My undergrad doesn't count, because they didn't have a football team, but through grad school and four years of working for a university, not one game have I attended, of any type. I'm not proud though, there is just so much else I'd rather be doing.
We (my husband and I and our son, 18, and daughter, 15) visited Disney World for several days in 1992 while in Orlando for the Rotary International Convention, guests of my father and staying in my parents' timeshare. They paid for everything, and we enjoyed it inordinately. I have never felt any burning desire to return, however--especially if I had to pay for it myself! I have to say, though, that if you want to go with kids, ours were the right age--old enough not to complain (much) about standing in lines (and to appreciate the country pavilions at Epcot), and the older one was old enough to take off on his own and just meet us back at the car at closing time.
I think that’s a huge part of my refusal to go. There’s no value there, even if I got Florida resident tickets. You’ve got to add expensive parking and expensive food and beverages. I’d much rather spend all that money on a trip to Europe.
I was nine and my sister 13 when I first visited Disneyland. This was before the current system of a day ticket good for all rides. My 10 ride ticket packet cost $2.50 and my sister’s was $3.50. I paid for mine myself from saved allowance money which was probably 1/3 of the money I had for our cross-country trip. My parents also got the cheapest tickets they could get and gave most of their ride tickets to us. When I was in LA years later I was shocked at the prices. Here’s the interesting thing after my daughter had been to both Disneyland and to Williamsburg (that place more than once) I asked her if given a choice which she’d rather go to she said “Williamsburg.”
I should add that my daughter also picked Metamorphosis by Ovid for the essay about her favorite book when she was in 8th grade for her future ninth grade English teacher. Sometimes I wondered where she came from.
I would definitely pick Williamsburg myself. I went once as a teenager and once as an adult (but over 50 years ago). Unlike Disney World, it probably hasn't changed a lot.
Me too.I love Williamsburg. Did many government classes at Camp Perry. Next door. Never been to a Disney park but several times to a Flags park. Really artificial for me.
I have never been to Disney World of which I am likewise proud. I did go to DisneyLand, but that was when it had very recently opened and wasn't what they are today, so it doesn't count.
I went to Disney World when it first opened -- on a business trip. I worked for a financial publication, and some banking association was holding a convention there. The only thing I remember about the trip is that when I first got off the plane in Orlando and went
to get a cab, I saw that all the car fronts were covered with what looked like black mud. They turned out to be squashed "love bugs," which were flying around everywhere in Orlando that time of year and got squashed when they hit the cars.
You really got the central Florida experience - love bugs. I remember the airline flight attendants freaking out about the bugs as they swarmed the plane - I believe the bugs are attracted to gas fumes. Make a mess of your car finish, too.
never have I ever seen any variation of frozen, live or on any screen. Yet. I am sure there are people in my gen x age group who have seen every disney animated movie that came out in our lifetimes , or at least since our adolescence.
I think that Rachel is less than 40 years old. Age seems to be a quantity rather than a number, so, just as you wouldn't say, "I paid fewer than $40 for this [whatever]," she is not fewer than 40 years old.
I suspect that Gene was messing with us. he could have avoided the number v quantity question entirely if he had written, "Rachel is younger than 40," or "Rachel has yet to turn 40."
Sorry. Don't agree. In the context here, her age (or number of years old) is being counted, not measured. Gene is playing with numbers in the sentence in question. But I await the fiat from the Imperial Court.
Sure. But, as I said, the context here is "counting" not "measuring" things and moreover, comparing things (if sarcastically). That is, Rachel has been able to play "Never Have I Ever" 6,000 times more than Gene because she is fewer than 40 years of age (or old).
Have never voted for a Republican for President. I did once vote for a Republican for Governor, but I'm in Massachusetts and our republicans are not the same as they are in other places.
Never have I ever paid an insane amount to attend a charity fundraiser, especially if it requires dressing up (in clothes I don't have). I'd much rather just give the amount as a straight donation.
I was never spanked in school. In my high school class in Texas only one other student could say that. One time i missed it because the teacher had been a car crash and declined.
I got my third-grade teacher fired and committed to the nuthouse.
One very hot day in early June, I asked the teacher if I could get a drink of water. She didn't like me and said "no," and then proceeded to have another kid get her a glass of water, which she then ostentatiously downed in front of me. When I got home at lunchtime, I ran to the refrigerator, grabbed a container of milk and gulped the whole thing down, as my mother stood by stunned. When I told her what happened, she complained to the principal, who agreed it sounded bad but urged waiting a week or so until the school year ended. Then they put her in a facility.
never have I ever bought ice cream cones from the supermarket or put ice cream in a cone instead of a bowl at home. Ice cream cones are for ice cream parlors! It never occurred to me to buy ice cream cones until I saw them in the supermarket and realized it was possible to make them at home. Still a no go. Not worth the effort.
Never have I ever gone to a Disney theme park even though I currently live less than two hours from Orlando. I’m inordinately proud of this.
I lived across the street from the football stadium for all four years of college and never went to a game. I am likewise inordinately proud.
I’m proud of you, too.
My undergrad doesn't count, because they didn't have a football team, but through grad school and four years of working for a university, not one game have I attended, of any type. I'm not proud though, there is just so much else I'd rather be doing.
We (my husband and I and our son, 18, and daughter, 15) visited Disney World for several days in 1992 while in Orlando for the Rotary International Convention, guests of my father and staying in my parents' timeshare. They paid for everything, and we enjoyed it inordinately. I have never felt any burning desire to return, however--especially if I had to pay for it myself! I have to say, though, that if you want to go with kids, ours were the right age--old enough not to complain (much) about standing in lines (and to appreciate the country pavilions at Epcot), and the older one was old enough to take off on his own and just meet us back at the car at closing time.
