dr.dawg Posted March 9, 2014 #151 Share Posted March 9, 2014 to jean1946. that is hilarious, of course -- but only up to a point. believe it or not i've met a lot of 'cruisers' who don't know the ship they are on, or are going on, or just went on. duh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mor mor Posted March 9, 2014 #152 Share Posted March 9, 2014 In the lady's possible defense, she may have been married to a sailor. Many of us that spent time on aircraft carriers routinely referred to the bow, stern, and the superstructure as "the pointy end, the roundy end, and the sticky-up part". This was thought to be the height of humor. We took our pleasures where we could find them.;) Exactly. My husband is a docent on the carrier museum the Midway, and he finds this much the easiest way to explain directions to visitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar_20 Posted March 9, 2014 #153 Share Posted March 9, 2014 It used to be "What time is the midnight buffet" now it's "Where is the midnight buffet". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLLEYBERRY Posted March 9, 2014 #154 Share Posted March 9, 2014 One of my favorites (and I'm sure I've posted this somewhere before), my husband had gone to one of the bars to get us a glass of wine and the guy sitting on the bar stool looked at my husband and asked "which ship are you on." Obviously sir, the same one you're on![/quote In fairness,depending on how much he'd had to drink ,he may of just been trying to figure out which ship he was on.:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugar333 Posted March 9, 2014 #155 Share Posted March 9, 2014 On our recent Regent cruise a lady asked where we were from. I replied Las Vegas but that my husband was originally from Hawaii, to which she replied, "Oh how does he like living in America?"!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsyAnne Posted March 10, 2014 #156 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Exactly. My husband is a docent on the carrier museum the Midway, and he finds this much the easiest way to explain directions to visitors. Ok, this is off topic, but DH and I just spent a few weeks in San Diego in our RV, and went to the Midway for the first time (although I have a sneaky suspicion my dad may have been on it some following WWII). The docents couldn't have been better! Thank your husband for us. Trish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted March 10, 2014 #157 Share Posted March 10, 2014 On our recent Regent cruise a lady asked where we were from. I replied Las Vegas but that my husband was originally from Hawaii, to which she replied, "Oh how does he like living in America?"!!!!!! That's ok. Years ago I lived in Hawaii. When I first moved there, I was asked where I'd moved from. When I said 'Seattle' the other person (a local) asked me what it was like "to live in the US". :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserninja1 Posted March 10, 2014 #158 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Our family took our first cruise last year . When we came back , my Godmother asked where we slept . I told her that we slept in a stateroom on the ship. She said " no, not while you were at sea ! I was asking where you slept when you got to the Bahamas !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyriecat Posted March 10, 2014 #159 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I was on a cruise with Silversea last month - my first with them. We had open seating at dinner. One night my husband and I were seated with two other couples. One of the woman asked what cruise lines we had been on. When I told her Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and Holland America, her immediate reply was, "I would never sail on one of those cruise lines. They have such filthy people." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessVIP Posted March 10, 2014 #160 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Not everybody drinks Bud Light for breakfast, lunch and dinner :rolleyes: I hope not, some people! :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare whogo Posted March 10, 2014 #161 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Not everybody drinks Bud Light for breakfast, lunch and dinner :rolleyes: Beer - It's not just for breakfast anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted March 10, 2014 #162 Share Posted March 10, 2014 That's ok. Years ago I lived in Hawaii. When I first moved there, I was asked where I'd moved from. When I said 'Seattle' the other person (a local) asked me what it was like "to live in the US". :eek: Still holding a grudge because of the Queen's overthrow, perhaps??? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Ellen Posted March 10, 2014 #163 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Still holding a grudge because of the Queen's overthrow, perhaps??? ;) I'm not that old, Ruth. ;) My point is - Stupid is everywhere. Sad, but true. Also, I give some (not a lot, just a little) slack to the woman cited earlier who didn't know Hawaii is part of the US. Not all Hawaiians do either. Edited March 10, 2014 by Mary Ellen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlohaPride Posted March 10, 2014 Author #164 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'm not that old, Ruth. ;) My point is - Stupid is everywhere. Sad, but true. Also, I give some (not a lot, just a little) slack to the woman cited earlier who didn't know Hawaii is part of the US. Not all Hawaiians do either. Ruth has a point. A lot of Native Hawaiians here do not acknowledge that Hawaii is an American state because they are still upset about the overthrow. There is a large population who would like us to become an independent country again. