Litiquette VII

[Andrewlongcock]

Yes it’s fun. Once. . I don’t think I’d be up for multiple rides.

I will get on a roller coaster if everyone else is going to ride it....sometimes it makes me nauseous, and sometimes I can’t look (it’s killing me, it’s taking control)

Guess it’s just the price I pay when destiny is calling me.

 

[Trekka]

I will get on a roller coaster if everyone else is going to ride it....sometimes it makes me nauseous, and sometimes I can’t look (it’s killing me, it’s taking control)

Guess it’s just the price I pay when destiny is calling me.

That’s too funny.
I was on a ride once where we were hurtling at the speed of light toward a sheer rock wall and it made a very last minute turn — but right before the turn I hear my dad go deadly serious, “Oh God. They’ve made a mistake.”

 

[QuietCanadian]

Fuck yes it’s fun!

And back in the olden days, hundreds of years ago, when I was a wee teen, you could take off your safety belt and turn upside down and you’d stick to the wall upside down. Epic.

Now they basically send you to jail for upside down gravitronning. Pity. It’s a rite of passage.

Upside down? I'd need to be held afterward.

 

[Trekka]

Yes that sounds like a good name for it. I want to say it was called Space Mountain when I last went on one.

I really hate roller coasters. I’m great at holding all the bags and snacks while other people ride them.

Space Mountain is one of the big rides at Disney World here ...
Maybe that’s why we have to use alternate names for the spinny rides down in FL.
I swear every blue collar latchkey kid in a 900 mile radius of me called it The Gravitron like it was in the Oxford Dictionary.

You’ve got stuff-holding skills! And you do it without resentment or impatience? You’re a gem. I could learn from you.

Upside down? I'd need to be held afterward.

Yes upside down! Live a little, man!

 

[QuietCanadian]

Space Mountain is one of the big rides at Disney World here ...
Maybe that’s why we have to use alternate names for the spinny rides down in FL.
I swear every blue collar latchkey kid in a 900 mile radius of me called it The Gravitron like it was in the Oxford Dictionary.

You’ve got stuff-holding skills! And you do it without resentment or impatience? You’re a gem. I could learn from you.

Apparently it's had some names...

"The Gravitron (also known as the Starship, Starship 2000, Starship 3000, Starship 4000, Starship Area 51, Starship Gravitron, Starship Exodus, Alien Abduction, Alien Invasion, Twister, Devil's Hole, Area 51, Flight To Mars, and Enterprise)..."

Yes upside down! Live a little, man!

I will if you'll hold me when it's over. I mean, if we actually survive.

 

[Trigger_Warning]

I used to love roller coasters and that all changed sometime in my 30’s. I would be hard pressed to ride one now.

 

[Endless_Night]

< Rollercoaster rides or merry go rounds?

Rollercoasters all the way!!! Though, I too am a fan of the carousel horses.

Merry go rounds. I don’t like roller coasters. But the rides where you spin around and the floor drops? Those are fun.

You are a better woman than I, SexyBritches. Those things make me all kinds of queasy.

You need to either in a down blanket or some heavy wool ones then. >

I believe you! *sends more blankets*

Wool! I do not have wool blankets. Consider them ordered.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Rollercoasters. Arms up—no holding on. Go limp, get hard and enjoy the ride!

Merry-go-rounds are fun too. They seem more like a romantic or nostalgic ride, though. But you have to be on a horse, none of that non moving booth chair crap!

I like rides, but the only one I hate with an unbridled passion is the Ferris Wheel. That one scares me.

 

[Sh75]

Late night question but I think evening time is a good time to dig deep:
Rollercoaster rides or merry go rounds?

Roller coasters for sure, the faster and scarier the better.
Dont like going round in circles, i got sick on the cup and saucers at disneyland for christ sake.

 

[Trekka]

Lol! ^^

I’ve never gotten seasick, motion sick, car sick, or airsick in my life. Not once. I wonder sometimes how I’d do in that astronaut training spinning wheel thing that makes you pass out? They always used to show it on the commercials for Space Camp.

@HW - Ferris Wheels. I might be with you. Depends. I’ve been stuck in them before and had to just wait it out. I’ve been in the dangly car and the guys I was with started rocking it just to freak me out. And it worked.

But last year (two years ago?) I was in Orlando with my daughter in a huuuuge one where each car has a/c and it’s like being in the club seats at a ball game! There’s even a stripper pole in the middle. Which I think is for holding onto. Unless you’re a loose woman like me.

 

[Endless_Night]

< But last year (two years ago?) I was in Orlando with my daughter in a huuuuge one where each car has a/c and it’s like being in the club seats at a ball game! There’s even a stripper pole in the middle. Which I think is for holding onto. Unless you’re a loose woman like me.

