The Sillys Journey into the Heart of Dorkness (new 12/15 - p. 23 criminy crackerswog)

[Yzma and Kronk]

Mr. S.: I'm enjoying this so much, that when you're gone I just may read it all over again.

I thought about, but in the end did not, trying to get YAK moved too. Because I didn't want to be a bad marine. But I am. I left a solider behind. The thing is, I forgot to add her phone number to my cell phone and they were not ok with me doing it for her. Maybe I should have pushed harder. We will never know. I really was looking forward to all of us being near each other. Next time Grammy is in charge

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Thanks H - It's the thought that counts. In retrospect, it's kind of funny the way the CM was so happy to report that I was in the Grand Gatherings Block of Rooms!!

Aside - Grammy could get us all into the Swan - at least for one night! (hee-hee)

Excellent reporting!

Thanks!

 

[Yzma and Kronk]

I forgot, this is too funny!

I saw that tatoo guy at Magic Kingdom the next day.
I remember him from your picture. I was fasinated by his tatoo's.

Segue from "It's a Small world" to "Theme from Twilight Zone"

 

[Mr. Silly]

This reminds me!!!! Why did you never play for us as we gathered near Hippy Dippy hearth each eve???

I don't know. I did not do the planning, I just followed along and went wherever H's spreadsheet said it was time to go like a good robot.

I would guess that the reason we didn't go to the Hippy Dippy hearth (with or without Ukulele) was because we came back to the hotel ever so very late every day. Or perhaps H. consciously avoided having us go there to avoid her suffering the shame of everyone knowing that I play a Ukulele, or the worse shame of me saying whatever stuff popped into my head. The brain softeners I am on can make the part of the mind that blocks certain thoughts from being spoken kick in a few seconds later than normal. Which can be a bad thing.

On a separate note, I think that they are always bombarding all areas with a soundtrack, so I don't think I would have been able to do much with the Uke anyway.

Geh.

Eh???

Heh.

Hmmm. I am not from California????

So, um, is that, like, a question or, y'know, like, a statement?

 

[lexmelinda]

We flip and flop around between present and past tense apparently arbitrarily, and with wanton abandon.

Tough to write something in the present tense that is actually in the past tense ...I am finding. You are forgiven.

He also has a theory that any non-dessert food tastes better if you add butter and/or bacon

I disagree. My theory holds that any non-dessert food tastes better if you add butter, bacon, and cheese.

So going outside to view Wishes sounded great. I thought that it must be warmer out there. Wrong. It was windy and freezing out there.

We had dinner at Kona the same night and it was FREEZING in the Poly. Couldn't wait to get outside.........FREEZING...just as cold outside as in.

 

[UtahMama]

I AM from California. I do like the California Fireworks better, but I'm not quit sure why. Maybe it's just loyalty to my homeland?

OMGosh! Finally someone else who appreciates art from the Gandharan and Hoysola periods!!! For those with normal IQ's, Gandaharan art was the first in history to portray Buddha in human form! Until this time, only symbolic iconography was used to depict the enlightened one.....AND I have no idea whatsoever, what I just said! I love Google, and now feel even stupider.


SOOO??? Mr. Silly! I am surprised no one has mentioned you used to wear an onion on your BELT? Care to explain? Is this a superstition? Keeping *people* away from your beltal-region??

There's just too much to comment on for the last two instalments. So I'll just show appropriate appreciation and admiration and wait for the next one!

"Thank You! You Rock! Cant wait for MORE!!!!"

 

[HaleyB]

I AM from California. I do like the California Fireworks better, but I'm not quit sure why. Maybe it's just loyalty to my homeland?

How is it that I didn't know/remember this? I grew up in Brea, well the part of growing up after I grew up in New York, from 14 to 25(ish). No one has ever heard of Brea, even others from Orange County. Unless you liked the mall or lived there.

OMGosh! Finally someone else who appreciates art from the Gandharan and Hoysola periods!!! For those with normal IQ's, Gandaharan art was the first in history to portray Buddha in human form! Until this time, only symbolic iconography was used to depict the enlightened one.....AND I have no idea whatsoever, what I just said! I love Google, and now feel even stupider.

Welcome to my life.

Thanks for reading. Love your comments.

