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Thursday, July 28, 2011

YOU KNOW YOU ARE AT SUMMER CAMP WHEN...


  • you're having lunch with 300 of your closest uniformed friends.
  • silly people run around campfires doing silly skits.
  • your butt touches the floor when you sit on your cot.
  • you find yourself singing Fred the Moose for the 3rd time in 3 days.
  • every afternoon you hear the sound of gun shots echoing around the hillsides, and no one's worried.
  • Jay walks around the campfire at night in his pjs, barefoot.
  • you're served red punch at every meal, including breakfast.
  • the "Dining Hall" looks an awful lot like a "Big Top" tent.
  • the SPL threatens to deck a kid and the counselor is ok with it.
  • little kids think they know more about shotguns than the counselors.
  • you're sitting around the campfire and Mr Adams is farting.
            (In my defense, it was "Taco Night", which included a large helping of Refried beans and I do recall
             saying "Excuse Me" !)
  • you get into arguments with other kids about star wars, and which little kid TV show is best.
  • you're surrounded by red-striped socks.
  • everyone around you has gone 3 days without showering and the smell is overwhelming.
You know you're at a pretty darn good Summer Camp when...
  • you get to use a toilet that flushes at some point during the day.
  • you're not sleeping "down hill."
  • you get a FRESH salad bar with both lunch and dinner EVERY NIGHT!




  • you have your choice of water: fresh water, light water, low fat water, diet water, city water, well water, mountain water, spring water, zero water, I can't believe it's not water, spit, sweat or "other"

You know you're at a luxury Summer Camp when...
  • the toilet comes with two mirrors and a HOT shower.
  • there are no flies in the mess hall (there MUST be SOME camp like that SOMEwhere... I vote we book one of those as soon as we get back!) :)

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