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are changes within 60 days of 10/16/2001| We Go Fishing This campfire staple was originated by Shavor, Passout Paul, and John Hamlon back when they were in Troop 429 in Concord. The sketch was later taken over by staff members and performed for several years with a rotating cast including Jon Hill, Charlie Bill, Shavor, Brendan and Paul. The skit involved, as the story goes, some fishermen who passed the time by performing modifications on a simple sea chantey. Some of the modifications sounded suspiciously like "Mack the Knife", U2's "She Moves in Mysterious Ways", "The Brady Bunch", the Door's "Break on Through", the Beatles rendition of "Twist and Shout", and Nirvana's "Smell's Like Teen Spirit" amongst others. Each variation on the song would involve prop and costume changes (without missing many beats) and ended with the fishermen once again fishing with their simple chantey. A definite crowd pleaser. | |
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| We're going to do to you what you were doing to John Travolta A line from a porno the Chicoites had. In the pivotal scene, the "babysitter" used a poster of John Travolta to pretend that she was having oral sex performed by Mr. Travola. The "parents" spied this through the front window and entered with lascivious grins, uttering this memorable line. | |
| "We're heroes" Phrase uttered by Miles constantly on his relief trip to bring back to camp a young girl a camping expedition had found wandering downstream. Staff still uses that phrase when going on S&R type exercises. Pronounced very nasally. | |
| "wear shoes" Sage advice given by the podeitrist who dealt with Charlie Bill's mangled toes after he dropped a steel loading ramp on them whilst wearing sandals. Charlie Bill has taken to giving this sage advice whenever foot injuries occur. | |
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| West Sacramento Just to the west of Sacramento lies West Sacramento, underscoring the imagination of our city founders. The two cities are separated by (surprise) the Sacramento River, the banks of which are dotted with landings and decomposing landings. West Sac is rough and tumble, being the site of much of Sacramento's remaining heavy industry and a number of business parks. A number of the major roadways through town run though low-income sections, coloring the local opinion of town as somewhat run-down and undesirable. | |
| whipped Polite use of "pussy-whipped" or "penis-whipped". Implies that the one's partner in a relationship is the dominant one in a somewhat insulting manner. Often used to describe someone who is resisting going out because of obligations to the significant others. Often used as a taunt during beer-pressure sessions when one mentions prior obligations to significant others. | |
| whiskey dick Impotence that has its roots in over-consumption of alcohol. As Shakespeare said: "Lechery, [drink] provokes and provokes: it provides the desire, but it takes away the performance." (Macbeth) | |
| white trash Northern California's so-termed "white trash" are known by other names depending on locale: rednecks, trailer trash. Low-income white folk who seem stuck a decade behind the times, pay with food stamps, have a broken down muscle car or two out front, regularly fight, use and deal drugs (heavy into crystal meth), prostitute themselves, are missing teeth, get evicted, smoke GPC cigarettes, drink a lot, and dress like they are far more attractive than they really are. The Golden Eagle place's neighborhood wavers back and forth between being dominantly white trash. Those trailer parks that are not primarily composed of retirees usually are dominated by white trash. Prime NorCal white trash havens include West Sacramento, Chico, Richmond, parts of Berkeley, and pocket communities in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Think Fox's "Cops" TV Show. | |
| White Trash Party Shavor's infamous party that resulted in his eviction. The participants were all instructed to come in proper trailer trash attire. Unfortunately, much trailer trash behavior ensued, including bags of vomit being tossed from the balcony. The eviction notice came during a slugfest viewing of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, ruining that movie forever. | |
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| whitebread As in "as white as/whiter than". A person who is whitebread has absolutely no soul. Henry is whitebread. | |
| Whitney Mt. Whitney, tallest mountain in the lower 48 states, located nearly mid-state near Death Valley. Site of 2000 and 2001 attempts to scale it's heights by House members. At 14,494 feet, the trail winds a good five to six miles into what mountaineers call the "Death Zone" of altitude danger. While not a extremely technically difficult hike, it is an incredible mental hurdle. | |
| "Who's the asshole now?" In the movie Swingers, the drunken Trent makes a scene (well, several) in a diner. Midway through, he jumps up on the table and shouts a line that we've perverted thusly. Used in any good overly-loud drunken encounter. | |
