. I get puked ON as I stand BESIDE the rides. Big difference. So as bad as ZZUB's little scene was, it could have been worse. Much worse. Instead of puking in the bush, he could've been the bush.

NoGeorgeW.

pretty much this entire response to Zzub's latest chapter had me snort laughing in a most unladylike way...and that bit about the kids and the boogers...DED! My auntie Kathleen has a video of her precious perfect darlings mining for gold something FIERCE while they angelically played the parts of the Virgin Mary and Joseph...like they hadn't been fed for days...which was perhaps method acting...

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit thinking about that...

must be a theme on this here thread...

but then all y'all cool kids do tend to talk about barfing...a lot...and number 4's...and other similarly gross stuff...that also happens to be uproariously funny!

Merry Christmas!!!!

 

[kpk89]

I imagine this is how Harry Reid felt the morning he woke up and realized the Surge was working.

Is that a new workout video or something?

 

[kangaand2roos]

Well, I can't post to the battle IV thread anymore and you don't accept PM's so I have to post my most amazing discovery on this thread!

And apologize...

I know...

You have NO CLUE who I am as I have just returned to these boards after a long hiatus.

I have been catching up on some trip reports and I am about 1/2 way through your IV report. (I read the frist 3 earlier in the week.)

I am enjoying them thoroughly, but that is not why I owe you an apology...

When I started reading IV I realizwd that my daughter, Annika and I had been there during part of your stay, and wondered if somehow our paths might have crossed.

Yes, i know that WDW is an outrageously large and well populated place, but our kids are similar in age, and you never know...

I got to the "Magical Beginnings" chapter (chapter 15) (BTW "Little One's EMH" was a part of the greater program "Magical Beginnings" if that clears up your confusion.)

I know I was there for LOEMH on that day and I remember how UNCROWDED (read "empty") it was that morning. (Annika and I actually rode Dumbo ALONE!!)

Maybe we did cross paths!

So, I read further and came to the following passage

"So we rode Peter Pan. After Pan we rode It’s a Small World. The duckbilled platypus made us laugh and my daughter lightened up a bit. We headed to the carousel. Along the way, Chip and Dale came over to her stroller to see if she wanted to play ring around the rosey.

NI. Not interested.

But they prevailed upon her or I may have tipped her stroller forward forcing her to get out. My memory is a little blurry. She played with Chip and Dale for a few minutes and was having a good time until another little girl joined in and then everything was ruined. She came running and crying back to us. As best we could tell, the other little girl looked at her.

The nerve!

My wife calmed her down while I consulted the Times Guide to see what rides were open for Magical Beginnings."

Well, I REMEMBER that happening because Annika was said little girl. I remember it because we LOVE Chip and Dale and ALWAYS play "ring-around-a-posey" (as Annika calls it) with them whenever we see them.

It's one of OUR "Disney Things."

I remember joining in on that merriment with C&D. I DON'T remember making your daughter cry.

I'm very sorry we did.

We didn't mean too.

We love other little girls and we love them loving Chip and Dale and we just wanted to have some fun too.

If we ever run into you again, we will do our best not to make her cry.

I also must tell you that while I am thoroughly enjoying you TR's, Annika thinks they are lacking. She would like to know why you don't use "guys" in your TR's.

She means smileys. I always print my TR's to read them and she likes looking at the "guys" and guessing what they mean. (BTW she'll be 5 this week, so similar in age to your DD.)

I haven't read one word of this thread.

I'm not there yet.

But I hope all is well with the ZZUB family and that not rude little girls are interrupting your ring-around-a-posey games on your family vacations!

Best wishes and I lok forward to catching up on the lives and vacations of you and yours.

Stacey

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Ok, that was really gross.

 

[ZZUB]

I remember joining in on that merriment with C&D. I DON'T remember making your daughter cry. I'm very sorry we did.

I'm not sure this was your daughter, but even if it was, it was not her fault. My daughter had on her fussy pants that morning and the little girl who joined ring around the rosey didn't do anything to make my little girl cry. My daughter would have started crying at that point no matter what. It was that kind of morning.

I looked at the pictures from that morning and I don't think that was your daughter. The little girl in the picture looked about a year or so younger than my daughter. But if it was you and your family, then that's pretty amazing.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[EEyorelover22]

No offense Eeyore, but the fact that you stared at this picture long enough to actually find a hidden Mickey seems well... you know... just... wrong, not right, disturbing, scary (take your pick of the adjectives...).

I saw it right off. I'm a mother of two so it actually didn't bother me and DS did that all over my winter coat once. I no longer have that coat....I just couldn't bring myself to wear it again

I'm also a high school teacher...

 

[kangaand2roos]

I'm not sure this was your daughter, but even if it was, it was not her fault. My daughter had on her fussy pants that morning and the little girl who joined ring around the rosey didn't do anything to make my little girl cry. My daughter would have started crying at that point no matter what. It was that kind of morning.

I looked at the pictures from that morning and I don't think that was your daughter. The little girl in the picture looked about a year or so younger than my daughter. But if it was you and your family, then that's pretty amazing.

Merry Christmas everyone!

This is my daughter that morning

Is it her?

P.S. The t-shirt she's wearing says "My mommy turned 40 today and all I got was this stupid t-shirt" Yes...It was my 40th b-day and I left my DH and DS home so I could have a girls only trip to WDW with my DD. She and I are pin traders and the boys couldn't be less interested. Disney conveniently planned their annual pin event on my big Four-Oh!

 

[ZZUB]

That's not the same little girl in our picture. I started to post the picture of that little girl, but since I don't want my kids' pictures posted on the internet, I try to be respectful of other people's wishes for their children.

But it was kind of cool to think that maybe we had a close encounter of the chipmunk kind. And these are for your little girl:

Merry Christmas.

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

Wow! Small world.

 

[Frickles]

Merry Christmas Z!