Good Laugh Today

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Right there shows how much the person was actually paying attention. Any person thinking when listening to that would immediately find something wrong with taking a bus from a boat dock. But I guess thats what happens when you check your brain at the gate.

Maybe they thought it was the "magical" Disney floating bus! You know, the one that can keep up with the Flying Bongos!!! :flybongo:

[Randy B]

I was working the exit gate a Studio late this morning and a couple came and asked which bus to take to Universal.

Rather than telling them what to take, I told them we did not have any buses going there, and they would either have to drive or take a taxi, which would be around $35.00.

They seem surprised and thought Disney provided transportation between parks. I told them that Universal was a separate and competing corporation; not part of Disney.

They said they had a ticket for Universal. I asked to see the tickets and they each had a one day park hopper. They said the person who sold them the tickets said they were god at all the parks.

They finally left, I think they were going to end up at MK.

(And for those interested, to get to Universal from DHS you take the bus to TTC, change to the Lynx #50 which will stop at DTD, Sea World and then express to the Lynx Downtown Orlando Central Terminal. Then you connect to Lynx #40 which is a local from Central Terminal to Universal. Total elapsed time, not including waiting for connections, is about 2½ hours.)

SGs and their confusion about the word PARK and what is and isn't included in a particular destination is nothing new.

When I was young my family was vacationing in Rocky Mt. National Park. One day when were in the visitors center we overheard this conversation between an SG and a park ranger at the information desk.

SG (hustling in the door in a hurry): Where's the park?

Ranger: All around you. You are in the park.

SG: No, where is the Park?

Ranger (looking confused): Well, there is the town of Estes Park just down the road to the east.

SG: No. I want the PARK!

Ranger: Mam, you are IN Rocky Mt. National Park. It is all around you.

SG: This isn't the park! Where is the ferris wheel, the carousel, the rides!

Ranger: This isn't that kind of park. Rocky Mt National Park is an outdoor, wilderness recreation and conservation park, not an amusement park.

SG (getting VERY loud at this point): You're lying to me. I KNOW there is a park here and you WILL tell me where it is. If you don't I'll call the police and have them FORCE you to tell me where it is!

(At this point my parents realized that what was about to be said and done was not for the tender ears of my younger sister and my young self and gently herded us into the small movie theatre to watch the last half of the movie presentation about the plants and animals of the park.)

Randy

[hobie16]

SG (getting VERY loud at this point): You're lying to me. I KNOW there is a park here and you WILL tell me where it is. If you don't I'll call the police and have them FORCE you to tell me where it is!

That might have been an interesting conversation to watch as it could possibly have led to a 72 hour psych hold. :twisted: :D:

[vixen101485]

Thanks for the chuckle this AM Randy...that is funny and I can see some ppl I know saying that. I need new friends .

I have told this one before but it bears telling again. Donnie works for Advance Auto Parts. Lady calls in wanting brakes for her car. Back brakes as she puts it. Donnie looks up the parts and tells her how much it will be for her rear brakes. NO, I dont want rear brakes, I want BACK brakes. Mam, they are the same thing. NO I want BACK brakes. Makes you wonder at times if they have ever read a dictionary in their life. These are the ppl whom they eventually give the number of a competing parts store to saying that they may have the part the SG is looking for. :twisted:

Then there is my parents that insist that AK is all there is to "that Disney park". I have even showed them a map and they still dont believe me. They didnt like that zoo. "All we did was ride a train and eat at some German restaurant with animals in it."
Let me translate that for you......they went about 8 years ago ,(AK 1/2 what it is now) spent about 3 hours there, rode the train out to Conservation Station (never went anywhere but at the train station and got right back on), ate at the Rainforest Cafe (took me almost a year of my mom saying German restaurant to finally figure our where they had been)
Seriously I even showed them on a full map and smaller individual ones and they still insist that that is all there is to WDW.

Now the topper.......
Last time they were here visiting we mentioned about going down again. "Well why dont you go to the one with the castle this time, or Sea World, or the movie one" Oh you mean MGM (DS) ? :twisted :( I just like to bait them to see what gem they will come up with next) "Yeah Universal" Now I didnt see that coming Mind you the castle bit came AFTER we showed them the pics from Sept with us standing in front of the darn thing. Anyone got some parents I can trade with? Preferably ones that can read a map.

[Near Philly]

Randy,

Perhaps in true SG behavior they booked a trip for Rocky Mountain Park instead of Rocky Point Park (defunct) in Rhode Island

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Point_Amusement_Park

[vixen101485]

Perhaps in true SG behavior they booked a trip for Rocky Mountain Park instead of Rocky Point Park (defunct) in Rhode Island

*done in best Hillbilly voice** HHHOOEEEYYY! This here aerioplane trip from West Virginy to that there Rhody Island place is taking a lot longer then when we crank up ole' Bessie and drive to Grannie's over yonder in Pecilvanea.

OK I am officially bored and typing silly stuff now.

[DisneyMom]

That might have been an interesting conversation to watch as it could possibly have led to a 72 hour psych hold. :twisted: :D:

That one reminds me of the recording I heard of a woman who called 911 because she "Didn't get the right hamburger" from a fast food restaurant here in So Cal. The 911 operator stated,"We can't have the police enforce your hamburger, ma'am!" :p:

[BRWombat]

Loved the Rocky Mountain Natl. Park story!!! Do they visit Puget Sound and expect it to be something to listen to??? Or the Golden Gate Bridge, expecting to play cards??? They may be wandering around Fort Worth this very moment, looking for the Fort!

Feel free to contribute your own. :D:

*done in best Hillbilly voice** HHHOOEEEYYY! This here aerioplane trip from West Virginy to that there Rhody Island place is taking a lot longer then when we crank up ole' Bessie and drive to Grannie's over yonder in Pecilvanea.

OK I am officially bored and typing silly stuff now.

Rhode Island -- that's surrounded by water, right?

That one reminds me of the recording I heard of a woman who called 911 because she "Didn't get the right hamburger" from a fast food restaurant here in So Cal. The 911 operator stated,"We can't have the police enforce your hamburger, ma'am!" :p:

I've heard that recording. It's awesome.

[vixen101485]

Loved the Rocky Mountain Natl. Park story!!! Do they visit Puget Sound and expect it to be something to listen to??? Or the Golden Gate Bridge, expecting to play cards??? They may be wandering around Fort Worth this very moment, looking for the Fort!
Feel free to contribute your own. .

OH do you reallllly want me to go there. I love unusual place names and I do live in PA so we have tons.
ok where to start? Have to go with the obvious, Intercourse, PA---expecting to have and see everyone having sex.

Give me some time to come up with a few good ones.

[February]

All I can say is. . .

"I want a fifty-foot tree."

and

"That guy looks like a rabbit."

(if you watch SNL with any regularity you'll get it. If not, I apologize the clip isn't available on the website anymore :(



I can only imagine these two in WDW but I think I've been in line behind them before on several occasions. . .