TOURIST DESTINATION OF THE DAY

Hong Kong

(Thanks to Ken Morgan)

Comments

[Mr. Completely]

"It's a world of laughter, a world of fun..."

[daisymae]

tossing kids over the fence:

Did they think THEN they'd get in for sure?

[Mr. Completely]

...except for the riots and all, I mean...

[crossgirl]

so that's how the kid who got trampled by the elephant the other day got over that fence.....

[daisymae]

Hi, again, Mr. C...we've got to stop meeting like this...

(looks around to see if anybody noticed)

[Mr. Completely]

Whoo-EE!! A TRIPLE simul-post!! Dang!!

[crossgirl]

look out for dumbo!!!

[Texas]

I would say throw the parents over a cliff for doing that to the kids and give the kids to someone who cares.

[daisymae]

gosh...a triple simulpost.

(shakes head in wonder)

[crossgirl]

ahem, that's a foursome mr. c.

[daisymae]

a triple and a quadruple

[daisymae]

Mr. C and cg...pleased to meet 'ya

[Mr. Completely]

...and the judges give it a 9.2, because of the degree of difficulty.

[Addicted to 24]

The sad thing even with the huge crowds and children throwing there is still no line at it's a small world.

[CoastRaven]

The final phase of the plan to topple red China has been set in motion. Granted it is kind of a goofy plan, but it just might work

[insomniac]

(think Jiminy Cricket and Pinocchio)
When you visit at Hong Kong
Disneyland has gates too strong
Watch for crowds that feel as though
It's the Bastille!

New Year spirits start to droop
On the train no place to poop
Then fling Junior cross a fence
It makes no sense!

Fun and frolic without end
Just like the square called Tienanmen
When Goofy drives a tank you have to
Stand your ground!

[HooBert]

very clever, insom. Not quite snork-inducing, but you get points for creativity. : )

[Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa]

Aren't these the same people who wore diapers on the train?

[Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa]

I would *snork* at insom, but I think I'm still too new to take such liberties.

[daisymae]

Insom: I like it...it has a certain je ne sait quoi?

[HooBert]

Ahem... daisy, your spelling's a little off. And no, Lisa, I don't think it is. It was Malaysia or something. I don't really remember.

[Punkin Poo]

*tosses child over fence*

"Run! Run! Get to the teacups! Don't let Tigger get in your way! Kick him in the carrot!"

[packsaddle]

hey, you foursomes need to get a room.

more importantly, it is now official:

this world has gone absolutely bananas.

if these crackpots want to visit a theme park -- complete with goofy characters and freaks -- and not have to wait to get in, then i highly recommend san francisco.

[John]

Two billion Chinese, and only one Disneyland? No wonder Eisner was fired.

[Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa]

HooBert-It was in a January 25th posting. Title: FOR THE WINTER VACATION PLANNER

Your correction stands corrected.

(Not that I'm one to talk. I just learned how to refresh!)

[TCK]

kind of a goofy plan LOL!

oh, and for my favorite southern california goddess:

VF!

[Christobol]

I guess they got tired of the OTHER tourist attraction in Hong Kong - King Kong playing Ping Pong with his Ding Dong.

Or so I heard in 3rd grade.

[MOTW]

SNORK at C-bol!

[TCK]

C-bol - shouldn't you be at least in, um, like 4th grade by now?

[Ford79]

New event for the Beijing Olympics: the tot-put.

[HooBert]

Lisa- where in the heck did I get Malaysia?? Obviously I'm slightly clueless, so thank you for the clarification. : )

[«LabSpecimen»]

*snork* @ Ford79. (Sorry, insom)

[Lisa Bisa Fo Fisa]

No prob HooBert - I love that movie.

[daisymae]

Hbert: re: spelling off

and yer point?

[daisymae]

"New event for the Beijing Olympics: the tot-put."

LOL and *snork*

[Mad Soapboxer]

Ford79, the "tot-put" deserves another *SNORK*!

(The parents deserve to be shot in the thigh..)

[Annie Where-but-here]

TCK - for my favorite southern california goddess...

don't think I didn't notice that.

[PirateBoy]

Earwig Alert: Chorus from Be Our Guest

So our guests are not impresseed?
Appears we learn well from the West.

Sad to say that for today
We've closed our gates
Now go away!

Don't toss your kids
Over that fence.
Are the Chinese really this dense?

