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Old 02-06-2008, 10:08 AM   #106
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We had gathered in a corner to discuss our options and accidentally blocked in an unsuspecting husband. His wife spotted him and yelled out, “GEORGE! What are you doing over there with all those women?” He sheepishly made his way out our way before we recruited him for a smooch.


I completely forgot about George and his wife!!!

Your description of the Italy encounter was HILARIOUS!!! What a great time!!
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Hee hee. I guess I should congratulate everyone on mixing beer and wine and not praying to the porcelin gods.
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Wow, now that is a club that I would be proud to be a member of. I would love to see pictures of that adventure. Looking forward to seeing how you made it out of Epcot. From the sounds of it I don't think our Norway CM's helped you out. Maybe an Italian CM took up that challenge. Just Kidding.
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Oh. My. Gosh.
That was one of the funniest trip installment reports I have ever read.
And just for your information... men of Italian descent (like myself) DO have boundaries... honest...

You definitely earned your Lush Club membership! Hurry back with more!
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I'd say you remembered things quite well for the ... err... state you were in!

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As we made our way to Canada, it was also discussed at to who would be doing the kissing when we inevitably ran out of money. The three married gals really would prefer not to have pictures of themselves giving sugar to strange men posted on the Internet, which left Sharon and me to duel it out. I have absolutely no memory of how I was designated the team-kisser – Sharon could have gracefully bowed out and requested that I take on that duty. Or, it could have been that I shoved Sharon out of the way, and much like the beer conflict, raised both hands in the hair and screamed, “PICK ME! OH, PICK ME!” Maybe it was that my reputation precedes me and it has been decided beforehand that I would excel as team kisser and there was no discussion at all. Either way, all I know is that by the time we were standing in line to purchase a Canadian beer, I realized that I was both The Beer Girl and The Kissing Girl. My mama would be so proud.
We can tell everyone that it was decided with a game of rock-paper-scissors. But I don't know if that would make you the winner or the loser?

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Sharon was The Money Girl, and was in charge of keeping track of our funds (probably because she has a reputation that precedes her as well, much different from mine – i.e., she’s smart and can make change ‘n stuff ).
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On our way to France, we ran into a Passporter that Karen and Eileen knew – I stood off to the side nursing the cider while they chatted and I overheard him telling them he had lost his wallet. I remember someone suggesting he check with Guest Services about it, and as we walked off, Karen screamed over her shoulder, “PIXIE DUST!” I almost snorted cider up my nose, and shot her a whiskey-tango-foxtrot look and said, “I know you didn’t just yell out “PIXIE DUST!” as an afterthought towards that guy.” Karen and I dissolved into giggles. It should be made clear that we weren’t laughing at his lost wallet – that truly stinks – but at Karen’s attempt to be sweet with Disney-fied sympathy, but totally coming off as maniacal. Who let her in the Grand Floridian again?
That was WillCAD. I never heard if he got his wallet back. Also, I missed the "pixie dust" comment.

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All six of us were standing around with bated breath while he mumbled the words to himself. At one point he stopped and looked up at us. He went back to reading and finally got to the part requesting the infamous smooch. I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head! The look on his face was priceless, and we all simply roared with laughter when his peepers got as big as saucers and he stumbled back a little.
That was hi-freakin'-larious!

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I left most of the margarita to my Lush Club friends and took over the Sam Adams.
Here's where I took one for the team. That thing was tasty! I'm not sure who else I allowed to taste it, but a taste was all they got!

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We were able to get a side order of egg rolls for a cheap price, and someone didn’t like egg rolls
That would be me.

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I think it was time for everyone to have a little somethin’ to offset the al-kee-hol because someone may or may not have started doing dirty things with the egg rolls.
OK, that wasn't me. But totally hilarious!

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We took a bathroom break
Again, not me. I'm the camel. I spent this time sucking down the remains of that Italian margarita!

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We had gathered in a corner to discuss our options and accidentally blocked in an unsuspecting husband. His wife spotted him and yelled out, “GEORGE! What are you doing over there with all those women?” He sheepishly made his way out our way before we recruited him for a smooch.
As I remember it, George wasn't trying hard to get untrapped.

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Okay, shake it off. Maybe he misunderstood me. I’m not easily daunted, and obviously he didn’t realize the bonus he was going to receive from this deal. I tried again: “Really, I don’t need anything from you; I just want you to read this.” I think at this point he kind of rolled his eyes and said something in a language I don’t understand to another CM, who came over to help us. This new guy was less cute, but slightly more friendly – and after hearing Eileen’s story of the chubby Alice, I almost retracted that statement, but decided not to, as he being rude and uncooperative cancels out any biting of tongue on my part. Anyway, he wasn’t much help as he didn’t speak Danish, which was what the card was written in. I don’t remember if we handed him the English card or if Havard finally came over to help him, but they stood there for a minute talking to each other in a language I didn’t understand. Obviously, they were not as excited at the prospect of kissing any one of us as my Italian CM was. Oh, how I miss those undiscerning Italians.
The Norwegians were total partypoopers.