 

[Grammyof2]

Next time - When I am in charge there will be a ukelele/singalong with Mr. Silly and Grampy. And since both of you have the missing filter which allows the thoughts to flow freely, we will be setting up the video and cause we love you both, we will only sell it on late night infomercials

But, I did enjoy this little tit a tat. The crocs and socks outfit is a fashion layout for sure. And next time I will also be in charge of earplugs, sweaters and appropriate footwear. Afterall, that is what Grammy's do

 

[jw50]

While I refer to the computer in the bag as "mine," the computer is actually given to me to use by the company I work for, so it is technically not exactly mine. And it has a lot of internal confidential work information on it that I really do not want floating out there. The company I work for has various reasons to be a bit paranoid about confidential information leaks, and so while I have the machine set up as password protected, I am still a bit concerned. There are people who would pay a lot more for the information on that system than for the new relatively expensive high end MacBook Pro itself.

Recently at work the IT people encrypted the hard drives on all of the laptops, maybe that is something that you should consider doing

 

[Mr. Silly]

For those with normal IQ's, Gandaharan art was the first in history to portray Buddha in human form! Until this time, only symbolic iconography was used to depict the enlightened one.

The Gandharan art period was the period after Alexander the Great had made his way to India. So what's interesting to me is that you can see Greek styling and thematic ideas absorbed into Indian art in this period. Suddenly you see images of Indian gods and mythological figures wearing robes with folded fabric, and you see other Greek motifs and mythological creatures appearing in Indian art.

If you look at the earliest images of the Buddha you can see the Greek influence in the styling of the robes. You can also see it in the hair style. The first images of the Buddha copied quite directly from images of Apollo, which is why the Buddha has curly hair in the earliest imagery.

SOOO??? Mr. Silly! I am surprised no one has mentioned you used to wear an onion on your BELT? Care to explain? Is this a superstition? Keeping *people* away from your beltal-region??

My inner cranky old person is oddly reminiscent of Abraham Simpson:

We can’t bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell 'em stories that don’t go anywhere -- like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. 'Give me five bees for a quarter,' you’d say.

Now where were we? Oh yeah -- the important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

There's an MP3 of that quote here.

 

[PrincessV]

Okay, I'm sort of caught-up. I'll have to come back to Section 4 later...

Meanwhile, I love the pic of you and Max picking the dino nose! This reminds me so much of my dad – totally something he’d have done. Which isn’t to say that you’re old, by the way. Well, except for your inner, cranky old person, of course.

 

[celerystalker]

Thank you so much for clearing up the onion thing. I even googled it. Did you know there is such a thing as an onion bagger belt?
Thank you for the blast from the past that is Breakin' 2. I used to wish I could be that white girl who got to dance really cool.
Since you are an Athena fan, have you ever been to the Parthenon here in Nashville? We have a HUGE gold plated statue of Athena inside. Which amuses me. Why in such a Christian centered city is it ok to have a Pagan Goddess? It's cool with me.
Thank you for mentioning the cheetah. My friend Ben just got back from South Africa - we traded pictures. Mine from the safari at AK, his from the real thing. The only difference I could find is cheetahs and monkeys roaming free. I'll tell him AK has cheetahs too.
I thought I knew what equanimity meant, but when you used it to talk about your computer, I got confused. So I looked it up. Thank you for expanding my vocabulary.
I too succumbed to the croc blisters. I love my crocs. Wore them all summer, but when I got to the world, I started getting blisters on the balls of my feet. So I had to go back to the regular New Balances by the end. It made me very sad because I had nice new jibbitz to show off (Thanks DisUnc for the inspiration! ).
I would very much like to hear you play "Don't get around much anymore" on the ukelele. It's one of my favoritest songs.

Finally, I have discovered a serious problem.
My very good friend Ben (of the South African Safari) has a question for you. See, he got tired of lame phrases like "lame" and came up with his own concept. Thus, weaksauce. He felt there was nothing worse than sitting down for a nice pasta meal and discovering the sauce was lacking. He is vaguely familiar with the DIS since I torture him with talking about it non stop. I even made him read one whole installment of Mel's trip report. The surrey bike one, for those wondering.
Here is a snippit of our conversation:

Me: Check out this quote from a trip report.

