Everything in here is dead on. And drop dead funny. Except Passover...we know Passover in the suburbs of Boston. My public elementary school was 70% Jewish. It has been a shock to move to Colorado and have people look at me like an oddity.
Every time I read a travel story, I'm reminded why I have no desire to get on a plane in the post-pandemic (though we're still in a pandemic) era. I applaud those brave enough to do it. Just a big ol' NOPE for me. I hope you had a lovely time, though. xo
It was cute the first time. Not the two hundredth. So true about humor! We have a marriage rule ( agreement) that if you've heard the story 7 times before you still have to listen to it again like it was the first time. "Have I told you about my childhood scout hiking trip?" "You have- but tell me again, its so charming...."
Once again, you hit it out of the funny park! The thing that hit me about this post was the crowds. Not only do I hate crowds (because people suck), but I would NEVER travel on a holiday if I could avoid it. Our family would celebrate Christmas on the Jehovah Witness' date before traveling close to any holiday. My favorite story was going to see "Jurassic Park" for the first time when it first came out; I was with my buddy Chuck Hamil, and we had gone to Universal City Walk for the full experience. As the ticket buyers got inside, we were stacked 100 deep inside the lobby. Had the fire department chief passed by at that time, they would've had shut down Universal City in its entirety). So we had hundreds of people waiting to rush one or two ticket takers when given the cue (the cue to the queue, I suppose). We happened to be standing next to John Tesh and his wife, Connie Sellecca, and his head was above the crowd. The murmur from the crowd would rise and fall with every movement from a cinema employee. On one of the murmur lulls, when it was fairly calm and quiet, Chuck shouted out
"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!". Tesh and Connie looked over and started to laugh- hard. I was already doubling over, and the laughter washed over the crowd like the wave at Dodger Stadium. Most of the people didn't even get the reference, but laughed anyway. It was one of the best "crowd" experiences I ever had- but seeing that movie for the first time made it an all-time experience.
Everything in here is dead on. And drop dead funny. Except Passover...we know Passover in the suburbs of Boston. My public elementary school was 70% Jewish. It has been a shock to move to Colorado and have people look at me like an oddity.
Did Colorado folk ask if you had horns? Odd community in Seattle area. 70% Jewish—Where you in Newton?
Every time I read a travel story, I'm reminded why I have no desire to get on a plane in the post-pandemic (though we're still in a pandemic) era. I applaud those brave enough to do it. Just a big ol' NOPE for me. I hope you had a lovely time, though. xo
You are so right on target. Airports are a total nightmare now but at least you can turn a nightmare into a beautiful, funny statement
Thank you.
It was cute the first time. Not the two hundredth. So true about humor! We have a marriage rule ( agreement) that if you've heard the story 7 times before you still have to listen to it again like it was the first time. "Have I told you about my childhood scout hiking trip?" "You have- but tell me again, its so charming...."
Good rule. Some stories are worth the retelling.
Once again, you hit it out of the funny park! The thing that hit me about this post was the crowds. Not only do I hate crowds (because people suck), but I would NEVER travel on a holiday if I could avoid it. Our family would celebrate Christmas on the Jehovah Witness' date before traveling close to any holiday. My favorite story was going to see "Jurassic Park" for the first time when it first came out; I was with my buddy Chuck Hamil, and we had gone to Universal City Walk for the full experience. As the ticket buyers got inside, we were stacked 100 deep inside the lobby. Had the fire department chief passed by at that time, they would've had shut down Universal City in its entirety). So we had hundreds of people waiting to rush one or two ticket takers when given the cue (the cue to the queue, I suppose). We happened to be standing next to John Tesh and his wife, Connie Sellecca, and his head was above the crowd. The murmur from the crowd would rise and fall with every movement from a cinema employee. On one of the murmur lulls, when it was fairly calm and quiet, Chuck shouted out
"SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!". Tesh and Connie looked over and started to laugh- hard. I was already doubling over, and the laughter washed over the crowd like the wave at Dodger Stadium. Most of the people didn't even get the reference, but laughed anyway. It was one of the best "crowd" experiences I ever had- but seeing that movie for the first time made it an all-time experience.
Great story. I once saw John and Connie at a restaurant and their new baby was sprawled out on the table like a Christmas ham. Soylent Green. Haha.