Let's do the time warp: Tea parties and Pirates

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    Originally Posted By DAR

    If you think about this week did we enter some weird Lostian time travel vortex and somehow end up in 1709.
     
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    Originally Posted By Disneymom443

    Boy I thought you were going to talk about "Rocky Horror Picture Show"

    Put your hands on your hips and pull your knees in tight....
     
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    Originally Posted By Disneymom443

    Sorry I hope I didn't offend you.
     
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    Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt

    I thought the same thing Disneymom443!

    All the Crazies up here in Boston even "dressed-up in period costumes" to attend these Tea parties!
     
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    Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta

    Why do you say they are crazy? It sounds fun to me.
     
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    Originally Posted By Mr X

    Was the point of these rallies to have fun?

    If so, why the "protest" angle?
     
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    Originally Posted By Disneymom443

    It must have been the new age Boston tea party.

    I heard about them on the news but didn't listen to much. So I'm out of the loop.
     
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    Originally Posted By Disneymom443

    I'll go back to WDW general now.

    (puts head down and walks back)
     
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    Originally Posted By RoadTrip

    I'm so out of it. I've never seen Rocky Horror so I had to Google to find out what Disneymom was talking about. The whole tea party thing showed me just how far behind the times I am. I’d never heard of tea-bagging either. I had to Google that too.

    No wonder tea is becoming more popular...

    ;-)
     
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    Originally Posted By mele

    No Rocky or teabagging? Geez, RT, you're letting me down.
     
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    Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta

    Disneymom! Don't go!!! It was hilarious!!!
     
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    Originally Posted By tiggertoo

    1709? I don't think tea was even introduced in American until 1715. ;-)

    Maybe they were protesting the tea-bagging of Queen Anne.
     
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    Originally Posted By EdisYoda

    Wait a minute, isn't tea bagging considered torture like water boarding?
     
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    Originally Posted By mele

    Most wives think so. Thankfully, it rarely happens.
     
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    Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta

    LOL
     
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    Originally Posted By DouglasDubh

    <Was the point of these rallies to have fun?

    If so, why the "protest" angle?>

    I think the fun was just a bonus.
     
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    Originally Posted By DyGDisney

    Disneymom -- the "Time Warp" song automatically popped into my head too.

    I remember, doing the Time Warp.....
    Let's do the Time Warp again.

    It was the late '80s, I was in highschool, midnight showings, big hair.....
     
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    Originally Posted By Mr X

    Maybe so, except that it exposes an otherwise legitimate and serious cause (out of control government spending, which IS something for us all to care deeply about and concern ourselves with) to easy ridicule.
     
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    Originally Posted By DouglasDubh

    Those inclined to ridicule didn't need an excuse.
     
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    Originally Posted By Mr X

    That's no reason to pitch softballs.
     

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