I think that’s a huge part of my refusal to go. There’s no value there, even if I got Florida resident tickets. You’ve got to add expensive parking and expensive food and beverages. I’d much rather spend all that money on a trip to Europe.
The $$$$ is a huge part of it for me. Insane prices.
I was nine and my sister 13 when I first visited Disneyland. This was before the current system of a day ticket good for all rides. My 10 ride ticket packet cost $2.50 and my sister’s was $3.50. I paid for mine myself from saved allowance money which was probably 1/3 of the money I had for our cross-country trip. My parents also got the cheapest tickets they could get and gave most of their ride tickets to us. When I was in LA years later I was shocked at the prices. Here’s the interesting thing after my daughter had been to both Disneyland and to Williamsburg (that place more than once) I asked her if given a choice which she’d rather go to she said “Williamsburg.”
I should add that my daughter also picked Metamorphosis by Ovid for the essay about her favorite book when she was in 8th grade for her future ninth grade English teacher. Sometimes I wondered where she came from.
I would definitely pick Williamsburg myself. I went once as a teenager and once as an adult (but over 50 years ago). Unlike Disney World, it probably hasn't changed a lot.
Me too.I love Williamsburg. Did many government classes at Camp Perry. Next door. Never been to a Disney park but several times to a Flags park. Really artificial for me.
I worked there, then never went back. Until some “friends” dragged me there for an in-park Xmas party. Things I deeply regret. Don’t go.
I take it that Disney is a great employer not to work for.
They pay poorly and it's very hard work. Like many other places, of course. But you tend to expect more decency from the mouse, really. :)
I have never been to Disney World of which I am likewise proud. I did go to DisneyLand, but that was when it had very recently opened and wasn't what they are today, so it doesn't count.
I went to Disney World when it first opened -- on a business trip. I worked for a financial publication, and some banking association was holding a convention there. The only thing I remember about the trip is that when I first got off the plane in Orlando and went
to get a cab, I saw that all the car fronts were covered with what looked like black mud. They turned out to be squashed "love bugs," which were flying around everywhere in Orlando that time of year and got squashed when they hit the cars.
You really got the central Florida experience - love bugs. I remember the airline flight attendants freaking out about the bugs as they swarmed the plane - I believe the bugs are attracted to gas fumes. Make a mess of your car finish, too.
I have never purchased a vehicle with an automatic transmission.
I wish today's poll had more choices. The idea doesn't suck, but it's not brilliant, either.
never have I ever seen any variation of frozen, live or on any screen. Yet. I am sure there are people in my gen x age group who have seen every disney animated movie that came out in our lifetimes , or at least since our adolescence.
Never before have I described a Pool poll answer choice as "brilliant." And likely will never again. Leading the witnesses, your honor.
I think that Rachel is less than 40 years old. Age seems to be a quantity rather than a number, so, just as you wouldn't say, "I paid fewer than $40 for this [whatever]," she is not fewer than 40 years old.
I suspect that Gene was messing with us. he could have avoided the number v quantity question entirely if he had written, "Rachel is younger than 40," or "Rachel has yet to turn 40."
Sorry. Don't agree. In the context here, her age (or number of years old) is being counted, not measured. Gene is playing with numbers in the sentence in question. But I await the fiat from the Imperial Court.
Less rain, fewer raindrops
Sure. But, as I said, the context here is "counting" not "measuring" things and moreover, comparing things (if sarcastically). That is, Rachel has been able to play "Never Have I Ever" 6,000 times more than Gene because she is fewer than 40 years of age (or old).
How so?
How so what ?
The math and being under 40? I just did not see the correlation.
Never voted for Trump.
Have never voted for a Republican for President. I did once vote for a Republican for Governor, but I'm in Massachusetts and our republicans are not the same as they are in other places.
Hogan was Gov. in Maryland and we also have some Republicans that I did vote for in the past.
How about "Only once have I ..."
Born and raised in the South, more than 70 years old, never seen or read 'Gone With the Wind'.
Never have I ever paid an insane amount to attend a charity fundraiser, especially if it requires dressing up (in clothes I don't have). I'd much rather just give the amount as a straight donation.
Never have I ever gone to a pro football game or watched an entire game on tv. I hate football.
Never have I ever wanted to watch My Dinner With Andre again.
I recommend watching My Dinner with Herve'
Have wanted to see it for years. Finally watched on Prime. Bailed after 40 minutes.
You lasted longer than I did.
When Wallace Shawn finally(!) spoke up and called Andre’s BS, the audience applauded. Nuff said.
I hadn't realized that he'd done that. Funny thing is, he was so damned good in The Princess Bride.
Inconceivable!
I was never spanked in school. In my high school class in Texas only one other student could say that. One time i missed it because the teacher had been a car crash and declined.
I got my third-grade teacher fired and committed to the nuthouse.
One very hot day in early June, I asked the teacher if I could get a drink of water. She didn't like me and said "no," and then proceeded to have another kid get her a glass of water, which she then ostentatiously downed in front of me. When I got home at lunchtime, I ran to the refrigerator, grabbed a container of milk and gulped the whole thing down, as my mother stood by stunned. When I told her what happened, she complained to the principal, who agreed it sounded bad but urged waiting a week or so until the school year ended. Then they put her in a facility.
That's power, baby!
never have I ever seen an entire hockey game, either live or on TV.
Rodney Dangerfield said that he once went to see a prize fight and a hockey game broke out.
This is, I hate the word, but, an eclectic crowd. We’ll probably read of a lot of common middle class pleasures avoided.
never have I ever bought ice cream cones from the supermarket or put ice cream in a cone instead of a bowl at home. Ice cream cones are for ice cream parlors! It never occurred to me to buy ice cream cones until I saw them in the supermarket and realized it was possible to make them at home. Still a no go. Not worth the effort.