| Whole Earth A three day festival of music, food, and just plain fucking off in the great outdoors. Held at UC Davis on Mother's Day weekend, the event has a definite hippie vibe about it. Icon of the 60's Wavy Gravy is often in attendance, sometimes walking his pet fish. While beer is not allowed on campus, they don't seem to have a problem with everyone blazing up. | |
| wifebeater A white ribbed tank-top undershirt worn as the only shirt. This style is fairly common with the vatos, some groups of skins, and white trash. | |
| wig To freak out or go crazy. Also seen as the longer "wig out" or in action as "wigging". This has two usual contexts, the first indicating anger or astonishment: When she found out that I'd slept with her sister, she wigged out. The second, similar, context relates to a bad drug reaction: He shouldn't have taken that second hit of acid--we ended up spending half the night sitting on him while he wigged. | |
| Wild Orchid Topless bar on the south side of downtown Reno, across the river from the strip (no pun intended). This club seats 500 and, being topless only, features a full bar at extreme prices. This was the destination for both Roy and Young Dave's bachelor parties. Unlike many of its cousins, the Wild Orchid actually is something of a "gentleman's club", as its billed, having a men's room with attendant and requisite amenities. | |
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| Will Haley Bill, Hank, and Molly all knew Will Haley separately. What was surprising was that Will was a fairly quiet, normal guy. Bill was in Boy Scouts with him in San Ramon, Molly went to school with him (where she knew him as "Farmer Will") and Hank knew him from a FOAF and was at his family's cabin once. Since there seems to be such an interconnection with Will, we'll now ask anyone from the San Ramon area whether they know him or not. | |
| William Land Park Large park in the middle of Sacramento. The park hosts the city's laughable zoo, as well as a small amusement park for kids, pony rides, a municipal golf course, and numerous ponds. | |
| Wolfeboro cold Not really cold but somewhere below room temperature. The temperature at Camp Wolfeboro would usually drop down to the mid-40s at night making canned beverages about the same. If the beverages were kept in the shade they could be passingly drinkable without further refrigeration. | |
| The Wolfeboro Movies During the pre-season of Wolfeboro 1990, Shavor and Brendan were in Chico and could not attend a very important staff meeting. To please Cam and Beth, they made a video and sent it for viewing at the first staff meeting that included the "young-uns." This short video, while crude, set the tone for two more movies (and a fourth never-edited one) whereby Shavor and Brendan would play almost all the roles and very distinctly poke fun at each of the staff's quirks during their "guest appearance." Plots included kidnapping Beth and Cam's plan to turn Wolfeboro into a cement Disneyland. In the later videos, staffers would help in production (Charlie Bill played Golfes, Jesse played Charlie Bill). The narcissic videos were a highlight of Shavor and Hurd's college friendship, although huge fights and "walks off the set" were common since Brendan "never had time" and Shavor, "was obsessed with the project." The original tape is lost; "alleged" victim of Charlie Bill's mom, although Charlie Bill swears he returned it. A mysterious "copy" is maintained by Shavor and brought out various parties, despite frequent moans.(Ct'sy Chris Shavor) | |
| The Wolfeboro Road Road into camp that winds about 2.5 miles over a rocky granite infested track. The road is subject to quite a bit of erosion, being as it is in snow country, and is usually only passable by 4x4s and similar sturdy vehicles. This road, being the only way into or out of camp, is regularly traveled by all sorts who have given each stretch of road a name over the years: Top of the Road, Upper Bongos, Lower Bongos, Steel Pipe, Preacher's Turn, Garbage Turn, Buttercup Meadows and the infamous Jackass Slide. | |
| Wolfeboro Rumor Mill When there's no TVs, no radio, and no phones, the only thing media left is gossip. Considering the word-of-mouth nature of transmission, rumors and gossip would travel through Camp like wildfire. Allegations, anecdotes, and speculation were carried on the wind. There were often efforts to dispel such idle talk when it came to serious matters, but gossip always continued. Amazingly, the Rumor Mill works nearly as well in the outside world, especially as more and more people gain access to email. | |
| "woo" girl Mo's term for women who express excitement with forced "wooo" whoops. | |
| Woodland Northern California is bisected by a valley running it's length. The valley is dominated by large farms and the occasional magnet town supporting the locals. The first such town as one leaves Sacramento is Woodland. Woodland is typical of many of the farming magnet towns: hot, ugly and consisting of little more than the bare necessities. In recent years light industry has moved into the area a bit, utilizing it's proximity to Sacramento and the relatively inexpensive land values to construct superwarehouses: Walgreens and area music outlet Valley Media both have large facilities here. Hilary lived and worked here--the latter unavoidable and the former inexplicable. | |