DisneyLand has revamped their firework show, and their new show is mind-bogglingly fantastically excellent. The old Wishes/Dreams/whatever show they are still doing here is weaksauce.

Ben: Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!! This dude thinks he can just start using my word??? Does he know me? Who is this person? How has my saying traveled to him/her????

Me: I think you didn’t make it up like you claim.

Ben: Yeah right!!!!

Me: Did you?

Ben: I have never…in my entire life…ever heard anyone else say that unless they were friends of mine. I’m interested to know where he heard that, seriously. Until this very moment I was certain that I had invented that saying.

Now Ben's whole world has been turned upside down. Please help, Mr. Silly. Are you his long lost twin? Did he really steal the word from somewhere else? Inquiring minds need to know.

 

[1000thhappyhaunt]

But stopped to comment.

Plus... I need to make a cup of tea.

Firstly... I thought your explanation of humour was very humourous.

Even if it DID fill space. And you DID spell it wrong.

You are sorta American. I'll let it slide.

This is funny because... oh.

Nevermind.

What I'm saying, fifthly, is this: You are a pretty dapper dresser.

I'll let your attack on Crocodiles slip.

This time.

Back in a bite.

Melly.

 

[Mr. Silly]

Thank you for the blast from the past that is Breakin' 2. I used to wish I could be that white girl who got to dance really cool.

Holy Cow! Someone who actually liked to be reminded of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Since you are an Athena fan, have you ever been to the Parthenon here in Nashville? We have a HUGE gold plated statue of Athena inside. Which amuses me. Why in such a Christian centered city is it ok to have a Pagan Goddess? It's cool with me.

That temple is one of the main reasons I want to go to Nashville. It is a full-scale repro. of the Parthenon, one of the greatest artistic and architectural achievements of Athens in her Golden Age. I have yet to make it to Europe and see the original either, which is very sad. I remember hearing the background of the creation of the replica long ago, but I have forgotten it now. I think it had to do with a World Expo. or something like that.

I would very much like to hear you play "Don't get around much anymore" on the ukelele. It's one of my favoritest songs.

It is actually a little tricky, but I am working at it. I had it pretty well down and then I practiced less because of the vacation, and it has atrophied a bit. Duke Ellington is one of my all time favorite composers. His tunes have a way of not always being so easy to play a single small four stringed high pitched instrument.

Finally, I have discovered a serious problem.
My very good friend Ben (of the South African Safari) has a question for you. See, he got tired of lame phrases like "lame" and came up with his own concept. Thus, weaksauce.

...

Ben: Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!! This dude thinks he can just start using my word??? Does he know me? Who is this person? How has my saying traveled to him/her????

Me: I think you didn’t make it up like you claim.

Ben: Yeah right!!!!

Me: Did you?

Ben: I have never…in my entire life…ever heard anyone else say that unless they were friends of mine. I’m interested to know where he heard that, seriously. Until this very moment I was certain that I had invented that saying.

Now Ben's whole world has been turned upside down. Please help, Mr. Silly. Are you his long lost twin? Did he really steal the word from somewhere else? Inquiring minds need to know.

I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but does your friend have a poor short term memory? Listen to Reggae? Sincerely like the Grateful Dead, and insist that they really are musically talented? Do they sometimes appear to have unusually dilated pupils, and seem a little too easily amused but commonplace things? Report that they have the "munchies" and go on sudden unexplained eating binges?

As far as I know, weaksauce was a term used by connoisseurs of certain non-tobacco smoking materials to indicate the relative lack of satisfactoriness of samples of smoking materials, and from there it moved into the general parlance. I am more of a general parlance person, BTW - I would note that while my memory lapses may be related to medications, they are ones prescribed to me by medical professionals.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=weaksauce

I found 58,300 pages in google searching for weaksauce.

 

[celerystalker]

No, he's a "good" boy and doesn't do stuff like that. I googled it as well and sent him the link to the urban dictionary. Poor little feller! (He's 6'6") I hate having to burst his bubble.

 

[Grammyof2]

Mr. Silly - just curious - during your search for the word weaksauce, you didn't happen to see any pics of me, did ya????????????????????

 

[Mr. Silly]

Firstly... I thought your explanation of humour was very humourous.