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We split the margaritas up into our new glasses and took a group picture, which I distinctly remember Eileen showing me and us laughing at how completely trashed I looked.
And I looked surprised.

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We enjoyed a few more minutes of drinking and chatting, and it was all too soon that we all had to go separate ways. I have to say that this was probably the most fun afternoon I’ve ever had in Disney, and I’d do it all again in a heartbeat. All these ladies are one-of-a-kind and we had a blast!
It was so much fun, Scarlett, and I'm so glad you were able to share it with us!
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That is one crazy but hilarious update! Kudos to Karen for coming up with such an amazing challenge and to you girls for stepping up to the plate!

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So I know everyone’s been anxiously awaiting this update
I've been DYING for you to write about this!!! And anxious to hear how much you loved me...

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The challenge was, in short: we had to visit each World Showcase country and buy either an alcoholic beverage or a food item. We had $55 dollars to do this with, and one of the “catches” was that we had to have no more than 3 food items – which meant 8 alcoholic beverages. If and when we ran out of money, we could still check a country off our list if we bargained with a CM for something NOT on the menu – a kiss on the cheek, and as Karen stated in her “if you choose to accept” letter, which cheek was up to us.
Well explained... but I still want to know who has the paper and cards -- I had intended to take pictures of at least the Japanese one so you all could see it. Guess I got distracted by my friend Marg A. Rita.

I get the giggles every time I think of just *who* translated those cards for Karen. Since she had people from the Hoover Institution help her, my guess is that there were a few department chairs, Nobel laureates and former Secretaries of State involved in prepping for our drunken revels. Heeee!


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Can I say how much I love this challenge? Basically, someone (Karen) is going to pay my tab for drinking and eating my way around the World Showcase, and if I run out of money, I get to ask hot, foreign CM’s for a little lip action? Word.
It was an inspired adventure, n'est ce pas?! Kudos to Karen!

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Before we could get started, though, we had to wait for Eileen. .... <<snip>>... we got to talking about doing laundry (which was what had delayed her arrival), and something about her having a bra hanging out of her bag
OMGosh... I forgot about that adventure.

I needed to do laundry again (yes, despite having two pieces of luggage and doing laundry midway through the two portions of my trip, I realized I wouldn't have enough clothes for my departure day. And, even though I was traveling in coach among the unwashed masses, I didn't want to be "unwashed" myself.... Therefore, a quick round of laundry was necessary. I stuffed a load of clothes into a piece of my rolling luggage and zipped it up -- not realizing at first that one whole side of one of my bras was trying to make a break for it out of the zipper of my Mickey suitcase. Sharon and I saw it at the same moment and I asked her if she dared me to keep it that way and traipse all the way through the WL lobby to see the reactions I got. Well, the reaction I got from Sharon was thrill enough as I think I may have gotten her back for making me pee my pants at Disneyland....

Anyway, Karen and Sharon decided to abandon me to the last of my dry cycle so they could get to the World Showcase before anyone else showed up. When I was done, I stuffed my clean clothes -- including any wayward bras -- back into the luggage and wheeled it up to the room. I got out to the buses only about 12 minutes behind Sharon and Karen, but ended up waiting forEVER for a bus to come. Finally -- FINALLY -- one came and it was (to quote Melissa quoting Dr. Evil) "frickin' freezing, Mr. Bigglesworth!" No, seriously, it was so cold that I (a self-confessed polar bear) was uncomfortable, rubbing my arms and stamping my feet to keep warm. Don't believe me? Well, here are the goosebumps that popped out all over my arm!!



This has happened so rarely in my life that I actually took a picture!!

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Eileen is one of the warmest, funniest people you’ll ever meet
Ahhhhh... that was what I've been waiting for after all these Mousefest TRs.....

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She’s like the big sister that I never had (and I have three of them ). She’s so cool that I was even able to get past another dose of Hair Envy that I experienced after meeting Eileen. You can tell from pictures that she has some of the most gorgeous red curls that you’ll ever see, and they are just as fabulous in person. [/B]
.... snarkless comments on my wonderfullness! And she really was jealous of the Bobsy twins with their heads o' curls... just *look* at this face of hers!