| Woodstocks A popular downtown Davis pizza joint. Their large and somewhat secluded upstairs seating area made it a popular hangout for TCR freaks, as well as other large groups trying to hook up in the downtown area. Their pizza is some of the best in the valley, and certainly the most accessible. | |
| worked 1) Insulted, though not necessarily verbally. Ex: You see Kobe take Webber to the hole? Man, that boy got worked 2) Exhausted. | |
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| x's over eyes In cartoons when a character is incapacitated they are drawn with X's where their eyes should be. This dates back to the practice of sewing a corpse's eyes shut. When drinking, it indicates a state of being blotto. The accompanying hand gesture made is to cross the first two fingers of each hand (as if for luck) and to place them over the eyes. | |
| X-year plan Refers to the number of years it will take or took to complete college. Ex: I was on the five-year plan, but I flunked biochem. | |
| Xena Geoff and Jen's other dog, a brown mutt with a strange knack for kicking guys in the junk. | |
| yardsale A skiing term referring to a particularly spectacular wipeout. Clothing and equipment are strewn along the crash path, resembling a yard sale. | |
| Yfoog Every hero has his dark side, and Goofy was no exception. Not only was he a camp icon as a positive role-model, his antithesis, the Yfoog was the release from the strains of Goofyness. Somewhat combative and competitive events like broom ball, game shows, and even pseudo-pugilistic competitions were set up on a weekly basis to serve as a release for some of the pressures of living and working in a demanding environment. These were usually well intended and re-energizing experiences. | |
| yo Young urban hipster of the hip-hop variety. Current trends in yo clothing tend towards the oversized, especially in jackets: huge monstrous things worn year-round. | |
| "you are racism" A fellow camp staff member told Brendan this once after being ribbed mercilessly by B-rock. The camp staff is something of a family and are prone to good-natured insults, just like all brothers do. Its a way of blowing off little amounts of tension between people that might otherwise boil over in time. No target is safe: appearance, weight, hair style, hometown, sexual preference or ethnic background. Our culture has such a taboo about the latter type (especially when across ethnic lines) that this is sometimes not seen in the playful manner in which it is intended. | |
| "You don't get it, do you?" Brendan's father on a trip up I- 5 with Shavor and Brendan in the car attempted to make the trip more bearable by sharing a joke which was a bit esoteric. He repeated this phrase while attempting to explain the joke in great detail. This is a popular characterization used by Brendan when imitating his father. This same trip found the somewhat gruff elder Hurd wondering aloud what the appeal of Chima's was. | |
| "You don't understand." A popular Tuy-ism, used any time someone really didn't understand or (more commonly) disagreed with his viewpoints. | |
| "You kill it, you fill it" When the camp eats, each table sends a representative "host" camper who is the table's waiter of sorts. During those times that staff eats alone, everyone chips in towards the common responsibilities. When someone empties something, they are honor bound to refill it, hence this phrase. It was, of course, stolen and perverted by use in drinking games. | |
| "to you!" Originally, this was a toast that Brendan would give in the middle of meals up at camp. He would stand, usually encouraging an entire table's worth of scouts to rise with him and toast one of the better known people in camp like: "Cam Fraser, to you" The "correct" response was to return the toast, "no, to you!" This is best done with a vaguely French sounding accent. The popularity of this toast has come and gone, returning again in late-1999. [this is the 900th entry] | |
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| Yv-va One of the more colorful hangers-on. A friend of Cheryl's who worked in the same mall as her. Her real name was Yvette or Yvonne, whichever it was apparently got confused with the other (as can be seen readily here). She adopted this odd spelling in response. Yv-va is very much one of the downtown kids. | |
| Zyzzyx road Road in the middle of nowhere in between Barstow and Las Vegas. Geoff and Hank passed that way on an impromptu trip to Las Vegas. They were both extremely punchy at the time and found the road's name hilarious. In a strange turn of events, they found it mentioned as the cover story in a short-lived publication called "Far Out" the next week. No trip to Las Vegas can be complete without spotting the road, which apparently lead to a health spa at one time, and now leads to nothing. |
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