Oh, man! That is not a real Ferris wheel! Where is the sense of danger?


(I'm not sure a stripper pole counts, you loose woman, you. )

 

[QuietCanadian]

I couldn't even do the London Eye. There's something about "outdoor" heights. Getting close to the edge of cliffs/terrain, like on Cabot Trail, Ferris wheels, the CN Tower edge walk, glass floors, etc. But going up in the CN Tower, airplanes, hiking upwards on mountainous type terrain with no cliffs, I'm good with that.

 

[Trixxii]

Late night question but I think evening time is a good time to dig deep:
Rollercoaster rides or merry go rounds?

Both! Roller coasters for the rush. Merry go rounds because the horses and other animals seemed so magical. Especially at night, my favorite time for pretty much all amusement parks.

Carnivals and fairs, love them too, just not for any type of rides, same reason as QC stated.

Have always been deathly afraid of Ferris Wheels. Scary AF.

 

[investor2020]

One experience on the early "elevator drop" ride was enuf!

Another interesting ride was on a roller coaster that went backwards, but thank goodness it was not one with significant down elements. A little disconcerting not to be able to anticipate the changes, up as well as down.

 

[Trekka]

So control freaks don’t like rides.... Noted....

Kidding.
I’m a total control freak.
I just also dig the adrenaline rush of getting strapped in tight, steel bar brushing against my legs, and the guy tells me to hold on to a...
Oh nevermind.

 

[SassySheDevil]

I can't do anything that goes too fast, too high, or upside down.

I"m a weenie and I admit it. My fear of heights has gotten worse as I get older. It's vertigo level now.

 

[Trekka]

So when the global apocalypse reaches its peak and its time to board the rocket to Mars... am I driving?! Or I’ll pass out the blankies and splits of liquor and rub everyone’s back?

 

[QuietCanadian]

So when the global apocalypse reaches its peak and its time to board the rocket to Mars... am I driving?! Or I’ll pass out the blankies and splits of liquor and rub everyone’s back?

Yes.

 

[Mr_bogey]

I’m not a fan of the whole falling thing. Spinning yes. Falling no.

I like a spinner.

 

[Mr_bogey]

I used to love roller coasters and that all changed sometime in my 30’s. I would be hard pressed to ride one now.

This is me, only i discovered the issue in my mid 40s.

 

[Mr_bogey]

I couldn't even do the London Eye. There's something about "outdoor" heights. Getting close to the edge of cliffs/terrain, like on Cabot Trail, Ferris wheels, the CN Tower edge walk, glass floors, etc. But going up in the CN Tower, airplanes, hiking upwards on mountainous type terrain with no cliffs, I'm good with that.

The London Eye was where I learned other cultures don't respect/cherish personal space like we do. We were first in line for our car and thought I secured a prime location. Being an ass man, I normally would enjoy one an inch from my face but when it's the ass of a 70 year old man, I had to re-evaluate my thoughts. There was no shame and no acknowledgement of my presence, just focus on getting the pics he wanted and he would kill to get them.

 

[parker77]

So when the global apocalypse reaches its peak and its time to board the rocket to Mars... am I driving?! Or I’ll pass out the blankies and splits of liquor and rub everyone’s back?

i got the helm. i was born in a cross-fire hurricane. never met a thrill ride i didn’t dig.

 

[hotwords229_A]

But last year (two years ago?) I was in Orlando with my daughter in a huuuuge one where each car has a/c and it’s like being in the club seats at a ball game! There’s even a stripper pole in the middle. Which I think is for holding onto. Unless you’re a loose woman like me.

I Lol’d.

 

[Trekka]

^^Glad I could capture you boys’ minds.

Sleeping, chilling, lounging, around the house...
That’s been the theme for a while now.
And I find I have suddenly amassed a giant collection of expensive pajamas.
I’ve spent fuckloads of money on fancy robes.
I think I even recently googled the phrase “luxury socks.”
It’s frivolous, but fuck it, it’s soft. And it feels good.
And I’m not even sorry!

So what’s something you’ve splurged on over the last (what is it now?) 9 or 10 months that is probably totally unnecessary but you are 100% willing to justify it, because covid.

 

[QuietCanadian]

Along the same lines, underwear. I have no idea why this is pandemic related, maybe a bit of extra money because I wasn't able to do anything else for a long while, but why on earth did I ever not buy top notch underwear? It's not like I was buying shit, but I was very much like "I'm not spending that" and then I'd head to our equivalent of TJ Maxx and try to find some decent stuff for a more reasonable price. Even if I found some I liked, they never have the same stuff twice. Now I'm very much "shut up and take my money." It's soft, it's comfortable, it fits properly.