Park workers hate to say
But please come back another day.

The park is pretty,
Nother finer
And for overpriced meals,
Try Mickey's diner.

How could anyone tourist be so darn depressed?

And we can hardly wait
To re-enforce our gates
So like the West
We think it best..
You're such a pest!

[Alfred]

I have a solution for this.
http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html

or at least some one from 1729 does.

Is there an olympic event for the 'Child Toss' I think I could compete.

[RedRover]

Doesn't that fence look kinda pointy to be tossing kids over?

[Annie Where-but-here]

I think they meant "loony" new year.

Rioting for food, shelter, Nordstrom Rack sale, those I could see. But for Mickey? Who gives a rat's a$$?

And still, California Adventure sits empty.

[TCK]

Annie - aren't you from New York?

[Annie Where-but-here]

tck - yes - key word - 'from.' I'm out here near Eleanor now, close enough to share....information.

[TCK]

besides, that was just me kissin' up to El cuz I'm afraid what she may do to me after she reads the comment I made in the "Happy Beloved Wives Day" thread

[TCK]

oh, sorry 'bout that - would you like to be my favoritue southern california goddess?

[Annie Where-but-here]

You just luuuuuve gettin' caught, don'tcha?

[TCK]

it's a sickness - I just can't seem to help myself

[TCK]

BTW - what do you mean when you say "information"? When I read that, I heard ominous music in the background, and lightning lit up my window (which is weird, cuz it's not dark out yet)

[Eleanor]

The southern california goddess WAS going to say, VG with the VF, TCK, but having finished reading all the way down, the SCG will wait until she *zips* over to the "Wives" thread to see what insult awaits there.

I just can't even go away for 45 minutes, can I??

Annie, maybe we should set up a "shift" schedule! Bumble, s'girl? What do you say?

[Sarah J]

I personally don't know what all the fuss is about. I've never been to Disneyland/world.
also, just a hint: if you can't say anything that won't get you in trouble, don't say anything at all.

[lauramar]

Hey! as to packsaddle's comment "if these crackpots want to visit a theme park -- complete with goofy characters and freaks -- and not have to wait to get in, then i highly recommend san francisco." Well, some of us here aren't so goofy. We do drive Minis, though...

I wonder if the parents thought "a great place for the kids" meant "just leave 'em here, we'll take care of 'em."

[TCK]

Annie - forget what I said before - you are now officially my favorite southern california goddess for at least an indeterminate period of time

[Annie Where-but-here]

Jumping off the Eleanor bandwagon as it heads for the doghouse?

[TCK]

something like that - she's shunning me -which sounded kinda fun til I looked it up

[TCK]

oh, and if it helps - I really did think you lived in New York before

[Stupendous Man]

(Inserting a comment to the thread while TCK, Annie W-b-h, Eleanor, Bob and Carol and Ted and Bambi
make arrangements for tonight's menage a many)

I think the rush to Disney Hong Kong might have been predicted if it had been remembered this is The Year of the Dog! It is apparently considered very good luck to associate with dogs (Goofy, Pluto[?]) this year...something I've been doing ever since my parents got me that blind date back in 1959. Next year I plan to change when it becomes The Year of the Wombat.

(we now rejoin the menage a many which is no doubt already in progress)

[Annie Where-but-here]

Stupe-Man - are you insinuating that Eleanor and I are dogs?

[TCK]

stupendous - trust me on this one - think carefully before you answer that question

[Annie Where-but-here]

tck - wanna attempt to answer it for him? It's a slow night for entertainment.

[TCK]

think I'll pass on that one - stupendous is plenty capable of getting himself in trouble

glad ta see that you're still talkin' to me tho

[Stupendous Man]

TCK, please watch my back while I attempt to answer this one. Of course I'm remembering the ancient Zen words of wisdom: There are only two ways to win an argument with a woman...but neither of them works.
(Actually AW-b-hwhile waving snotrag of truce)
Actually, AW-b-h, I said nothing about you and El. That was the RSS Alligator making it known your twist (,i>n. a navall engagement without loss of seamen), ahem, I mean tryst plans would be interrupted for a short comment from my ownself. If I had any intentions of insulting you, I'm sure you realize I would have placed your name and the SCG's name closer to the naughty word Wombat.
(How'm I doing, TCK?)

