A low HA! Weekend 19 on the islands
Fruity drinks, golden sun, swaying bodies (it was, after all, a stonking great Kocktail Kontest) and all the enchantment of the tropics. With far fewer of the devouring lava flows. Our Aloha Wisconsin Weekend! The biggest Weekend troupe ever, but we all fit happily onto our paradise island in Spring Green ... Revisit our grand journey at our Aloha Photo Album Check out our sparkling lyrics from the Hips of Kilauea hula contest. Learn who got impeached and who needed a bra, in our Top Tens Savor the best island drink ever from the Kona Kocktail Kontest And learn when [...]
Hips of Kilauea Contest
Led by our senior Weekenders, teams of three created their own hulas to the tune and theme of Little Brown Gal. See the wondrous videos at our Weekend Album. Lyrics: Team Tony, Mary Jo and Erik. Went to rent a pontoon! We had a store in mindRun by two local loons who didn’t like our kind.(Refrain.) There’s no little brown hair from a little brown dogOn a little pontoon in Illinois.So out went Mary Jo and Kurt. And Deb and Bryan too I know.On the lake they go, but with Millie No No No. (Refrain.)They tried to catch a fish [...]
Kona Kocktail Kontest
Rum & Coke-O-Nut | Bryan“Death in the Afternoon” | Wayne. Champagne and absinthe. A recipe Ernest Hemingway gave his Uncle Carl.Hawaiian Launch. | YOS. Rum, coconut milk, pineapple juiceAnd the winner of the Kontest! – Peachy Keeny Bellini. | Fran. With freshly pureed peaches – mmmmm …
We hope you enjoyed your stay …
From the Weekend Evaluation Form: Please consider carefully how much your opinions can hurt or shame others. And then print them as legibly as possible. The Weekend Tagline! I hope I can get the Hawaiian music out of my head when I get home. | MickWeekend. It’s not just for Saturday and Sunday anymore. | Mike.Impeachment works. | UnknownLet’s hula. | JenniferLike sunshine, lollipops and rainbows. But with more drums. | Anon.Are you well? If so, so am I. We are well together. | Wayne.We are not the hula pros after all. | Andy The moment I realized our Hawaii [...]
Top these, Mauna Loa.
It was not all paradise and sunshine on our Island. But it was always damnably hilarious ... There’s a chaw theme? | Erik, on learning we’re getting buckets.That’s an NP problem. | Showing off both our grasp of high-level concepts and our inability to pack a car.Vote for Joe! Vote for Joe! | Perhaps not in the Sistine. But our conclaves are more fun: They include group chants. At the election of the first Funnery Sergeant, Office of Coordination and Direction.We impeached Joe. | Five hours later, our first coup. Lu made the announcement.I think we made a mistake. | [...]
XVIII in the rear-view mirror: On our Comedy Bus, there is no brake
Laffstock Comedy Barn Players! The last hitchhiker has scurried off, our Groucho glasses are folded, grand meals digested and docent hat hung. But Weekend 18 lives on in our smiles. And the following posts: Photo album Blow, Haiku siren, blow! From soup to nuts: Our Top Tens Fun. Knee: Evaluating 18 Offer your thoughts and pictures on our exclusive Weekend FB page (and invite Friends to join), and enjoy a wend through Weekends past. Fun times? You do the mirth.
From soup to nuts: Our Tops of 18
Try to Top these: Now that’s how you keep the bears away. | Weekender Wayne likes show tunes. Submitted by the non-play goers. Trip Soup | Entrée at Shifflet’s Riverside menu: ‘One Trip Soup & Salad Bar.’ (‘Waiter, can you carelessly walk this around again to make sure it’s been properly tripped?’) Copy of Strunk and White and an armload of hyphens are being rushed over. Why would you go to Richland Center? | Lodge Owner Jennifer, mystified I’ve handled fifth graders before. | Lon, our patient to-a-point Richland Center guide. It used to be a strip club. | Guide [...]
Blow, Haiku Siren, Blow!
In honor of the Cradle of the American Haiku Festival, held in Mineral Point while we rollicked, Weekenders -- with Haiku Helper forms and yellow whistles on hand -- announced their creations: Underwhelmed Frank Lloyd Wright’s all right Warehouse too much dust and must Who needs the dumb bat . Tommye | Malvolian of the Year Bean There; Done That Thou must mind the Bunn Else thy pot runneth over Thou hast wet thyself . DD | Silver Medal Untitled First time Weekender Looking forward to some fun Great times with loved ones . Jennifer | Bronze [...]
Fun Knee: Evaluating 18
Quote whoredom: Our Weekend Tagline You just might wet yourself! | Bryan The hugs are free! After you sign a waiver. Deb’s reference to the owner said it all | Bob So funny Deb will wet herself | Mike [Authorized 19 motto] Thanks, John, ya done good! | Wayne The future is now, be yourself | MJ Enjoy our exciting gravel beds! | YOS What’s the punchline? (Extra credit for referring to a fellow Weekender or feature of XVIII.) The set up: “And the first thing I said to the surgeon after waking up from the operation was … ... [...]
A wend through Weekends past
Like an internal organ distending with undiagnosable fluid, the Weekend tradition just keeps getting greater: Check out the official, unabridged chronicle of Top Tens, poems, drink recipes and too much more in our absolutely free Weekend XVIII Souvenir Booklet -- with an exciting preview of the updated Booklet 19. And kill even more time watching the A Very Special Episode of the Weekend Highlights Reel Don't forget to check us out on Facebook too!