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Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AAA
Date: July 21, 2009 01:01PM
Not going at all is too obvious a punishment.
Just for grins and giggles, let's say your family has been a royal pain in the butt.

What are some creative locales/destinations/etc. where the appearance of trying to have or plan a vacation is there, but in reality has a high suck factor?

Biggest ball of twine?
Exxon Valdez eco-tourist cleanup dude ranch?
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: July 21, 2009 01:02PM
. . .won't you be punishing yourself since you will be with them. . .?


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AAA
Date: July 21, 2009 01:04PM
My enjoyment will be watching them suffer, silly.

Or, you've given me a good idea. Book NONrefundable tickets, and fake a broken leg.

"No, honey, you go on without me.... I wouldn't want you and the kids to miss the WATCH PAINT DRY MUSEUM" smiling smiley



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/21/2009 01:04PM by AAA.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: July 21, 2009 01:05PM
Stay home. Hand out shovels so they can 'dig their own pool'.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: pRICE cUBE
Date: July 21, 2009 01:09PM
"Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?"

Ever been to Utah? patriot smiley


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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/21/2009 01:14PM by pRICE cUBE.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: lazydays
Date: July 21, 2009 01:09PM
Usually a family vacation is a compromise between what the kids and parents want, or between what dad and mom want. Plan your own vacation and invite them to come along if they like, but it will be YOUR vacation. Or just plan something for yourself. "Later everyone, I'm going on a two day fishing trip." The ungrateful can take care of themselves. :-)
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AlphaDog
Date: July 21, 2009 01:11PM
You really have been in a rather foul mood lately, haven't you? Wanting your house to burn down and now this. There was something else recently, too. Do you need a group hug? smiling smiley
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: decay
Date: July 21, 2009 01:11PM
Chuck E Cheese


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AAA
Date: July 21, 2009 01:15PM
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AlphaDog
You really have been in a rather foul mood lately, haven't you? Wanting your house to burn down and now this. There was something else recently, too. Do you need a group hug? smiling smiley

Awwwwww... you noticed... how nice. smiling smiley

We can meet by the hay baler's national monument for our group hug(s)!!!! smiling smiley
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: billb
Date: July 21, 2009 01:25PM
tent camping at AnaheimResort RV park
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: pRICE cUBE
Date: July 21, 2009 01:27PM
All seriousness, take them to national parks in Utah such as Arches. The hiking will do them good. Just pack enough water. That should toughen up your wiggle smileysoft family


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: Kiva
Date: July 21, 2009 01:39PM
wally-world


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: kj4btkljv
Date: July 21, 2009 01:51PM
Is this immediate family (wife and kids), or extended family (in-laws, aunts, uncles, etc.)? If extended, and you really want a doozie of a lousy vacation, grab your sunglasses and head to the nude beach. Then, make sure you don't sit/lay together with all of them.

smiling smiley

Jeff
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AAA
Date: July 21, 2009 01:59PM
extended would have more than one meaning, possibly, then.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: mattkime
Date: July 21, 2009 02:01PM
tell everyone that you're going to disneyworld. drive for two days. then arrive at a burnt out....something, anything. declare that disneyworld burnt down and mickey mouse must be dead.


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: btfc
Date: July 21, 2009 02:05PM
Hiking in Yellowstone Park backcountry. The mosquitos are just starting to peak.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AAA
Date: July 21, 2009 02:07PM
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mattkime
tell everyone that you're going to disneyworld. drive for two days. then arrive at a burnt out....something, anything. declare that disneyworld burnt down and mickey mouse must be dead.

I really like this.

See... PEOPLE?... let's have some better brainstorming around here!!!
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: 3d
Date: July 21, 2009 02:10PM
Lancaster, PA - Amish vacation.
No Wifi WTF?! OMG!
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: rz
Date: July 21, 2009 02:16PM
As a twist on the Disney World thing, tell them you want to take them to the beach in Florida. Just make sure to take them to one of the east coast beaches (the gulf coast beaches are much nicer). Take them somewhere like Cocoa Beach. Everyone thinks Cocoa Beach is nice, as it sounded glamorous on "I Dream of Jeannie". Cocoa Beach is really a dump. In summer, the sand is like 200 degrees. And the humidity combined with the heat can be life-sapping. And tell them, that to save money, you've booked a hotel that's along the river. If the wind is blowing the wrong (right) way, the stench will knock them over. And the mosquitos!

The only bad part of this plan is that the Kennedy Space Center is nearby, and that really is a fun place to visit. Just tell them that it's closed or something.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AAA
Date: July 21, 2009 02:18PM
Cocoa beach is the most recent beach we've been to. When we went it was nicer than I expected. But, yeah, I am not a big AO beach fan.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: Jimmypoo
Date: July 21, 2009 02:24PM
Everglades Tour and Camping.

WIth tents that JUST make it past the alligator test.... but you can still hear them growl outside
all night waiting for food to emerge.

You take the A/C pop-up. Everyone else gets to rough it (your allergies to Mangrove Trees...)


========= better yet -- get a "motel" in Pahokee, FL - on Lake OKEE. If you've seen the YouTubes on
Oniontown, NY, this is the same! Only better! And EVEN BETTER if Lake OK is down to crusted mud.

