man my sig says it all!!! :) and what really gets me at times is the gum all over the place, batman at SFAW has it all over the place, and also when its alll crowded and someone spilt their "slurpee" and the ops do nothing and just make you walk all over it!
-ryan
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Line jumping is not a SPORTING event! ;)
Adding to my trash post, I should add the inevitable "gum shrine". You know your going to see it, no matter what park you go to, usually on your favorite ride. What, do people arm themselves with gum before entering a park? It's the most disgusting thing. If it were up to me I'd ban gum all together, seriously. What purpose does this substance serve?
Once the flavor wears off, it actually makes your breath smell worse. And the gum popping has got to go!
***End of rant***
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"Is it possible that we are feeling more brave than usual sitting at home behind our computer screens and eating Doritos"? -Ophthodoc
*** This post was edited by DWeaver on 3/23/2002. ***
I have a sweet invention to prevent those gum shrines, or, get rid of them easily I should say... but, I don't want to announce it publically just yet until I patent it ;-) =)
But yea, and it's even worse at the end of the year during Fright Fest and the fall seasons, when all the bee's come out to play and there is gum everywhere... ahh!
Also any grafitti in the lines at SFWoA... I have never seen so much writing in my life!! (Villain anyone?)
My brother got in a (verbal) fight with a girl at SFNE who was trying to get ahead, it turned into a loud swearing fest and eventually she left the line after giving him the finger, however, we were getting on the ride and we saw her in the station... the girl ended up getting kicked out by an employee =)
I think besides fat people, smokers are the most ridiculed group. Hmm if you were fat AND smoked, it's like begging for a roasting here...
lata,
jeremy
--who is in general PISSED OFF by "passive aggressive" techniques...what a b!tch move!
SFDL_Dude-
Your idea doesn't by chance have anything to do with the 'taser wall' that was being discussed over at GTTP, does it? People were talking about a wall that shocks you everytime you stick gum to it. SOunds like a good idea to me!
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"If somebody throws a rock and knocks a man off his donkey, do we say that he's stoned off his ass?
Basketball ghetto guys? LOL...You forgot about the ghettofied miss thangs that were ghettofied clothes (short little daisy dooks, tank top with cleavege comin out). Anyway my biggest pet peeves at parks are people talking about there "personal business" like know one is there listening to them,and definetly ugly people who make out in front of us like there the hottest couple in the world.
And when people say stupid things like what ride is this when they have been waitin in the line for it for like 2 hours.
2hostyl, there is a good reason (many) smokers are one of the most ridiculed groups of people. It is because many are inconsiderate and smoke whenever and wherever, not considering other people around may not want to have 100 poisons in the air, killing them.
Overweight people, on the other hand, are ridiculed for the same reason minoritys are. They are different. It's sad, for many overweight people, its hereditary that they are that way, and they can't change that... Yet the ignorant, stupid, moronic, and judgemental society as a whole will make fun of them, ridicule them, or whatever to demean them. Those people have no right to do that, I don't see fat seeping through thier skin, floating around the air, and soaking into other people clogging thier arteries, so it's not like they are harming you.
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# 1 coaster fan said:
LOL...You forgot about the ghettofied miss thangs that were ghettofied clothes (short little daisy dooks, tank top with cleavege comin out).
Yeah man, its too bad everyone doesn't waer the same exact thing to amusement parks. We should start a dress code so that everyone dressed culturally the same!
Anywho...I'll admit gum shrines are icky but does anyone remember the infamous gum tree on the way to White Water Canyon at PKI? It was pretty far off the fenced line, and i thought it was pretty cool when i was a kid. I think they cut it down around the early 90's, though. :(
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If the shoe fits, find another one.
SFNE Freak:
I'm really surprised to hear that smoking is allowed in any queues in your park. Most every park that I have been to has banned it completely. Aside from the facts that it is obnoxious and a public health hazard, it is also a fire hazard. Remember that smoking is banned in cigarette plants.
Smoking, line jumpers, punk pre-teens and the gum. Those are my worst enemies at parks.
The smoking is just plain rude. Not only does it smell bad and can kill you, it gets on your clothes and when you get home your mom suspects you of smoking. Line jumpers are another fun topic. There was a time at SFEG when a whole bunch of kids jumped the exit ramp and into the entrance Q only to be ridiculed by the entire line and be kicked out by the ride-ops! Ah yes, the punk pre-teens. Yeah it's really cool when you say a cuss word every second word in a sentence. Finally, gum. One day I was waiting in line for my favorite raft ride and I casually grabbed a hand rail only to find my hand covered in a whole bunch of sticky wet gum.
To sum it up, all of this happened in one day at SFEG.
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Line jumpers, and one of my favorites, smokers (especially the under-aged ones that think it's cool). Smoke on the midways, not in close proximity to several hundred people. Chances are there are people with asthma in the lines.
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My Peeves:
Smokers who blow the smoke in your face (I have no problem with smokers in general).
The people who try to cut (and sometimes succeed).
The Basketballs.
The sweaty people who go on rides with no shirt on.
And my final peeve is the people who litter. I have seen beautiful parks ruined by littering. At SFoG, this is a problem. The cue line to Batman goes through these steel tunnels, and all the lightbulbs are covered in gum and the handrails and walls are covered with graffiti. It really is bad. When did people get so lazy as to just throw litter down? Especially when there are Trashcans EVERYWHERE!
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"Enjoy your record-breaking ride on Millennium Force"
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"Enjoy your record-breaking ride on Millennium Force"
Den said:
I agree 100% with all of these.
Here's my addition: When you are walking down the midway holding hands with your significant other, or even just walking beside a friend, and some huge group decides to walk right between you. Can't you go around?
Sorry to hear that Den, but if some (group or not) tries to do that to me, they get the Red Rover Red Rover Clothesline from Hell. I guess it helps that I'm 6-2, 210 though. :)
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Sorrrrrrrry folks! Parks closed. The moose out front should have told you.
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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.
The hubby reminded me of this one. Maybe it's kinda taboo to say, "butt"....people who fart in the Q. Especially when they're like the next people on. Ya couldn't wait 'till your flying through the air so as not to, well, expose people to that. Gross. That's gotta be as bad as smoking, IMO.
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