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper1 Posted March 10, 2014 #165 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'm not that old, Ruth. ;) My point is - Stupid is everywhere. Sad, but true. Also, I give some (not a lot, just a little) slack to the woman cited earlier who didn't know Hawaii is part of the US. Not all Hawaiians do either. I once jokingly told an American I had met on a cruise that Eastern Canadians consider Florida to be our 11th province. He pretended to think about it seriously and then allowed that it was no problem because a lot of Americans don't consider Florida to be part of the US. We both had a good laugh about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted March 10, 2014 #166 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'm not that old, Ruth. ;) I was referring to the local. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted March 10, 2014 #167 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) I once jokingly told an American I had met on a cruise that Eastern Canadians consider Florida to be our 11th province. I know I think of Florida as a northern state that got tacked on to the southern end of the country. Do any southerners live there? Edited March 10, 2014 by RuthC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlohaPride Posted March 10, 2014 Author #168 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I know I think of Florida as a northern state that got tacked on to the southern end of the country. Do any southerners live there? No LOL Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langoustine Posted March 10, 2014 #169 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I know I think of Florida as a northern state that got tacked on to the southern end of the country. Do any southerners live there? Yes, mostly in the northern part of the state (it's like an extension of Georgia up there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted March 10, 2014 #170 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We are fresh off the Noordam and met 4 people who just "found" the wraparound Promenade deck almost a week into the cruise. We just smiled and said, "Yes, it's a big ship and it takes some time to learn your way around." Inside though, we were wondering how this was possible, since muster is held there before you leave port. Although I guess it's possible to just go outside to your lifeboat station and not realize that it's one big deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diann744 Posted March 11, 2014 #171 Share Posted March 11, 2014 My best was from my travelling companion the one time the Evil Twin and I didn't sail together. The morning after our first night closing the Crow's Nest, she said, "tonight can we go to a bar with younger people?" "Sure," I said, "I'll call the helicopter." Weird thing is, we're both pushing 50 and were not obviously "out aged" at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seawoff Posted March 11, 2014 #172 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) My best was from my travelling companion the one time the Evil Twin and I didn't sail together. The morning after our first night closing the Crow's Nest, she said, "tonight can we go to a bar with younger people?" "Sure," I said, "I'll call the helicopter." Weird thing is, we're both pushing 50 and were not obviously "out aged" at all. Speaking of helicopters, on the Osterdam heading for Hawaii in 2012 our cruise director Eric tells us he was asked by a nice lady if the crew goes home at night. He replied oh yes we send them home each night in helicopters at midnight. The next night this same lady approached Eric to complain. The helicopters woke her up last night and she had a hard time getting back to sleep Edited March 11, 2014 by Seawoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diann744 Posted March 11, 2014 #173 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Absolutely love it! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda&Vern Posted March 11, 2014 #174 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) DH came back from a port last week on the Zuiderdam. Gangway was mid-ship A Deck. The elevator arrives but the couple in front of him don't make a move to get in. So he gets in and says "this is going up, are you getting on?" The reply was "no, we're waiting for the elevator going Aft." :eek: He came bursting into our stateroom laughing hysterically! Edited March 11, 2014 by Linda&Vern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runnergirl71 Posted March 11, 2014 #175 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I know I think of Florida as a northern state that got tacked on to the southern end of the country. Do any southerners live there? It's the 6th borough of NYC (Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and Manhattan being the contiguous ones. :) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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