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I realized that I was both The Beer Girl and The Kissing Girl. My mama would be so proud.
Not that we noticed any *complaining* from Scarlett.

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I think that all of my cohorts tasted the beer...

(Thanks to Dawn for the use of this picture)

Yick... Stinky beer (although... surprisingly, by the American pavilion, the beer tasted pretty good to me. )

But the hard cider tasted good right from the start!!



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On our way to France, we ran into a Passporter that Karen and Eileen knew
That was Will... anyone know if he ever found his wallet. (I'm assuming so as he made it home -- so either the airlines let him on without his driver's license, or he found the wallet....)

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we soon made it over to Morocco and got some baklava. This was the first time in my life I’ve ever had baklava, and let me tell you, the one little bite I got was delish. I’m remembering a large crowd inside the Tangerine Cafe, and Eileen having a fine time joking with another guest about not getting anything with nuts. I feel like I’m giving y’all the punch lines and letting you figure out the rest of the joke, but that’s all I remember!
Yeah... this one lost something in the beer-to-English translation Scarlett's been attempting....

Let me preface this by saying I'm known for being an eavesdropper, right. Well, I was the one in line to get the baklava and I was stuck behind this obnoxious, drunk jerk (and, no, it wasn't Sharon!) This guy was trying to chat up the poor Moroccan CM who was trying so hard to be polite and yet to reject him wholeheartedly and just do her blessed job... which was to help the growing line of people waiting for this schmuck to give up and move on already -- me especially! After a good three of four uncomfortable moments of this, the Canadian beer, English hard cider and an extra jolt of dark French chocolate reared up within me and I tapped this guy on the shoulder.

Eileen: (tap, tap, tap.) Excuse me...
Drunk Guy: yeah... wazzit?
Eileen: I'm not sure if you're aware of this or not, but your inappropriate flirting is causing the line to back waaaaaay up.
DG: Uh... inna... inna.... wazzit?
Eileen: Inappropriate flirting... It's not working and you're just making the rest of us wait for you to go down in flames and slink off.
DG: Well, schweety... how's 'bout I try a line on you to see if it would work?
Eileen: (waving my hand in front of my face to waft away the fumes he was spewing.) Look, I'm just here to get some baklava...
DG: What if I said you were the most beautiful girl I ever saw?
Eileen: I'd say you were drunk.
DG: Well, what if I said you'd "do."
Eileen: That would result in my knee making contact with your testicles.



I'm not proud of it, but I did revel in the huge laugh I got from the couple behind me. Drunk Guy slunk off like the drek he was and I finally got the shining little piece of honeyed goodness for us all to share.

But it gives me the giggles to know that all Scarlett remembers is that I ordered baklava "without nuts."

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In Japan, we opted for the Plum Wine.
I remember that this stuff tated like sweet lighter fluid.




[I love the look on Tiff's face -- like she just got the "lighter fluid" aftertaste....]

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what’s more American than a Sam Adams? The line for Sam Adams was particularly long (and does anyone else remember a lady getting a little snippy when she thought we were cutting in line?).
I remember chatting with people in this line and I kinda remember a lady in front of us, but I think we were copa cetic with her. Wasn't this where we first met the couple of guests who were also doing a drinking tour of the countries...

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I’ll throw myself under the bus for the sake of a few chuckles of you faithful readers.
That was wonderful, Scarlett. I just totally remember your horror that you turned away at the last second so that the hunky Italian CM got your cheek rather than your lips. I think you kicked yourself all the way to Germany!

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I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head! The look on his face was priceless, and we all simply roared with laughter when his peepers got as big as saucers and he stumbled back a little.
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The real kicker is that upon leaving Italy, I realized that someone had bought one of those dang limonchello Italian margarita things anyway,
Ah, yes. The Italian margarita that Sharon promptly appropriated and then refused to share. Oh, she'd *pretend* she was willing to share -- she'd even extend it out to me with a "Do you want to try this?" but... when I'd go to reach for it, she'd pull it back in, turn her back and start slurping away. It only took me three passes of this little charade before I caught on.

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I took a sip of the German wine as well, but left most it for the other girls.
I doubt it was up your alley -- it was a sweet Reisling. More for ME!!!!

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We were able to get a side order of egg rolls for a cheap price... <<snip>>... I think it was time for everyone to have a little somethin’ to offset the al-kee-hol because someone may or may not have started doing dirty things with the egg rolls.
Hey, I paid my blackmail money (for the extra maragarita in Mexico) so no one would mention that incident.... There's no photographic evidence (right Dawn!!), so no one'll believe you anyhow, Scarlett.)

