I miss a fun thread

[suse]

Hey, anybody have anything funny to add about your cruise? Where is Pipedreams, by the way?:confused:

[Ephraim]

At home in Florida, I suspect. Must be tired after the cruise :)

[suse]

Tired after a cruise?:confused:

[dandro]

Funny story from our cruise...

DH and I were getting ready for 2nd formal night. We were in a hurry because we were meeting up with some new friends we made onboard. I put on one of those new fangled all-in-one ladies' undergarments (you know, the ones that are supposed to make you look more slender). Anyhow, I realized you could see it through my blouse and decided to wear something else under the clothing, changing in a hurry.

Lo and behold, we come back to the cabin many hours later, to find said undergarment neatly folded and on my nightstand! I was absolutely mortified. I could not look the cabin steward in the face the next morning.

[pipedreams62]

Hi All- I'm back but swamped with mundane chores. I will be back with a review (had a fabulous time by the way) my wife took over 2000 pictures with a fancy shmancy camera. I will be back as soon as I come up for air. Please have some interesting smoking and tipping threads for me.

Is anybody keeping the "Barf Fest" warm?

I misss you guys.

Ephraim and his charming Bed And Breakfast ROCK!

[aliaschief]

We want Pipe! We want Pipe! We want Pipe!! .........and the site and membership are going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

[suse]

Yeah! Smoking threads especially! Walt keeps cutting me off when I go off on it but it really is hilarious. Let me warm up the barf fest thread right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dutch46]

Tired after a cruise?:confused:
Aren't we all tired after a cruise and need a couple of days to recover?

Harlan

[dutch46]

Hi All- I'm back but swamped with mundane chores. I will be back with a review (had a fabulous time by the way) my wife took over 2000 pictures with a fancy shmancy camera. I will be back as soon as I come up for air. Please have some interesting smoking and tipping threads for me.

Is anybody keeping the "Barf Fest" warm?

I misss you guys.

Ephraim and his charming Bed And Breakfast ROCK!
You forgot to mention the trays thread.


Harlan

[suse]

trays got boring.

[Copper10-8]

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Is anybody keeping the "Barf Fest" warm?

.................!

Uhh, yup:o Couldn't help myself - I'm seeking help for that:eek:

Welcome home, Jay!

[usha]

trays got boring.
I don't know if you wanna go saying that.:o
I was scourged for saying that.:eek:

[Susie51]

I have a funny story to share about Quest on Zuiderdam

Oops, I am too embarrassed to say anything else. Who else has participated in Quest?

[Copper10-8]

I have a funny story to share about Quest on Zuiderdam

Oops, I am too embarrassed to say anything else. Who else has participated in Quest?

Lemmie guess; you sacrificed yourself for your team, be it the Atlantic or the Pacific by taking off a certain piec of clothing that, under normal circumstances, you would never do?;)

Yes, I've played

[RevNeal]

Tired after a cruise?:confused:

Of course.
One has to pack, go through the trauma of disembarkation and the culture shock of being off-ship and out of the "safety-cocoon" one enjoys while aboard. One has to go through the stress of transfer to the airport, go through the Occult Rituals involved with passing through Airport Security, wait for one's flight, put up with the indignities of been shoe-horned into too small of space for too many hours, then struggle with luggage to get it to your ground transportation for return drive home.

THEN, one has to unpack, do laundry, sort through piled up mail, pay extra-special attention to one's fur-children, and start paying bills ...all while fighting the inner-ear sensations of being at sea. The next day one gets up and goes to work to face the great big piles that have accumulated on your desk while you've been gone, attempt to put out the fires that have come alive while you were gone, faced scores of people who can't believe that you merited that vacation and that you're going on another one in just another few months or half-a-year (or thereabouts) ("don't you ever work?"). It takes 2 weeks to prepare for a 14 day cruise, and it takes another 2 weeks to clean up the messes that are left after one gets home from a 14 day cruise. How can that be!!!?!??? But, it's invariably the truth; I don't recover from a cruise until I've had at least as many days back home as I spent with deck under my feet. It's almost not worth the trouble ... almost.

[sandypaper]

LOL.....I hear ya! After my first cruise on the 3rd of this month I slept lots of hours. I am just now getting caught up.

[CDRMark]

Of course.
One has to pack, go through the trauma of disembarkation and the culture shock of being off-ship and out of the "safety-cocoon" one enjoys while aboard. One has to go through the stress of transfer to the airport, go through the Occult Rituals involved with passing through Airport Security, wait for one's flight, put up with the indignities of been shoe-horned into too small of space for too many hours, then struggle with luggage to get it to your ground transportation for return drive home.

THEN, one has to unpack, do laundry, sort through piled up mail, pay extra-special attention to one's fur-children, and start paying bills ...all while fighting the inner-ear sensations of being at sea. The next day one gets up and goes to work to face the great big piles that have accumulated on your desk while you've been gone, attempt to put out the fires that have come alive while you were gone, faced scores of people who can't believe that you merited that vacation and that you're going on another one in just another few months or half-a-year (or thereabouts) ("don't you ever work?"). It takes 2 weeks to prepare for a 14 day cruise, and it takes another 2 weeks to clean up the messes that are left after one gets home from a 14 day cruise. How can that be!!!?!??? But, it's invariably the truth; I don't recover from a cruise until I've had at least as many days back home as I spent with deck under my feet. It's almost not worth the trouble ... almost.
LOL Rev!
I need a nap just reading this.
Cheers
Mark
(And I love the "Occult Rituals" line.)