Even if it DID fill space. And you DID spell it wrong.

Since analyzing humor isn't funny, the fact that you found an analysis of humor funny is... well... funny.

By the way, I am a rugged individualist, fiercely defiant of bourgeoisie literary conventions such as verb tense agreement, alphabetical order, and spelling.

You are sorta American. I'll let it slide.

Sorta? I am as American as Apples, the Beatles, and the English Language.

This is funny because... oh.

Nevermind.

Oh, yeah, no, uh, wait. Umm. Yeah.

What I'm saying, fifthly, is this: You are a pretty dapper dresser.

I'll let your attack on Crocodiles slip.

This time.

In matters of fashion, I look to Tales of the Gold Monkey as my guide. It is also a fine guide to life, writing, dinosaur piloting, and history. I have no brown socks. I have been considering adding colored socks to my sock collection, though I still have to review a few TGM episodes to see if they are canonical. I will be writing more on shoes when I get to the next trip report segment, BTW.

Back in a bite.

Do I have a subliminal effect that makes you post when you are halfway through reading, is it that the posts are too long? I can't fault anyone for part-way posting, considering that I pretty much never post anything anywhere. And so far the four posts have 19,159 words total. That's almost 5,000 words per post. So I can see why one might decide to stop for a breather around word 2,542 or what have you.

 

[UtahMama]

How is it that I didn't know/remember this? I grew up in Brea, well the part of growing up after I grew up in New York, from 14 to 25(ish). No one has ever heard of Brea, even others from Orange County. Unless you liked the mall or lived there.



Welcome to my life.

Thanks for reading. Love your comments.

I thought your fans would like to see what I dug up (I have permission, dont flame me...LOOKY how cute!!!! circa 1984)

 

[AshClan]

UMa!!! That is awesome!!! What a cutie-pie Haley. And, yes, I definitely see some Sophia (and Max!) in there!!!! (OK, UMa, now where is YOUR picture??)

Mr. Silly, I am still loving your report. And your continuing battle to stay positive and upbeat despite Mr. Crankypants' attempts to break through. You and Haley are great together, in person and in writing!!!

 

[nicolemarie]

I am obviously too stupid to read this report. And I've never felt so nervous to post a comment. Y'all are out of my league!!

But I am loving what I've read so far! Y'all write great together and you are hilarious!

And it's the most challenging thing I've read since college.

But it's about Disney so it's worth it!!

Thanks for the great read...be back this afternoon for more!!

NM

 

[kpk89]

There were some very strange notes in my notebook that I took on this morning. The most interesting is, "artists, & Book store, & God bullied cosmos."

Do I hear Julie Andrews there a little bit?

But it bothers me. I am sensitive to matters of design. Art-Deco + Jungle = clash of civilizations.

I hope, for your sake, that you avoided Hester and Chesters Dino-Rama!

Yes, that's right, I was disappointed because I did not get to spend more time in the line. But in my defense, Disney is so good with that sort of thing, and I really am interested in the Buddhist art and architecture of Tibet, Mongolia, and Nepal

Do not, I repeat DO NOT try this on Soarin'.

but which was called in my notes "Dumboceratops

This was all very full of the whole cool Disney vibe that makes you somehow feel good about answering a stranger's questions about Owls.

This is very true.

Haley's Addenda
I was almost embarrassed because we were the owl nerd family. Well, not because of that, but because we were question hogs. We were like that kid who sits in the front of the classroom and answers all the questions in AP Biology. Only whenever we backed off and let someone else answer they got it wrong. Which is why I was that kid in AP Bio. that sat in the front and answered all the questions.

Hermione.

But the whole cool Disney vibe that makes you somehow feel good about complimenting a stranger's cute baby.

Yes! The same cool Disney vibe that makes a woman somehow feel good, and not freaked out, when a strange man compliments her cute baby.

(not that you're strange. Just a stranger.)

I love to talk to people but mostly they have to speak first.

Me too, Haley!!!!!!!!!! Borg!!!!!!!! Especially on the phone.




I just had a thought. Can you have this trip report done by January? Because I'm going to print it and make the kids read it on our January Disney trip. So that I can tell the school I'm taking them out for 5 days for educational purposes.