Wild Turkeys and Dancing Banana Heads Cruise 11/25/06

[TiggerKing]

Tonya, why don't you try a Hidden Mickey on the shirt somewhere? Coconuts in the palm trees, make the thing over the turkey's beak shaped like Mickey. Just a suggestion.

Down here in the south everything is Coke, even if it's a Pepsi it's still a Coke! At least it is around here in my neck of the woods. Guess because Coke is based out of Atlanta.

(See Wendy's post above, looks like we posted at the same time!)

One other thing we say a lot is fixin. I'm fixin to go eat, or I'm fixin to take care of this or that. A guy I work with is from Maryland, and when I say fixin to do something, he says you're what?

Coke was started in Atlanta. Pepsie was started in Winston-Salem, NC, but then they outgrew their raising and moved up north!

Steve, I have a friend who had a boss who used to give him a hard time about saying "Fixing to do something". He told his boss one day to look up the word fixing in the dictionary and tell him the meaning. His boss said it means to prepare. So, his boss never made another comment after that little bit of "edumacation".

To everyone: Thanks for the prayers and well wishes!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good night all,
my FIL calls it sodie pop, he is from virginia.

Pat, see ya tomarrow.

Kathy

 

[TiggerKing]

fine Yankee gentleman

Isn't that an oxymoron?

 

[woogal]

See, that is another mistake. Geez, we have a long way to go with you! You don't buy a pop, you buy a coke. Coke is a generic term. You ask someone, "Do you want a coke?" and when they say "Yes", you ask them what kind! Of course, in the old south this was referred to as Sodie Water!

OK, I just had the funniest visual ... our wait staff on the cruise at dinner ... goes around the table ... and gets orders for "pop" from the midwesterners, "soda" from the northeasterners, "Coke" (which can mean anything) from the southerners ... then runs screaming from Luminere's

Good night, all

 

[JanDave]

Good Evening Nana Heads!!!

Lots of things to mention --

1. It was a beautiful day in mid-Michigan. Mother Nature is getting us ready for snow on Thursday. Of course, we'll get flakes that turn into rain, and people panic about forgetting how to drive in snow or never having driven in snow, but we'll get through it. My drive to work is a mere 12 miles and it's on a 4 lane road with few lights.

2. Shell and Jeff -- My grandparents were from the Lazio region, the "capital" is Frosinone, the town is Settefrati. It's about an hour's drive south of Rome. For all you WWII history buffs, Monte Casino is in this region. My daughter and I found their passage through the Ellis Island website after much difficulty as their last name was misspelled on the webiste, but spelled correctly on the ship's manifest - their last name was Vitti. I bought the ship's manifest and photo of the ship (I had both framed through the Ellis Island website). My daughter also bought a plaque in my grandfather's name. I want to get to NY to see it in person.

Mutt and Carrie -- We have relatives in the Youngstown area, as well as Sharon and New Castle, PA.

3. Bob, sorry to hear about your friends' tragic death.

4. Lynn, I love the pics, as usual!

5. Any Ohio State fans planning to travel to East Lansing this Saturday?

6. I'll be in Columbus, OH this weekend. My son is in the annual marathon in downtown Columbus. I'll be cheering him on and enjoying the weekend with my 2 WV grandchildren.

7. Tonya - I love the shirts. I have to get mine hemmed when it arrives as t-shirts are always too long on me. I also have a POC shirt to get hemmed before the cruise.

8. Cindylu -- Agan, big to you and your daughter. I can't imagine the stress you are dealing with.

9. Bob, will you be in Detroit this winter? Dave and I would love to meet up with you. Dave drives to a Detroit western suburb when he works -- He's been laid off for 2 weeks thanks to his employer, Ford Motor.

10. Pat and Kathy -- have a fun day tomorrow! It's fun to meet fellow DISers. We've become friends with DISers who live about 2 hours north of us (glindamood). She and DH just returned from the 11 day cruise.

11. In Michigan, we say pop. I know I'm in the south when I have to ask for unsweetened tea.

12. Dave and I finished our Christmas shopping tonight!!! Our last stop was Toysrus and I got one more thing for each of our 6 grandkids.

