wizard-of-roz Posted September 24, 2008 #51 Share Posted September 24, 2008 YEH!!!!!! In all the years that I've been on Cruise Critic, I've never "double posted".....Sorry! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMCruiser55 Posted September 24, 2008 #52 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Is this the weird stares thread or Bacon Lovers Anonymous meeting? :D Don't know if someone else stared, but I sure did when DH came back from the buffet with a small mountain of bacon on his plate. I wasn't even sure he had anything else on the plate! I asked him, did you leave anything for the other pax? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desperatewifeandmother Posted September 24, 2008 #53 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Last year on the Crown, DH was given plenty of stares and a wide berth as he was on the Pool Deck. He looks quite forbidding with a Shaved head and a large (tasteful) tattoo but he is probably the softest person in the World.It surprises me the way some people can pre-judge others.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard-of-roz Posted September 24, 2008 #54 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Last year on the Crown, DH was given plenty of stares and a wide berth as he was on the Pool Deck. He looks quite forbidding with a Shaved head and a large (tasteful) tattoo but he is probably the softest person in the World.It surprises me the way some people can pre-judge others.:rolleyes: And, from a place called "Saskatoon".....I'd be scared to stare! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare many cruises Posted September 24, 2008 #55 Share Posted September 24, 2008 We sometimes get weird looks when we get our "Welcome Aboard Drink" as soon as we step on the ship. It is usually late morning/noon & I'm sitting there drinking my favorite martini! I guess for some people it's a little bit early in the day...for me it's the start of a few days in paradise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsqrl Posted September 25, 2008 #56 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Let's talk about the "stares" that we dislike...... People who stare at your plate, while they're walking by, in the buffet Okay, I gotta cop to this one -- guilty as charged, ma'am. But I'm not staring in a criticizing-you-for-eating-the-Mt. Rushmore-of-bacon way, I'm just eyeballing your choices to see if I missed anything good -- cause you know everybody else's food choices always look better than one's own. Now, if I were to stop and snap photos of other people's plates -- that's going too far! Is there anyone out there who can think the word "bacon" and not hear that adorable dog in the commercial for Beggin' Strips: "Bacon, Bacon, I smell BACON!" I love those ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebr.cruiser Posted September 25, 2008 #57 Share Posted September 25, 2008 LOL at the bacon thing.. it's true... me too, but I like the fatty ones... yummm... you can keep the crispy ones! :D It's always interesting watching other people do the stare thing. On a Mediterranean cruise, there was a family of very overweight Germans who delighted in wearing the skimpiest thong-type swimwear. Watching other people's reactions as they passed by was priceless. I like the crispy, fatty ones. Yikes! Crisp fat! I think we bacon eaters have high-jacked this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxuriate Posted September 25, 2008 #58 Share Posted September 25, 2008 We always get stares, My DH is 6"6" and I am 5'2", yes we are quite a pair, sort of like mutt and jeff. But we have been married almost 40 years , so we do just fine. We ignore people that are rude and have a good time. Cori My husband is 25 years older than I am. We have been together for 15 years. Sometimes we get looks when we slow dance with each other in the lounge. Like they are thinking we are father/daughter???...NOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpwarder Posted September 25, 2008 Author #59 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I have to chime in on the crispy vs. fatty bacon issue. I will give NCL credit for this, they have a crispy tray and a fatty tray. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpwarder Posted September 25, 2008 Author #60 Share Posted September 25, 2008 strange, not sure how that became a double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceJ Posted September 25, 2008 #61 Share Posted September 25, 2008 We sometimes get weird looks when we get our "Welcome Aboard Drink" as soon as we step on the ship. It is usually late morning/noon & I'm sitting there drinking my favorite martini! I guess for some people it's a little bit early in the day...for me it's the start of a few days in paradise! You mean everyone doesn't do this!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWJs Posted September 25, 2008 #62 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Is there anyone out there who can think the word "bacon" and not hear that adorable dog in the commercial for Beggin' Strips: "Bacon, Bacon, I smell BACON!" I love those ads. Hey...I remember that commercial. Haven't seen it for a long while. Is it still running? ./////I will be checking out all the bacon eater's bacon the next time I go on a cruise. Bacon on a cruise will just never be the same. I had no idea bacon is so popular. No one has ever mentioned it as being their favorite food on the buffet but maybe bacon would be at the top of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWJs Posted September 25, 2008 #63 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Is there anyone out there who can think the word "bacon" and not hear that adorable dog in the commercial for Beggin' Strips: "Bacon, Bacon, I smell BACON!" I love those ads. Hey...I remember that commercial. Haven't seen it for a long while. Is it still running? ./////I will be checking out all the bacon eater's bacon the next time I go on a cruise. Bacon on a cruise will just never be the same. I had no idea bacon is so popular. No one has ever mentioned it as being their favorite food on the buffet but maybe bacon would be at the top of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted September 25, 2008 #64 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I don't think I've ever done anything that's gotten me weird looks on a cruise yet (at least, not that I've noticed....) After reading this thread, however, I'm thinking that on my next cruise I'm going to start taking photos of all the bacon-piled plates exiting the buffet line. That might cause some stares.....but I figure I'll be okay as long as I don't make any sudden moves toward the bacon. