Cruise Day 5 - Juneau

Yesterday was fun. We were at sea all day and saw the Hubbard Glacier. I missed the approach to the glacier because yesterday was also the tour of the ship's theatre and my mom and I talked the technical director into giving me a private tour of the booth (heh. He was a nice guy, I heard all about all the technical elements that don't really work anymore and then we digressed into telling theatre ghost stories with the lighting designer.

They had the second round of the joke contest. I told my favorite blonde joke, but the Penguin Joke would have been more appropriate for that crowd. Most everyone brought the raunchy. lonelydumptruck told the ice fishing joke and we even got mom up there to tell one of her brother's favorite jokes.

We're in Juneau today. It's pretty grey and dull. lonelydumptruck hurt his foot a bit, so we're not up to walking the whole town the way we did in Sitka. We did go to the Capital and took the 'self-guided' tour. I liked some of the small touches. We went into the Speaker's office and there are 2 signs on the desk - one says 'Boo/Hiss' and the other says 'Don't Pick Your Nose'.

Right now we're enjoying a breakfast beer while I type this and we're hoping to hit the Alaska Brewery a little later in the day, then it is off to Ketchekan. If anyone would like postcards from our fabulous trip, the place to comment is a couple entries back. Seattle folks, the entry to meet up with us this weekend is there as well.

That's all I can think of for now.

Cruise Day 5 - Juneau

Yesterday was fun. We were at sea all day and saw the Hubbard Glacier. I missed the approach to the glacier because yesterday was also the tour of the ship's theatre and my mom and I talked the technical director into giving me a private tour of the booth (heh. He was a nice guy, I heard all about all the technical elements that don't really work anymore and then we digressed into telling theatre ghost stories with the lighting designer.

They had the second round of the joke contest. I told my favorite blonde joke, but the Penguin Joke would have been more appropriate for that crowd. Most everyone brought the raunchy. lonelydumptruck told the ice fishing joke and we even got mom up there to tell one of her brother's favorite jokes.

We're in Juneau today. It's pretty grey and dull. lonelydumptruck hurt his foot a bit, so we're not up to walking the whole town the way we did in Sitka. We did go to the Capital and took the 'self-guided' tour. I liked some of the small touches. We went into the Speaker's office and there are 2 signs on the desk - one says 'Boo/Hiss' and the other says 'Don't Pick Your Nose'.

Right now we're enjoying a breakfast beer while I type this and we're hoping to hit the Alaska Brewery a little later in the day, then it is off to Ketchekan. If anyone would like postcards from our fabulous trip, the place to comment is a couple entries back. Seattle folks, the entry to meet up with us this weekend is there as well.

That's all I can think of for now.

By Popular Demand

The Penguin Joke



Once upon a time, there was a little baby penguin growing up at the South Pole and one day he went to his mother and said: "Mama, am I a penguin?" His mother replied, "You are my own darling son, I laid the egg you hatched from myself and I love you very much." The little penguin heaved a huge sigh, "Okay..." and waddled off.

A few years went by and the little penguin learned how to swim and how to fish. He tried the whole flying thing, but it didn't really work out for him and again he went to his mother and he said, "Mama, are you really, really sure that I'm a penguin?" His mother said, "I am a penguin. I laid and egg, you came out of it, you are a penguin." The little penguin heaved a huge sigh, "Okay..." and waddled off.

A few more years went by and the little penguin was finally a grown-up penguin. He was all ready to marry another little penguin and raise a penguin family with her. The night before his wedding he went to his mother and said "Mama, level with me: are you absolutely, really, truly, cross-your-heart-and-hope-to-die sure that I am penguin?" His mother replied, "Alright, look - I am a penguin, your father is a penguin, our parents are penguins, their parents were penguins, the very first penguin who ever said 'I'm tired, I'm just going to take a break from flying' was your great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, all your relatives are penguins, everyone I have ever met is a penguin, what is wrong with you, why the hell do you keep asking me this?!?!?!?"

and the little penguin replied "Because I'm freezing my BALLS off here!!!!"

By Popular Demand

The Penguin Joke



Once upon a time, there was a little baby penguin growing up at the South Pole and one day he went to his mother and said: "Mama, am I a penguin?" His mother replied, "You are my own darling son, I laid the egg you hatched from myself and I love you very much." The little penguin heaved a huge sigh, "Okay..." and waddled off.

A few years went by and the little penguin learned how to swim and how to fish. He tried the whole flying thing, but it didn't really work out for him and again he went to his mother and he said, "Mama, are you really, really sure that I'm a penguin?" His mother said, "I am a penguin. I laid and egg, you came out of it, you are a penguin." The little penguin heaved a huge sigh, "Okay..." and waddled off.

A few more years went by and the little penguin was finally a grown-up penguin. He was all ready to marry another little penguin and raise a penguin family with her. The night before his wedding he went to his mother and said "Mama, level with me: are you absolutely, really, truly, cross-your-heart-and-hope-to-die sure that I am penguin?" His mother replied, "Alright, look - I am a penguin, your father is a penguin, our parents are penguins, their parents were penguins, the very first penguin who ever said 'I'm tired, I'm just going to take a break from flying' was your great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, all your relatives are penguins, everyone I have ever met is a penguin, what is wrong with you, why the hell do you keep asking me this?!?!?!?"

and the little penguin replied "Because I'm freezing my BALLS off here!!!!"