Jan

 

[cruisemutt]

ticket for two south'nas--category 6, Disney eastern cruise $3500....
dinner at Palos for two south'nas $20 + tip
Bob getting Coke in his glass when all he wanted was a dad-bun'd Dr. Peppa------PRICELESS!

 

[LindaBabe]

Boy! It's been a busy night!

They say pop in Indiana, too. WE've moved around so much, i've picked up all the bad habits. I say youse guys and y'all and all y'all and fixin' t' etc. I can see our converstions are going to be pretty funny!

Lynn, once again, the photos are adorable!

CindyLu, I have add and I actually wondered that when you were describing your dd. Read "driven to distraction" there's a list in the back that's pretty definitive. I wish i'd been diagnosed about 40 years ago!

THOSE SHIRTS ARE ADORABLE! (Please ask them to print the baby shirts as close to the top as possible - I have to cut them off shorter so they won't trip on them.

Thanks for the special 'naner'! That was SWEET!

Good night, All!

 

[disneediva]

Pat, I call them suckers. do you have an ice box?
Mike also teases me because I call every interstate here the I-10 . sorry but they are all the same to me.
Steve, I constantly say I'm fixin' to do stuff

We also put our groceries in bags(paper or plastic), I do believe you northerns use sacs right
Now what do ya'll call the meal you eat at night dinner or supper?


Wendy

 

[Dixielady908]

ticket for two south'nas--category 6, Disney eastern cruise $3500....
dinner at Palos for two south'nas $20 + tip
Bob getting Coke in his glass when all he wanted was a dad-bun'd Dr. Peppa------PRICELESS!

Wendy: from another "northerner" I say bag for groceries whether paper or plastic...

I say dinner.....whether it be 12pm or 6pm its dinner....never hardly say supper.....my mother would once in awhile say to my dad...so what to you want for sup. tonight..... we also say pop....however, when out to eat I do ask for a "coke".

Shell: gee I guess I'm going to miss all the fun at late seating....watching the waiter go screaming from Luminere's I just may have to hang around and see what goes on

Later
Denise

 

[U2Pixies]

Good Morning All
On my way to the gym and thought I'd say mornin' before I go! It bumped us up anyway!
Pat

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Morning,

Regarding Dinner or Supper, Once when we were in the Promenade lounge listening to music there was a large family group ( 30 people) dancing and having a good time waiting for their dinner time.
As they got ready to leave, Tommie ( the entertainer) said, thanks for coming to see us and have a good dinner. You would have to see this to appreciate it, but all of them at the same time, turned and yelled back, IT'S NOT DINNER ,IT'S SUPPER!!!!!!
Everyone sitting in there and walking by really cracked up.

At our house we said both dinner and supper. dad grew up on a farm in Oregon and said supper, mom grew up mostly in Oklahoma and she said dinner most of the time.
Me , I just say come and get it!! Everyone knew what I meant.

Well this morning I am goign to meet Pat at walmart, maybe we will buy out the store with stuff for the cruise ?? I am looking forward to meeting her, we live really close to each other.

It is cool enough to actually open up the windows this morning. I love doing that.

Ok, I have a question for all the dog owners!!
I need some ideas. Minnie has decided to dig in the sandy soil around our pool enclosure. It is about a 2 foot wide strip where it is sandy and bark mulch all around the enclosure. She has dug clear down to the electircal parts to the pool, which if she bites could kill her. Plus she has dug other places too. Only in this sandy soil, NEVER in the yard.
I tried putting red pepper there so maybe it wouldnt smell good to her, but she liked it?? She is a bit sometimes.

I am looking for ideas to break her of this, before she gets herself electricuted. yes we have spanked and scolded too. we have thougth about putting small plants there or patio stones but that is very expensive to do and alot of work. will do if we have to. But if any of you have any other ideas, please let me know. Feel free to PM me.

I am going to Petco today and see if they have abook with ideas in it.
any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kathy

 

[disneediva]

Kathy, our Disney Dog digs only in sandy parts too. Our Vet said its because the sand is cool on thier tummy and it is so hot outside still. And Disney does dig thens lays down in it.

