The Bar

III · Post by **III** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:06 pm

p.s. - sorry bout that geekster. nice guys, and all that...

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:07 pm

I've already found that perfect 'something'... at my friend's house, he has this thing that I had to say "WHAT is this...?" It's apparently a long probe you poke into houseplant soil too see if the water saturation is high, low, normal. I decided I'm goign to take it to the playa, and walk around, requuesting to test people for anal retentativeness.. I'm going to rig it with a speaker that can say "WOOP WOOP WOOP! Anal Retentive! Anal Retentive! Please release sphincter muscle now!"

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:07 pm

we need white lab coats nothing underneath

III · Post by **III** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:08 pm

>I am SO getting a clipboard for the playa this year

i seriously carried a clipboard around from '98-'00, in order to keep notes on theme camp/village community issues, but it turned out to be funnier to just creep people out with it...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:08 pm

I think it would also be funny to get some people in suits and earphones with wires that disappear under their jackets to suddenly appear and surround someone as they are walking on the playa. You are walking along and suddenly there are 5 guys in suits walking with you. You ask them what they are doing and they say ... "We're from the government and we are here to help."

Like all of a sudden some random person gets "Secret Service".

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:11 pm

little matching silver Burning man lapel pins.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:11 pm

You could even create a phony "codename" ... pretend to speak into your lapel "binky is on the playa, repeat, binky is on the playa".

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:14 pm

Or little Stetson pins that look kinda like Larry's hat. Might be cool to pull that one on Larry himself.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:15 pm

how about the black briefcase red phone uplink.

could be a good place to carry cold drinks.

CoworkerLurker · Post by **CoworkerLurker** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:15 pm

III wrote:hey!

it stopped raining. i can make myself a hamburger!

STILL trying to figure out why you want to become a hamburger.

And why it has to be dry outside when it happens.

Barkeep! No more for me, please.

PurpleKoosh · Post by **PurpleKoosh** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:16 pm

geekster wrote:
GuinivereElise wrote: (umm, say... while you're down there...)
My pleasure, let me grab my snorkel and ... *he disappears again under the water*

My lover actually has a pussy snorkel. I can't look at him when he puts it on.

III · Post by **III** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:17 pm

(a) saying "we're from the government" isn't nearly as funnny as saying nothing at all.

(b) binky is always on the playa. if you run into her, giver her a hug from me.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:17 pm

CoworkerLurker wrote:
III wrote:hey!

it stopped raining. i can make myself a hamburger!
STILL trying to figure out why you want to become a hamburger.

And why it has to be dry outside when it happens.

Barkeep! No more for me, please.

Shhh we try to be religiously accepting and inclusive.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:17 pm

I'm out guys. a quick nap before i head to the ll for the evening...

III · Post by **III** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:18 pm

and i (like some others) am intent on testing exactly what people mean by "radically inclusive".

III · Post by **III** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:20 pm

have fun, g.e.

don't get your ass grabbed by any strangers...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:21 pm

III wrote:(a) saying "we're from the government" isn't nearly as funnny as saying nothing at all.

(b) binky is always on the playa. if you run into her, giver her a hug from me.

Yeah, we need a name that nobody would use as a playa name ... Butt Muffin?

And I agree, rather than "we're from the government" ... a quizzical look as if you say "what the hell do you mean, who are we?"

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:22 pm

even one guy done up like a secret service guy and you know the boards would be buzzing with the did you see the Bush twins threads.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:23 pm

Have Fun GE

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:24 pm

Have to be two ... they never work alone ... and one of them should do the old gag with the sunglasses under the sunglasses. Walks up to someone to talk to them, takes of their sunglasses and there is another pair underneath.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:25 pm

Night, GE ... it was fun .... uhm ... snokeling with you.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:28 pm

I know it doesn’t really fallow but for some reason I just had a minds eye image of the pope-mobile crossing the playa.

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:33 pm

geekster wrote:
III wrote:(a) saying "we're from the government" isn't nearly as funnny as saying nothing at all.

(b) binky is always on the playa. if you run into her, giver her a hug from me.
Yeah, we need a name that nobody would use as a playa name ... Butt Muffin?

And I agree, rather than "we're from the government" ... a quizzical look as if you say "what the hell do you mean, who are we?"

We did an event (caco) where we had people plant odd objects in public parks in plastic bags. We would then pull up later in a plain white van and a group of people in bunny suits would rope off an area. They would do odd things in the roped off area with weird looking instruments (old electronic equipment with glued on buttons and dials). They would speak on a walkie talkie to a 'supervisor' goup in code.

"Alpha cheese mayo. Over."
"Roger bean curd, the Tori Amos level is stable. My dog has fleas. Over."
"Pete moss is on the old catflap. Jeeves jeeves. Over."
"Midget schtuffer! Corn dogs are through the roof! I repeat, corn dogs are through the roof!"

If anyone asked, we say we were checking fertilizer levels or some other obvious blatant bullshit. Eventually something like a cabbage patch kid would be uncovered and we would leave while telling people that there was 'nothing to see here'.

Did I mention that I like fucking with the public?

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:52 pm

Yeah, I would love to get involved with some caco stuff but it is hard to get away on weekends with the little ones here. Other guys can play golf on Saturdays, why can't I go fuck with the public? Jeez!

Anyway, yeah, I love doing stuff like that too. It has been way too long since I did something like that.

III · Post by **III** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:53 pm

gotta be careful with caco stuff and kids. next thing you know, you're trying to make it kinder and gentler so that you can include them in stuff...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 7:59 pm

Yeah, I want to leave them home.

One time when I was in the Army ... about 10 of us made "togas" out of bedsheets and were going to "invade" the bar across the street. We had combat boots, togas, and helmet liners. We got almost to the gate when a paddy wagon and two patrol cars of MPs closed in and loaded us up in the wagon. They hauled us over to the Provost Martial, got us out of the van, ran us into the station and lined us up.

The watch commander wanted to know what we had done and the desk sergeant said nothing, he just wanted him to see us first hand because if he had told him, he wouldn't have believed it.

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 8:51 pm

~~~~~~heli suddenly wakes back up, shakes his head~~~~~~~
Hey, where is everyone?

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 8:56 pm

hey dude I'm here but not for long....must sleep. no booze...only echinaechea

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:01 pm

booze + echinacea = I don't care if I am sick

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:10 pm

thanks for the spelling heli