What's Your Poison and What's Your Funniest Travel Moment Ever?
Oct 7th, 2005, 08:02 PM
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A recliner toliet !
Oh, PM please keep it a secret or MrR5
will have to have one, don't get me started on the Bath TV, JocelynP, the cable installers are all to happy to provide !
What I wish some smart hotel developer would do is build their one bedrooms
with TWO WC's. Smartly furnished as his and hers and easily re-stocked as his and his or hers and hers depending on guest(s)!
Am I on to something ?
R5
Oh, PM please keep it a secret or MrR5
will have to have one, don't get me started on the Bath TV, JocelynP, the cable installers are all to happy to provide !
What I wish some smart hotel developer would do is build their one bedrooms
with TWO WC's. Smartly furnished as his and hers and easily re-stocked as his and his or hers and hers depending on guest(s)!
Am I on to something ?
R5
Oct 7th, 2005, 08:47 PM
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A glass of old vine zin for me. I was braising the red cabbage in it and decided to have a glass for myself 
. While JJ5 is celebrating, I'm drowning my sorrows. Congrats to you and your Sox, JJ5. Ours just didn't have it this year. 
We'll have 130 people in our backyard tomorrow for our annual Oktoberfest. Lots of work, but lots of fun!
Thinking of my funniest travel stories, it occurred to me that many of them were "You had to be there" moments that others might not find very funny, others are kind of "R" rated.
We did have a cheese incident, too. We stopped at a nice cheese shop outside of Versailles. We thought that my inlaws, who live near Munich, would enjoy some brie and camembert from France. Let me let you in on a little secret, LOL Those "ripe" cheeses get even riper when they are in the trunk of your car for the 8+ hour drive. Also, even though they are in the trunk, the stench throughout the car gets pretty bad. I think it even permeated the clothes in our suitcase!
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Have a great weekend everyone!
. While JJ5 is celebrating, I'm drowning my sorrows. Congrats to you and your Sox, JJ5. Ours just didn't have it this year. We'll have 130 people in our backyard tomorrow for our annual Oktoberfest. Lots of work, but lots of fun!
Thinking of my funniest travel stories, it occurred to me that many of them were "You had to be there" moments that others might not find very funny, others are kind of "R" rated.
We did have a cheese incident, too. We stopped at a nice cheese shop outside of Versailles. We thought that my inlaws, who live near Munich, would enjoy some brie and camembert from France. Let me let you in on a little secret, LOL Those "ripe" cheeses get even riper when they are in the trunk of your car for the 8+ hour drive. Also, even though they are in the trunk, the stench throughout the car gets pretty bad. I think it even permeated the clothes in our suitcase!
amp;Have a great weekend everyone!
Oct 7th, 2005, 10:18 PM
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Hello razzledazzle, aren't you having a sort of cloudy night, wind and a threat of a storm? We are! I thought our friends from the PNW have sent their storm down to us. But maybe it is only in the Sacramento Valley. Seems like we are going to have some rain. Take care, and have a relaxing weekend.
Oct 8th, 2005, 08:51 AM
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As usual, I'm posting on Sat....Diet Coke is my poison at the moment.
I'm not sure if any of my funny travel moments will translate well--kind of had to be there stuff--but my husband reminded me of when we were on our honeymoon in Italy.
I think we were in Rome when he developed heat rash and decided he needed some medicated powder. We located a pharmacy and looked around the shop. We found the baby powder but not anything like the Gold Bond stuff he wanted. Neither of us speak Italian (OWJ2 thinks he does b/c he listened to those Pimslur tapes but don't let him fool ya!) Anyway, I tried to ask for the powder in Spanish to one girl behind the counter but of course I couldn't get my point across. We were gesturing and trying to get OWJ2 what he needed and all of a sudden this other employee speaks up in perfect English and says in a not so quiet voice, "You have irritation between your legs, yes?" At that point I just had to step away, leaving my new husband to deal with the purchase of the Italian powder...
I'm not sure if any of my funny travel moments will translate well--kind of had to be there stuff--but my husband reminded me of when we were on our honeymoon in Italy.
I think we were in Rome when he developed heat rash and decided he needed some medicated powder. We located a pharmacy and looked around the shop. We found the baby powder but not anything like the Gold Bond stuff he wanted. Neither of us speak Italian (OWJ2 thinks he does b/c he listened to those Pimslur tapes but don't let him fool ya!) Anyway, I tried to ask for the powder in Spanish to one girl behind the counter but of course I couldn't get my point across. We were gesturing and trying to get OWJ2 what he needed and all of a sudden this other employee speaks up in perfect English and says in a not so quiet voice, "You have irritation between your legs, yes?" At that point I just had to step away, leaving my new husband to deal with the purchase of the Italian powder...
Oct 8th, 2005, 10:23 AM
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A bathroom story...
After college I was traveling in Europe with a fellow male. We saw something in our hotel room we had never seen before. It was what I now know is a bidet (spelling?) My friend was convinced it was for washing your feet in so we washed our feet in it.
A road trip story...
Several years later I was traveling in a rented car in Germany with my parents. It was getting late and we needed to get off the autobahn and find a town and get a hotel room. We followed signs with a name on it and drove through lots of rural country, then ended up back on the autobahn. Later we found out the word meant Detour.
After college I was traveling in Europe with a fellow male. We saw something in our hotel room we had never seen before. It was what I now know is a bidet (spelling?) My friend was convinced it was for washing your feet in so we washed our feet in it.
A road trip story...
Several years later I was traveling in a rented car in Germany with my parents. It was getting late and we needed to get off the autobahn and find a town and get a hotel room. We followed signs with a name on it and drove through lots of rural country, then ended up back on the autobahn. Later we found out the word meant Detour.
Oct 8th, 2005, 10:30 AM
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Posted this once but nothing happened! Anyway, OWJ, yours made me laugh until I cried. Soooo cute. My DH continually confused "Biscotti" for "Billetti" and gave many Italian ticket-takers the giggles!
Will get into the cheap bordeaux in a bit! Cheers!
Will get into the cheap bordeaux in a bit! Cheers!
Oct 8th, 2005, 11:41 AM
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aaah, the Uncle Priest story reminded me of someone else's fun moment. My sister works with (volunteers? Clients? Not sure) the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts here in HI. One day in Vegas (maybe it was that same trip), as we were walking around the casino, she wandered over to a row of slot machines and announced, "WELL HELLO, LADIES!" It was some of the nuns from the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts in civilian clothes, playing the slots!
Oct 8th, 2005, 03:15 PM
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Well, this evening, over Chinese food, my dear sons mentioned their funniest travel moment - yes, it was our "famous" bathroom story, lol. The tears were flowing from our laughter. I will spare you the details, but it was one for the record books 
OWJ, your poor husband! MMS, at least your husband didn't chill his wine in the bidet! Or did he?!?
OWJ, your poor husband! MMS, at least your husband didn't chill his wine in the bidet! Or did he?!?
Oct 8th, 2005, 03:57 PM
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STW--Nope, that was a friend of ours, not DH. Now DH may not be the most sophisticated person on this planet, but at least he did know what a bidet was for The funny thing is, the guy who used it for his feet...the couple was afraid of getting sick from the drinking water so kept going to the store to buy water to brush their teeth with. You just never know about people, lol!
The funny thing is, the guy who used it for his feet...the couple was afraid of getting sick from the drinking water so kept going to the store to buy water to brush their teeth with. You just never know about people, lol!
