Ogre, Sarah, Shawn and I left for Great Adventure a little late this morning - rather, say we were casual about our departure. We didn't want to rush ourselves. We ate a little breakfast, we stopped at a deli to pick up some subs for lunch and we were on our way.
The drive down is little over an hour and we played Mad Libs most of the way. Remember Mad Libs? Weren't they fun? And since we're not twelve anymore we've moved past the stage of juvenalia where "tits" and "fuck" are good words to use. We're now on to the more sophisticated humor of using words like "veridian" and "pseudopod" - words that couldn't possibly fit into the blank but might twist it horribly nonetheless. I love Mad Libs.
We got to the park itself about half of noon. Admission was interesting. We had two free passes and one "buy one, get one free." So, in effect, we bought one and got 3 free. Which brought the cost of individual admission and parking down to $15 a person. Not bad at all. Once inside we hit two of the minor rides - some spinning things - and then Sarah and Shawn (right spellings, this time) got funnel cake. After that it was back to the rides. We rode some more minor rides, Batman and Nitro and were at the front of the line for Superman when the park closed.
Now, let me point out that when I say that we "were at the front of the line" I'm not being hyperbolic. I mean that we were about to climb into the empty seats of the car that had just discharged passengers when the ride operator closed the gate and announced that, due to the inclement weather, ride operation was temporarily suspended but we could wait, if we wanted, to see what might happen. We elected to wait. A few minutes later, the operator announced that the ride was indefinitely closed and we should all leave. We went to the parking lot to eat our sandwhiches. On our way, we saw that every other ride was also closed. Once in the car we appreciated, if only slightly, the foresight of the park's managers when the skies opened up and water poured forth.
Total cool rides: 2
Total park time: 4.5 hours
Total money spent on trip: $22
Not priceless, but well worth it.
Comments (3)
mad libs?
not sure how it works in a book, as i have never played it before, care to elaborate a bit more on it?
Posted by gus | July 28, 2004 12:39 PM
Posted on July 28, 2004 12:39
Was wondering how the weather fared for you. Figures. :P
Posted by Bekah | July 28, 2004 2:00 PM
Posted on July 28, 2004 14:00
Sure, Gus. The book gives you a story where some of the words are missing. In their place is a part of speech or similar ("verb ending in 'ing'," "name of a girl in the room," "noun"). One person reads out the parts of speech and the rest of the people give an appropriate word to fill in the blank. So, I say "adjective" and you say "sticky." Then, once all of the missing words have been replaced, the person with the book reads out the story, replacing all of the words as appropriate. Hilarity ensues, because the new words usually make a funny new meaning for the story.
Posted by Jason | July 28, 2004 4:28 PM
Posted on July 28, 2004 16:28