[TCK]

stupendous - gotcher back, as always

nicely done, I think - no intent, etc.

maybe come right out and say they're not dogs, just to be safe

[J M Walker]

ON A SIDE NOTE: MICKEY MOUSE, WHILE ENTERTAINING CHILDREN AT DISNEYLAND CHINA, WAS KIDNAPPED, SKINNED AND SERVED AS DIM SUM AT THE CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL. GOOFY WAS HEARD TO SAY, "TASTES LIKE CHICKEN."

[southerngirl]

El, are you looking for me for some sort of shift work?

[Stupendous Man]

JMW, tnx for that update and...*snork!

[TCK]

so, if mickey's a mouse, and donald's a duck, what the hell is goofy?

name that quote - anyone?

[J M Walker]

"so, if mickey's a mouse, and donald's a duck, what the hell is goofy?"

Ha, that's easy. any government official who tries to explain their duties to you.

[TCK]

JM - think Stephen King

[Eleanor]

s'girl.
Yes, I was but that was before the "shunning" commenced, which as I stated will last for some indeterminate period of time. So not any more but thx for checking in. :)

SM, if in fact there is a menage a many, (cute phrase BTW),I won't be taking part. In 10 minutes, as a matter of fact there is some fabulous (one hopes) Historical Super Bowl type program on ESPN, which I plan to watch.

So I'll be *zipping* back here in about an hour or so.

[Stupendous Man]

Okay, El, but try not to get anything important caught in your *zipper*, unless, y'know, you like that sorta thing (NTTAWWT).

[J M Walker]

TCK, O, for a minute there I thought is was still in Kansas.

[Jacki]

Insom gets the :serious snork: from me. Pirate Boy earned his the cheap and easy way.

As for the folks in Hong Kong, I can almost sympathize. There is nothing worse than being caught in a stampede at a Disney Park while having your romantic notions of the facade of a peaceful, small world crumble around you as you huddle in a corner.

Or throw your kids over the pointy iron fence.

[Stupendous Man]

Today's test question in the English As a Second Language section of The People's Daily.

"Your question for today, class: Is it proper English to say 'Throw the baby over the fence a Disney pass'?"

[Bumble]

A technical question for any of you late-night geniuses from an annoyed Indiana taxpayer:

When I opened this link to print out my tax form, I ran into a problem. The instruction booklet file the link opens contains the two page tax form, but my printer doesn't seem to know those two pages are there. Including the tax form, there are 14 pages, but the printer thinks there are only 12. When I told it to print pages 6&7, it printed the two pages after the form. When I told it to print 4&5, it printed the two pages before the form. WTD?!?

[Bumble]

TCK, you've really done it this time. Take some advice here: give El Ghirardelli squares and make the sort of "sincere" apology I made when I called her a blog elder. Use the SCG term a lot. Accept whatever doghouse sentence she judges appropriate meekly, and do your time. If you're lucky, you'll be paroled for good behavior, but seeing as it's you, I doubt it. ;-)

[Jacki]

I see 14 pages as well, but I'm seeing at least 4 pages of forms. Do what I do, take your old term papers, syllabi and other non-essential ingredients from college, turn them over and print out everything on the other side.

I can't tell you how many "offical documents" I have submitted with printed side having a big black Sharpie Marker X through it!

[Bumble]

Jacki~ When I tell it to print, it says there are only 12 pages. Even if I print the whole thing, it isn't going to print the two pages I need. See at the bottom where it says 1 (1 of 14) or 2 (2 of 14)? When I get to the form, it says 1 (6 of 14) and 2 (7 of 14). Why does it go back to one and two instead of saying 6&7 before the parentheses? And why does it print 8&9 when I tell it to print 6&7?!? Arrgghhh!

[Jacki]

Bumble - It is doing the same thing for me as well. I know it is not much help, but I think you can safely say this is a big time programming error on the part of someone in the IN tax division.

If it makes you feel any better, Kentucky keeps insisting I can file my state return electronically for free, but every site I link to off of the state tax site wants to charge me $24.95 to fill out a paper saying I don't owe any money nor am I an entitled to any money.

[Bumble]

Jacki~ If you don't owe and aren't entitled, are you even required to file? That's so stupid if you are. And why are state taxes always sooo much more of a pain in the neck than federal? I pray I'll never have to fill out an Illinois tax form again. *shudder*

[Jacki]

Okay Bumble, try this: .