Have a good day off to work

Wendy

 

[LindaBabe]

G'morning, All!

Hope you have fun at Walmart and sure wish you could take my list!

Another busy day at work. gotta go!

 

[pgfour]

What is potted meat? Maybe I know, but just under a different name.
Pat

I'm assuming it's any canned luncheon meat. I was just quoting the phrase used in the movie Sling Blade .

Bob, I also like Spam on occasion! But it's so high in sodium that I eat it maybe once a year.

I believe residents of Hawaii consume the most Spam per capita in the world!!

Cheri

 

[pgfour]

Mornin' Nanas and Turkeys!

Looks like I missed a lot of chatting yesterday!

Bob -- so sorry to hear about your friends. How tragic. We're thinking of you.

Lynn -- those pictures are soooooooooo cute! His expressions are just adorable! Also, I probably did enough shopping for the two of us yesterday!!!

I love all the dialect-speak! My favorite college class was Linguistics -- so very fascinating! Basically every 20 miles or so, one would find small changes in dialect.

So -- what do you call the smallish black animal with a white strip that uses odor to scare away predators?

How about the little flying insects that "light up"?

What do you call the thing from which you drink water (water fountain, bubbler, something else)?

I have a big list of these -- maybe I'll try to find it, since we're having such a hard time trying to find discussion topics!

Gotta wrap this up for now!

Cheri

 

[disneediva]

Ok Cheri, I call them a skunk, a lightening bug and a water fountain.

Wendy

 

[pgfour]

Oops -- forgot to add some comments!

Tonya -- LOVE those new designs! They really "fit us to a T"!!!

Lucinda -- Hang in there with DD. Someone else had mentioned checking with teachers or other people who spend time with her to see if they notice the changes as well. I agree. It is a very stressful time for your family, and you factor in general girl-stuff at this age, it can be tough! My kindergartener has already told me that EVERYONE in her class gets their clothes at the Gap, and that NO other girls wear their hair in a ponytail. (She would've been able to wear it down until she gave herself a haircut a few weeks ago! Now I have to pull it into a skinny ponytail and use barettes to clip back the little whisps. )

I also remember you mentioning something about certain, ah, undergarments at her age.

****WARNING, Bob and all you other guys, cover your eyes for the next few lines ******

Every time I'm in the kids' clothing department in any store, I notice all these bras -- and they're not just the little basic training bras like when were young (little triangles attached to elastic straps) -- these are like full-blown things with padding and the whole nine-yards! I always have to do a double-take to make sure I'm still in the right department! So right next to the socks and tights for my little 5YO are all these other things that seem a little out of place! Has anyone else noticed this????

**********OK, guys, it's safe again! ******

OK, now I really have to get going! I'll touch base in a while to tell you about the wonderful bargains I found yesterday!

Cheri

 

[pgfour]

Ok Cheri, I call them a skunk, a lightening bug and a water fountain.

Wendy

I'm waiting to see who calls them pole cat, glow worm, and bubbler or water cooler!!!!

BTW -- I say skunk, firefly, and water fountain.

 

[woogal]

Good morning Banana Heads

This is getting to be way too funny ... OK, Bill and I discussed the dinner/supper thing last night trying to figure out what we say. We came to the conclusion that supper is when we cook at home, but we go out for dinner. We say "bag", I think it's the New Englanders that say "sack". Also, skunk (what else is it called?), lightening bug and water fountain; freezer and sucker. Cheri, got any more?!

Pat and Kathy: Have fun today!!! I'm jealous that you get to meet a fellow cruiser face-to-face!! We'll need all the gory details when you get back!

Lastly, for the Southerners, please learn that Iced Tea should always be served UNsweetened!!!

Have a great day!

 

[DutchsMommy]

Thanks to everyone for the Thanksgiving wishes....it was yesterday. I am still feeling slightly 'Turkefied'. All is well here - got a new assignment this morning so that is good. It is going to be really busy though, so I am a little worried about my DIS time lol. Well...gotta run and get going but wanted to pop in and say hello. Love the shirt design and REALLY looking forwaard to the cruise!!!!!!!!!