[pipedreams62]

Of course.
One has to pack, go through the trauma of disembarkation and the culture shock of being off-ship and out of the "safety-cocoon" one enjoys while aboard. One has to go through the stress of transfer to the airport, go through the Occult Rituals involved with passing through Airport Security, wait for one's flight, put up with the indignities of been shoe-horned into too small of space for too many hours, then struggle with luggage to get it to your ground transportation for return drive home.

THEN, one has to unpack, do laundry, sort through piled up mail, pay extra-special attention to one's fur-children, and start paying bills ...all while fighting the inner-ear sensations of being at sea. The next day one gets up and goes to work to face the great big piles that have accumulated on your desk while you've been gone, attempt to put out the fires that have come alive while you were gone, faced scores of people who can't believe that you merited that vacation and that you're going on another one in just another few months or half-a-year (or thereabouts) ("don't you ever work?"). It takes 2 weeks to prepare for a 14 day cruise, and it takes another 2 weeks to clean up the messes that are left after one gets home from a 14 day cruise. How can that be!!!?!??? But, it's invariably the truth; I don't recover from a cruise until I've had at least as many days back home as I spent with deck under my feet. It's almost not worth the trouble ... almost.


That's it exactly,however there has to be a pill out there that makes it all go away. There's one for everything else.:o

[pipedreams62]

Uhh, yup:o Couldn't help myself - I'm seeking help for that:eek:

Welcome home, Jay!


Have a great cruise John and say hi to the "Green Monstah"

[suse]

The Rev is correct. It is very exhausting work to be done with a cruise. And of course trays aren't boring. Generates alot of interest, that one. Yikes. I personally found the vegan thread hilarious. Those are fun discussions!:D

[EduTravler]

DH and I will be one of those and I imagine we will make some goofs so obvious to experienced cruisers. And, yes, we often laugh at ourselves! Helps to keep us younger.

[Rabbitlady]

Pipedreams,
I sure hope you recover soon. I have anxiously checking the boards for your review of the Maasdam.

Rabbitlady

[GmaPajama]

... faced scores of people who can't believe that you merited that vacation and that you're going on another one in just another few months or half-a-year (or thereabouts) ...
We're retired, and face those same silly questions. Go figure!

[Candy]

DH and I will be one of those and I imagine we will make some goofs so obvious to experienced cruisers. And, yes, we often laugh at ourselves! Helps to keep us younger.
At a recent safety drill (referring to the Promenade Deck), a lady in front of us told her friend, "We're so lucky to be out here - this deck is NEVER open. It's for emergencies only, because the lifeboats hang above."

Candy the ZuiderPrincess

[RuthC]

Who else has participated in Quest?
I have, and I always have a blast. One time I was with a fun group, and one of the young men offered his trousers up for the cause. :D

Another time I was in front row on the upper level when they needed a picture of Ben Franklin. I happened to have a $100 bill tucked away for BINGO, so floated it down. There was a comment about it raining money.

[bcd2010]

One time I was with a fun group, and one of the young men offered his trousers up for the cause.

Oh, gosh, this reminded me of the time they asked for TWO men's trousers. The "life of the party" guy in our group had his off in no time, as expected. None of the other men budged, but then out of the corner of my eye, I saw my somewhat-shy adult son with his pants in his hands and not on his legs. My eyebrows shot up -- hadn't seen him pantless in decades!

[Tricia724]

I still think I have you all beat at fun Quest games.

When the quest was on for women's bras, a woman sitting right in front by the stage (not me), very calmly unbuttoned her blouse and removed it and then very calmly unhooked her bra and removed it and handed it to the team "runner" to take....then she calmly put her blouse back on. The Cruise Director, who was standing on the stage about 10 feet away and looking down at the woman, was openmouthed and temporarily speechless. Needless to say, the crowd was roaring. Even funnier, when the bra was returned to her, she ran the play in reverse and put it back on. She was cool and collected and totally unconcerned about what was happening around her.

I'm not the greatest judge of age, but I'd say the lady was about 75....white hair, a very conservative, sweet looking grandmotherly type....which made it so unexpected. The best part wasn't the free shot but the reaction from the Cruise Director.

When people make derogatory comments about the "old folks" on the HAL ships, I think about that lady and how much fun she made that game.

[RuthC]

I still think I have you all beat at fun Quest games.
You win. Even the Seaquest story about my husband and the dentures won't come close. ;)

[middle-aged mom]

You win. Even the Seaquest story about my husband and the dentures won't come close. ;)

Try us:D I wanna hear about the dentures. Pretty Please.:)

[RuthC]

Try us:D I wanna hear about the dentures. Pretty Please.:)
They asked for dentures. I presume they expected the runner to bring forth someone with dentures in his/her mouth. My husband took his out of his mouth and handed them to the runner. :eek:

This was long before the days when noro virus was a major consideration on ships. I would hope no one would misunderstand quite this way today!

A good story? :confused: I think so. But no where near as good as the bra story. :D

[mamaofami]

Both those stories rate as very good. I can just imagine both of them as they happened.

[suse]

You know, that bra story was really funny but I don't know anyone about to do that unless they are totally unhinged. Like at a party or some strange weird thing.
But! Ruth's story was a winner. Really. I can get into that one. Good one. Great job! I love it! Even though I don't wear dentures but maybe I will someday, who knows.:)