Childhood Friends
This was on the spare tire cover of Tracy's red jeep.
What is a Smiley Face?
This is what Steve delicately named the long bristle brush in the sauna, and proceeded to write a song about it with the help of his younger cousins.
What is Grandpa Jerry's Weiner cleaner?
This is what Grandpa Jerry would call his grandsons when they were being naughty.
What is baha boyca?
This is how Dad justified any pitiful Christmas Tree we ever had.
What is calling it "a Charlie Brown Tree with character?"
This is what we ignorantly painted on our woodshed to impress Dad one day.
What is "The Whites?"
This is what Jamie forgot to add to the drinks we sold to the diabetic mail-man.
What is sugar in the kool-aid?
This was Dad's response to the biggest fish Henry Habermann has caught in his entire life. An extra 100 for what Grandpa Jerry and Dad called these types of fish.
What is threw it immediately off the dock? What is Slimy Snakes?
This is what Grandpa Jerry would walk out of the sauna in to the cabin twice a day. 100 extra for specific brand.
What is his tighty whities? What is BVD?
This is the record Mom liked to play featuring a song called "Mandy."
What is Barry Manilow?
This is the song we sang going through the tunnels at Zion/Bryce National Parks. 200 extra for singing it.
What is Veggie Tales' "Cheeseburger?"
This is the phrase Henry would yell at his second-oldest brother on the basketball court.
What is "Way to hustle Wussel, way to hustle!"
This is what the parents did in response to their 6 children being lost, stranded, covered in ticks, and heat blistered for 4 plus hours in the great north woods... more than once.
What is played cards, never calling the authorities... despite their infatuation with Dateline and 60 minutes?
This is the song Grandpa Jerry would jingle around regarding a man named Suchas. 100 extra for singing it in it's native language.
What is Suchas in the Sauna?
This is the song the three of us kids liked most off of Colin Raye's Christmas Album every year. 100 extra for singing the first verse. 200 extra for including actions.
What is "It could happen again."
This is what Mom called our quick little cleaning frenzy in order to lovingly gaslight us into thinking it wouldn't take long.
What is "a cluster buster?"
This is the major personal boundary Tracy and Allison crossed while Mom and Dad were out of town.
What is painting and redecorating their love-nest?
This is the most common snack on the table in the kitchen if Grandpa Jerry was involved.
What are twizzlers?
This is how Grandpa Jerry described Russel Neimi's language.
What is "colorful?"
This is the area of the house both parents would show every time they shot a home video.
What is the front door?
This is where we finally found Bethany after 2 hours of hide and seek, searching the entire forest, and nearly calling the National Guard.
What is behind the loveseat with her blankie?
In a moment of impressive heroism, Jenna saved this small child from drowning in a flooded fire pit at Hayward.
Who is Benjamin Nicolson? The current survival expert and servant of the US Forest Dept.
This is the establishment we mistook for the city Katie Poirer was kidnapped from, preventing us from sleeping in the camper peacefully while mom and dad played "one more hand" of up and down sipping nothing stronger than decaf Folgers in the cabin?
What is the Mooseline?
What is, "Later?"
This is the item in our stocking every year we pretended to be thankful for, and greatly under-appreciated. 100 extra for the brand.
What is underwear?
This is what Dad and Ed did every Sunday for part of the year, but it definitely wasn't actually gambling.
What is "bet via a community pool fund for every Nascar race, including Poll races."