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We had gathered in a corner to discuss our options and accidentally blocked in an unsuspecting husband. His wife spotted him and yelled out, “GEORGE! What are you doing over there with all those women?”
To which I hollered (in imitation of his wife), "GEORGE! You were supposed to stay behind that Christmas tree so she didn't see us!!"

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As Eileen and I made our way towards the front of the store, we passed a boy trailing his mom and he definitely had his whiney-pants on. We overheard him saying, “But MOM! If I don’t buy something, I’ll never remember I was here!” Eileen let out a huge guffaw
"Yeah, MOM. How can I possibly remember this whole country if I don't have a troll doll gathering dust in my bedroom?" (Sounds so *familiar* to me, the mom of a "merchandising" son.)

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Well, let’s just say that I might as well have tried my charms on that troll as it was totally wasted on Havard, the Norwegian CM.
I'm going to pretend for one moment that I never had that convo with Marylou and I have no conscience about saying mean things about CMs in TRs.... Havard was a jerk. Plain and simple. He was so taken with his own genetic expression that he couldn't be bothered with other human beings. The sweethearted guy who *did* step in may have lacked a bit of Havard's good looks, but he was charming and polite and had a good sense of fun.

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Anyway, they did take the picture, and in it, I tried to sneak in a kissy face towards the CM but I’m not sure if it turned out or not.


Scarlett, you look as if the egg roll didn't "agree" with Dawn....

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Finally, we had made it to Mexico and used the very last of our monies to purchase a margarita. I believe someone else also purchased a margarita.
Yeppers, that was me! We had to have plenty to go in our new Epcot Lush Club margarita glasses. (Mine is now proudly displayed in my kitchen!!)

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I distinctly remember Eileen showing me and us laughing at how completely trashed I looked.


So trashed that I'm holding you up, Scarlett! And, so trashed myself that I didn't think to insist that we get a guest to take the group shot so Karen (our Glorious Leader and Smashing Hostess) could be in the picture with us!!



Karen, a thousand apologies for not getting you into the picture and a billion-brazillian thanks for setting up this grand adventure in the first place. It was seriously one of the most fun, most outrageous things I've ever done in my life. A total hoot and such joy!

You ladies are all the best (but Karen's the bestest for giving us the cash to do it. )
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Ahhhhh... that was what I've been waiting for after all these Mousefest TRs...... snarkless comments on my wonderfullness!
And after those snarkless compliments, you repay me with THIS? I mean, what am I doing? What kind of expression is that??



Actually, look at ALL the pictures of me - I'm doing something weird with my mouth in every single one of them! Must have been all the al-kee-hol. And I suppose I do deserve it, as I brought up the egg roll incident. In my defense, I was careful not to mention any names, but Eileen is much like myself and wouldn't let a laugh go unclaimed.

I'm STILL wiping tears away at this:

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Eileen: (tap, tap, tap.) Excuse me...
Drunk Guy: yeah... wazzit?
Eileen: I'm not sure if you're aware of this or not, but your inappropriate flirting is causing the line to back waaaaaay up.
DG: Uh... inna... inna.... wazzit?
Eileen: Inappropriate flirting... It's not working and you're just making the rest of us wait for you to go down in flames and slink off.
DG: Well, schweety... how's 'bout I try a line on you to see if it would work?
Eileen: (waving my hand in front of my face to waft away the fumes he was spewing.) Look, I'm just here to get some baklava...
DG: What if I said you were the most beautiful girl I ever saw?
Eileen: I'd say you were drunk.
DG: Well, what if I said you'd "do."
Eileen: That would result in my knee making contact with your testicles.



I'm not proud of it, but I did revel in the huge laugh I got from the couple behind me. Drunk Guy slunk off like the drek he was and I finally got the shining little piece of honeyed goodness for us all to share.

But it gives me the giggles to know that all Scarlett remembers is that I ordered baklava "without nuts."
Oh, it hurts. The laughter hurts. That has to be the absolute best outcome from a game of Drunk Telephone ever. This incident happens. Eileen tells me about it once I arrive on the scene. I make a booze-soaked mental note of it. Later when updating my notes, I ponder my hazy memory for a moment and then scrawl, "Baklava. Eileen. Drunk Guy. Nuts." Don't worry folks, I'm taking my self to church RIGHT NOW. And giving up beer for Lent.

Even though we look like drunk goons, I love this picture. We need to Photoshop Karen in there, plain 'n simple.

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And after those snarkless compliments, you repay me with THIS? I mean, what am I doing? What kind of expression is that??

Hey... *I* included it and it shows me with a uni-chin.... (JoanW would be so appalled!)

You look gorge-waz no matter what, darlin' -- you're so stinkin' pretty!
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