Look about "5 o'clock" on the map. The prison is near too.





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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: decay
Date: July 21, 2009 02:25PM
Appalachian Service Project.


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: davester
Date: July 21, 2009 02:26PM
Yikes. Sounds like you need to go on a divorce court vacation.


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: MikeF
Date: July 21, 2009 02:34PM
Yuma, Az in summer. Be sure to visit the old prison. Just outside Yuma was where Star Wars 3 (original, 6 now; Return of the Jedi) was filmed.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AAA
Date: July 21, 2009 02:38PM
Can you divorce your kids? smiling smiley
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: ztirffritz
Date: July 21, 2009 02:42PM
Saskatoon?


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: lafinfil
Date: July 21, 2009 02:44PM
They can camp for free in my backyard, but they will need to mow it ... and pick up the dog poop.

I have a couple of extra labs this week so there will be plenty of poop for everyone !


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: bwicklander
Date: July 21, 2009 02:46PM
It's not the destination but the journey... hee hee ;o)
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: rgG
Date: July 21, 2009 02:52PM
Three things to look for in the perfect "vacation from Hell in Florida":

1. Sand spurs



2. Biting Dog Flies



3. Jellyfish



Those three, actually any two of those three, are enough to make anyone miserable at the beach.




Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: Buzz
Date: July 21, 2009 02:52PM
Dollywood


Sometimes it is what it is...
and then there's times when it's really better.



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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: rgG
Date: July 21, 2009 02:53PM
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bwicklander
It's not the destination but the journey... hee hee ;o)

In reference to that, I can loan you my sister-in-law and a couple of her kids to make the trip "extra special". grinning smiley




Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: cowboyxjon
Date: July 21, 2009 03:00PM
Williamsburg, VA.
worst family vacation ever from when I was a kid.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: mattkime
Date: July 21, 2009 03:01PM
pack some tuna fish sandwiches made with spoiled mayo.


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AAA
Date: July 21, 2009 03:06PM
All mayo tastes spoiled to me.

And my wife's "Pig's Palate" means that my kids regularly eat out-of-date/spoiled food. Mayo in particular. smiling smiley

(sorry honey)
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: zeppo2
Date: July 21, 2009 03:08PM
Isn't Branson the logical answer? Kill me now...
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: AAA
Date: July 21, 2009 03:10PM
Do any commercial air carriers have a spotty record on LOST OFFSPRING?

Just sayin'
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: Doc
Date: July 21, 2009 03:28PM
Las Vegas.

You hit the tables.

Send them to the Hoover Dam in a rental car with no air conditioning.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: billb
Date: July 21, 2009 03:30PM
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: Grumpyguy
Date: July 21, 2009 03:43PM
AAA,

Any background info? Kids/wife driving you crazy?


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: July 21, 2009 03:46PM
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mattkime
tell everyone that you're going to disneyworld. drive for two days. then arrive at a burnt out....something, anything. declare that disneyworld burnt down and mickey mouse must be dead.

This is a variation of a Jack Handey "Deep Thought". Which gives me an excuse to post one of my favorites: If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: mattkime
Date: July 21, 2009 03:50PM
>>This is a variation of a Jack Handey "Deep Thought".

thanks for the attribution, i was unsure.


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: billb
Date: July 21, 2009 03:55PM
One week.
Interstate 10
Jacksonville to Santa Monica and back.
July or August.
No air conditioning.
$50.00 per day budget.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: artie67
Date: July 21, 2009 04:07PM
In California, how about Death Valley where it's 124 in the shade today and for the next two days. Dropping off to 119 the rest of the week. Ah, it's only 103 here in the sunny San Fernando Valley where you could stay at the Pixie Motel and dine at "Dr. Hogly-Wogly's Tyler Texas BBQ" and biofuel station.
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: testcase
Date: July 21, 2009 04:29PM
Microsoft Annual Shareholder's Meeting
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: Jimmypoo
Date: July 21, 2009 04:36PM
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: Ombligo
Date: July 21, 2009 04:39PM
I had a coworker that took his family to Disney World but never let them into the park. They just stayed at Ft. Wilderness the whole week.


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: space-time
Date: July 21, 2009 06:04PM
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NewtonMP2100
. . .won't you be punishing yourself since you will be with them. . .?

again (has been asked in a previous thread), why do you start all your posts with ...
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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: Black
Date: July 21, 2009 08:14PM
Get in the car and drive to Mexican Hat, Utah.

[www.google.com]

Get out of the car and take some pictures of the hat.

Drive home.



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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: WHiiP
Date: July 21, 2009 08:48PM
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space-time
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NewtonMP2100
. . .won't you be punishing yourself since you will be with them. . .?

again (has been asked in a previous thread), why do you start all your posts with ...


. . . why do you care?dunno smiley


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Re: Best vacation to punish one's lousy family?
Posted by: 3d
Date: July 21, 2009 09:06PM
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NewtonMP2100
. . .won't you be punishing yourself since you will be with them. . .?

again (has been asked in a previous thread), why do you start all your posts with ...

Off topic. Start another thread cartman smiley
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