So I've been in Disney for two and a half days and I've seen 42 different Grumpy shirts....best one...."I'm bringing Grumpy Back". There are 52 mugs of Grumpy and 24 baseball hats. I bought a new Grumpy shirt myself this week - a baseball jersey. Cool stuff. What's really cool is that it has the #37 on the jersey which is the year Grumpy was "born". I also have the Kevin Smith View Askew hockey jersey with a #37 on it. If you don't know why 37 is associated with Kevin Smith, watch Clerks because I'm not going to tell you. Here's the thing, Grumpy didn't say much in that movie - and it was only one movie. How in the Hell did he get to be one of the top 5 marketed Disney characters? There are so many stuffed animals that the characters go very deep into some movies. We saw a float in the late parade last night that I'm embarrassed to say I didn't even know which movie it was from. It had a hippo in a tu-tu and I think an alligator. What did I miss? Anyway, I bring this up because today, for the first time ever - I saw a stuffed "Rabbit" from Pooh. My daughter never took to Pooh and didn't even want to ride the Pooh ride when we were here 4 years ago when she was age appropriate. For whatever reason, it just never clicked with her. Needless to say, I'm in the Disney store at the mall at minimum two times a month....at minimum -sometimes 3 or 4 as we like the food court for quick meals where everyone gets their choice and the Disney store is very close to it and I've enever seen any 'Rabbit" merchandise in there. . What does Rabbit have to do to raise his street cred? There are books on Pooh, movies, TV shows, specials.....yet have you ever seen a "Rabbit" Tee shirt? I haven't. Wasn't "Rabbit" a bit OCD? Always worried about stuff....always behind....always catching up... If Merck had a good marketing department maybe they'd get "Rabbit" to do some of their anxiety drug commercials. Lunesta has the cool butterfly....why not a sheep by the way......but "Rabbit" is underutilized. If memory serves, another character "Roo" was dropped for Disney's latest version of the TV show that started airing 4-5 years ago. There's something fishy going on with Pooh characters. How can Tigger and Eor have 10-12 different stuffed animals in one store yet Rabbit and Roo have zilch? I'm looking into this when I get home and have some time.......
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Be sure to check out the owl to...you never see him.
I have a friend who works for the Lunestra company who swears those pills are sitting around in candy dishes in their offices and conference rooms. And he says the d#*@ butterfly is everywhere.
Glad to hear y'all are having fun. See, I'm talkin' Alambaman now. We went to the Crawfish Festival in Georgia on Sat. Now there's some good people watching for ya.
ack - shopping in Disney - I hate it. HATE IT! I hate Disney. I really do. Part of the reason is because my 60 year old mother in law is a fanatic and goes there 3x a year and wont shut up about it. Been to Disney twice but it has been a while. I am sure I will be back someday since my kids are all still little and I do enjoy it because they have a good time but honestly there are 2 good things about Disney - Epcot and that roller coaster that has the Aerosmith intro (sorry I forget the name). The rides at Kennywood are better. The food at Kennywood is better. And Kennywood still has "Roo".
i hear ya. i used to work with a woman in her 40's who lived with her parents, had a timeshare near disney and went 4-5 times per year, every year. she knew workers on a first name basis and thats not a joke, she volunteered to be a vip tour guide and everything. i just dont get it. i dont hate it, i dont yearn to go either....the shows are outstanding...finding nemo rocked us yesterday, broadway caliber. the food at DT disney is really good so far, but i'll eat anything!
Good! You agree with me. The way my husbands family acts that place is the Garden of Eden or something.
Yes, the shows are awesome and I love the attention to detail.
But I can guarantee you that when my kids are grown there is no way in this world I am going there for vacation - that is creepy to me.
I want my kids to go there and have the experience and all but the desire to go there ends there.
Have fun though, the weather in PA is not very nice at the moment.
OK - I'll be the geek as usual. The hippo and alligator are from Fantasia.
Still A. While is rapidly becoming the smartest poster on here.
Comments like these and the ones about mowing the grass in old clothes shows a wisdom far beyond the years!
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wise beyond her years? she's got to be at least 39!
Hey you total shit! What is up with the revealing of the age?
hmmmmmmmm
Well you will always be older than me.
Still A Dog appreciates me at least. Well, until football season starts and I start bashing Ben...which I am looking forward to doing. A lot.
I hope you step in Mickey Mouse poop!
well, i guess i could have also said that she's a fine 39.
Much better.
But I am not 39 - yet.
It is fast approaching though.
I am expecting a gift.
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