ways in which the average dis'er

[Adipoo]

I think Disney parks are nice amusement parks, nothing more, nothing less. You would have to physically drag me onto another Disney cruise, and I truly enjoy cruising.

I like Walmart. Our store is spotless and everyone looks pretty normal. I am not a fan of Target.

I still love my in-laws after 35 years. I have yet to see red flags signifying that they are the root cause of all problems in the world.

And I love Southwest Airlines, lol.

 

[DeaverTex]

Darn. I should have waited a while before I responded to this thread. I WAY underplayed my hand! I feel sort of cheated.

Wait! I'm still good to go!

We have a mortgage, and we hope it's paid off before we retire. Our retirement account is rather significantly less than $2 million. A whole LOT less, but at least we don't need as many zeros! We could still afford to retire this October, provided we were dead before New Year's Day.

There's a balance on our Mastercard that we're desperately trying to pay down. And we pay for things at the grocery store with checks. So there.

There are several guns in the house, and Tex Jr. has always known where they were and how to use them. He wasn't home-schooled, and we never took him out of school for anything except a family emergency. Our emergency fund is whatever we might find in the sofa cushions.

 

[Goofy_Disney_Dad]

I'm pretty sure some of you are going to have to find a new forum to post to. We simply can't allow all this "lesser than" stuff to take hold. We have standards to uphold and slacking will not be tolerated.

 

[justgrace]

Ways in which the average Dis'er is better than me, well let's see:

1. I'm able to dumpster dive for food so my family can spend only $.50 on food each week. The kids think nothing of day old pizza from Dominos. I tell them to just eat the ants on the pizza, they taste like olives. I even think that the heat and it mixing with other garbage in the bin brings out the savoriness.
2. I'm only able to manage to live in Disneyland's Dream Suite, not the Sleeping Beauty Castle and I would never dream of being able to afford Cinderella's castle.
3. I am only able to ride all the rides in the Disneyland once before 10 a.m.
4. I'm only able to exercise 8 days a week, 20 hours per day to get back my smokin' hot prebabies bod' because all 5 of the nannies watching my precious little snowflakes - 9 children to be exact all under 12 months (I got one up on you, Octomom!) want me to provide vision insurance if I have them around the clock. That just ain't going to happen...
5. I'm only 5th in line to the British throne.
6. I can only afford 3 BMWs at once. We usually like to upgrade to a newer ones once every 50 miles or so.
7. My father is the inventor of toaster strudel.
8. We can only manage 4 million in our retirement accounts.

It's a sad life we live...

 

[Minnie17]

1. I have a very low post/message count and am fairly new
2. No current Disney vacation planned except in my day dreams
3. Threads like this crack me up

 

[mercydisney]

I have such a high credit line that I can rule the world!!!

 

[Tiffylv]

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[ronandannette]

I'm pretty sure some of you are going to have to find a new forum to post to. We simply can't allow all this "lesser than" stuff to take hold. We have standards to uphold and slacking will not be tolerated.

You're not talking to me, right? Because one characteristic I do share with the very best DIS'ers is the assurance that the rules don't apply to me.

 

[Goofy_Disney_Dad]

You're not talking to me, right? Because one characteristic I do share with the very best DIS'ers is the assurance that the rules don't apply to me.

Well, of course.

 

[calypso726]

Ways in which the average DISer is better than me...

Well, I can't compete in the I'm a better parent because games since we don't have kids. It's not that we don't like kids we do ... over there ... belonging to someone else.

I didn't learn to butter and eat dinner rolls properly until I was over 40 and learned how right here. I still don't do it the right way ALL of the time though.

I accept my limitations and have come to terms with the fact that I will never be a DISer of excellence.

 

[willowsnn3]

Well lets see.....
I love McDonald's and much prefer WalMart over Target.
Love the free or not so free dining plan even tho I'm not strategic enough to maximize to credits. (sometimes I don't get the most expensive items)
Leaving soon for our next trip (totally maxed out a credit card) and I have only made a couple days FP+
Be back later with more....

 

[Disneychick75]

I think Disney parks are nice amusement parks, nothing more, nothing less. You would have to physically drag me onto another Disney cruise, and I truly enjoy cruising.

I like Walmart. Our store is spotless and everyone looks pretty normal. I am not a fan of Target.

I still love my in-laws after 35 years. I have yet to see red flags signifying that they are the root cause of all problems in the world.

And I love Southwest Airlines, lol.

LOL, your post is closest to me.

Of course, I don't know about your kids but mine don't have genius IQ's. Neither Harvard nor MIT have beaten down our doors. My husband and I have tried our darndest but still have not achieved perfect parenthood. One child is in real estate, one is a lawyer, and the last one is busy finding herself which might take awhile because she is not working at it 24/7.

I could lose 5 pounds, stop smoking, and exercise but I won't because I don't feel like it.

There are lots more but my IQ deficient brain won't let me think of them.

 

[bsblady01]

the people that think they know everything when they don't

 

[bsblady01]

I have three healthy non perfect kids who are allowed to watch tv and play outside without me. and my house is not always clean because my time is better spent with my kids.

 

[Monykalyn]

My father is the inventor of toaster strudel.

What my kids think of your father's invention...(sometimes I get the generic brand and take them all out of the box so kids think they are the name brand stuff)

 

[Wendy31]

Just thought of something else...

I'm rather useless when it comes to our finances. If you asked me what our monthly cell phone bill is, I'd have no clue. Or anything else financial-y either. I know I *should* know. I know I *should* care. I don't.

I don't know how much a gallon of milk is or a dozen eggs are. If we need milk or eggs, I go to the store & buy them. I don't know how much we spend per month on groceries.

Remember the scene in "Finding Nemo" where Marlin is trying to explain to Dory about what part of the jellyfish will sting & Dory says, "Yeah, yeah, yeah... something about tentacles..."? That's me.

DH is also a better cook than I am. He's our resident chef. And, in our 20 years of marriage, I finally got the laundry under control about 5 years ago.

But, thankfully for DH, I'm really good at other things.

 

[Tiffylv]

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[Tiggeroo]

Sometimes I might, just maybe go over the speed limit. I have also seen a black market dvd. If I find ten dollars laying I. The street and nobody is nearby I will keep it. If a bag of cash from an armored truck lands in my yard I'm going to bury it for ten years and then start spending.

 

[Wendy31]

I must have really missed something with the dinner roll thread because I keep seeing it referenced here and there. I really must ask...what IS the proper way??

It was one of those Very. Important. Threads which went on for several pages.

The proper way to eat a dinner roll is to break off a bite-size piece w/ your fingers & eat the piece you've broken off - not bite into the roll. You're also supposed to put a little pat of butter on your plate &, using your butter knife, butter the piece after you break it off - if you're so inclined to butter your bread.

 

[Tiggeroo]

Oh, also if somebody gives me a cash gift go 600. I won't claim it on my taxes. Also I might, possibly call out sick and go to the beach.