It says you can fill out the form online or print it out by going to < a href="http://www.in.gov/ai/appfiles/i-file/"> here.

Hope that helps. I have Chinese food and really good px drugs awaiting me so I'm offically declaring it bedtime here.

[Bumble]

Jacki~ Thanks. I'll check that out. G'night.

[Jacki]

Geez Louise,

I don't know why I can never link to sites on this thing. Hell, I design Sites!

This is the first one: http://www.in.gov/dor/taxforms/individual05.html

This is the second: http://www.in.gov/ai/appfiles/i-file/

[Bumble]

Dang. That address where you could print the forms only had a link for printing that whole thing I already downloaded. It doesn't have a link for just the IT-40 EZ form; just the booklet and form, and the regular IT-40 form. *shoot, shoot, shoot!!*

Oh well. I'll get my sister to help me sort it out. She always gets pestered with my tax & FAFSA issues this time of year. Thanks for trying, Jacki. :-)

[Bumble]

Interesting that the feds always send me a nice little booklet with my appropriate form included when they're the ones giving me money back, whereas the state, which rarely gives me anything back, makes me run a gauntlet before I can even have the stupid form.

[TCK]

Bumble - thanks for the advice - it's good advice I'm sure - but you know me - I don't do "meekly" very well

[Blue Meanie]

Bumble - just a thought (better watch out now). For some reason I can't open your link, but I can tell it's a pdf file. Try getting your cursor on one of the 2 pages you still need, and then go into print, and where it asks what to print select current page. If that works, do the same on the other page.

I hate printing online pdfs, they're often nothing but headaches.

[Blue Meanie]

Bumble - second thought (we're on a roll now!). If you haven't saved the file, try saving it, then opening it up from your hard drive, then printing what you want. Sometimes that clear whatever gremlin is bothering the online version.

[Blue Meanie]

Bumble - thought no. 3: if neither of the above works, grab something cold and strong and do some serious (figuratively speaking) blogging.

[Bumble]

I've already downloaded it, but I'll try number 1. Thanks Blue.

[Stupendous Man]

Bumble, why don't you do like I do each year. No matter what taxing authority is seeking a pound of my flesh, I write them a letter in strict business form and ask the magic question, "What the Hell did you do with the money I sent you last year?" I never hear from them again 'til the following year. I learned this simple way to handle taxes when I called my accountant several years ago... and the warden brought him to the phone.

[Bumble]

Blue Meanie~ That worked. Thanks. But now I have no good excuse not to get my taxes done tomorrow. *sigh*

TCK~ It can't hurt to try meek. Your way doesn't seem to win friends and influence people. Not in a good way, anyway. ;-)

[Bumble]

SM~ Ah, but if I do it your way, I won't get any money back. And I want my money back. I'm selfish that way.

[Blue Meanie]

You're obviously not trying hard enough, Bumble. There are at least 1040 fine excuses to not have your taxes done tomorrow.

[TCK]

winning freinds - hmmmmm - freinds

seems like my freinds are still talkin' to me and those that I thought were my freinds are not - maybe?

maybe not - i'm not really in a good frame of mind to judge at the moment

but - if El doesn't come around on her own, I'm sure I'll go after her - then again, I won't be changin' any, and she'll accept that or she won't

(I'm pretty sure she's just playin' anyway - dont' worry tho - if she's not, I'll make it right)

[slyeyes]

*enters and reads TCK's post*

Huh. Looks like he got himself in trouble again. If I werent' so tired, I'd scroll up and see what's going on.

[southerngirl]

I'll still be your friend. :)

[Blue Meanie]

The Help Desk is now closing for the night, as it has a great deal of work to ignore in the morning.

Good night, and *Snork* @ Insom!™

[TCK]

knew that without you sayin' so

(nice to hear anyway tho)

[Bumble]

You're a good man, TCK. Most of the time.

Blue~ Thanks again. :-)

[Eleanor]

*zips in to kiss everyone good night*

Sheesh, the one hour program turned out to be a 2 hour program, but it was good, so that was OK.

What I dislike most about myself: the fact that reverse psychology always works! :)

TCK, let's not go to bed mad at each other. Of course I like you as you are, even when you're a pain in the - the - well, wherever! :-)

I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone in the morning!
Signed,
Pollyanna