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camNaud Posted September 25, 2008 #65 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I love bacon too.... fatty or crispy :D However I do miss the good old Danish Back Bacon that we eat here at home - you never get it on cruise ships :( ..... Perhaps I should bring along a pack or two and ask for it to be cooked and brought to my table on my next cruise - then I might get some funny stares too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NthernLgts Posted September 25, 2008 #66 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I get weird looks all the time; it's hard to single out what I'm doing at any given moment to deserve them since my days tend to be weird look after weird look . . . I don't know why -- I seem normal to me . . . Anyhoo, Okay, these two stand out: 1. Sunbathing in 50-something-degree, very windy weather. In my defense, I will just say that the sun WAS out. And if it's out, I'm out. A magnificent tan doesn't just happen by itself, you know. 2. Grading a pile of midterm exams while waiting for trivia to start. Yes, that was me! Now some of you know exactly who I am; my anonymity is blown. Reading "Basic Economics, a Common Gense Guide to the Economy" pool side. That one got me a few :eek: (but it is a good book). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minoushka Posted September 25, 2008 #67 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I wear a red cap that says MICH on it and invariably I am asked if I am from Michigan DUHHH no My name is Michele -too long to put on cap so MICH it is People got mean with me during the Superbowl because I wore the Mich hat and they thought I supported Michigan ACtually I don't know the first thing about football American or Canadian ... THe cap remains a conversation piece or an ice breaker If I'm on your ship say HEllo Michele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbareeno Posted September 25, 2008 #68 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I have to chime in on the crispy vs. fatty bacon issue. I will give NCL credit for this, they have a crispy tray and a fatty tray. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Now THAT is a smart idea! You get the best of both worlds that way! FWIW I'm a crisp bacon guy. And yes, I could eat a mound of it every day for breakfast if I had the opportunity.....especially if it's nice and crisp!! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine426 Posted September 25, 2008 #69 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I was just thinking this morning, before I read this thread, how much I was looking forward to BACON on my cruise. I don't eat it at home, but enjoy it so much whenever I am out for breakfast. I hope no one decides to do a bacon interevention on me during the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip217 Posted September 25, 2008 #70 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I always get stares when I: Wear a baseball cap indoors Walk around with a toothpick hanging from the corner of my mouth Try to force my way onto an elevator before others can get off Walk around the ship in a bathrobe Try to go to the dining room in shorts on formal night Try to consume 10 free drinks in 3 minutes at the Captain's Welcome Party - and then take two more with me to dinner to save money Wait 15 minutes to take an elevator to the next higher/lower deck Drink soft drinks for breakfast Walk around the ship all day with a supersize soda in one hand a sandwich in the other Talk loudly on my mobile telephone with a crowd of passengers around me Eat dinner first in the Lido and then change clothes and eat dinner again in the dining room Take extra food back to my cabin to ensure that I will never go more than 90 minutes without a meal Order 6 main courses at dinner - just becuse it's "free" Start vomiting because I have eaten too much Start shouting at the purser desk because my cabin doesn't look as large as it did in the brochure Complain that the ship feels like it is moving Ask them to turn on/off the wave making machine in the swimming pool Insist that they cancel the evening show so that I can go to bed at 9pm without being disturbed Complain that nobody told me that satellite calls cost extra Complain that nobody told me that I need a photo ID to reboard the ship Complain that the cruise line is forcing me to go through immigration and customs Complain that the Captain parked the ship so that the view from my balcony is spoiled Complain when I am forced to pay for extras Complain that the ship is too large Complain that the ship is too small Complain that if I had known where this ship was going, I would not have taken the cruise Complain that none of the 17 items on tonight's menu interests me Eat the very same things for breakfast every single morning and then complain that the breakfast selection was so limited Complain that the ship did not celebrate my birthday that occurred 4 months ago Complain that I can buy a coca cola cheaper at Wal Mart Complain that there are so many children on a Christmas Cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellbeachjim Posted September 25, 2008 #71 Share Posted September 25, 2008 The strangest one we ever saw was Ed, a single guy travelling alone.....but with his teddy bear. On formal night they both got dressed in their tuxes and had their photos taken together. The ship's photographer told us later he was saving it for posterity. Let's just say Ed was a little odd. :eek: Nothing I do gets strange looks (I hope!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormy53 Posted September 25, 2008 #72 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Whole ship stares: Years ago I took a Carnival cruise with some friends. A group of 4 20-something guys were there with some interesting t-shirts. On the first sea day, 3 of them wore shirts that said "Where's Darryl?" Later on it was "I thought I saw Darryl!" The next to last day one wore "I'm Darryl!" and the rest "Found Darryl!". It was a lot of fun and we all had a good laugh.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard-of-roz Posted September 25, 2008 #73 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Philip: You really need to find something else to occupy your time...... And, Ed and Darryl....go eat some bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyPI Posted September 25, 2008 #74 Share Posted September 25, 2008 What great attidtudes you all have about swimsuits!! Thanks for giving me courage:p Once we boarding ship in Galveston during Mardi gra. We all purchased blinking hats in town and once on board the ship went walking around ship at night blinky!! Some refused to get into elevator with us.:eek: :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip217 Posted September 25, 2008 #75 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Roz, I actually enjoy this stuff. Wouldn't trade it for the world. This was just a small sample of the nonsense that causes stares every week of the year on my ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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