tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post7020551819520256433..comments2024-02-02T19:40:16.372-08:00Comments on me and you and ellie: Yankee Doodle DayMe, You, or Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159195620327366257noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-49098162818841224262009-07-16T08:30:34.611-07:002009-07-16T08:30:34.611-07:00This was so fabulous!! I want that Greased Lighten...This was so fabulous!! I want that Greased Lightening tape!<br />...and I feel compelled to add to the memories:<br />*Dave Prindeville Hotz (he was a WASP from Greenwich) also rode a bike off the 3 meter while lit on fire and tossed it away before he and it hit the water.<br />* The greasing was not limited to watermelons as lubing up before a ruthless Sharks and Minnows game was a key, if underhanded, tactic.<br />*Remember the "grubbie" contests always won by Mike Rodenbush...the same Mike Rodenbush whose head derailed Julie's fall off the high board ladder. <br />* Moose is Dee Dee Daniels Pramer's father and he handed off his Uncle Sam garb to Johnny Piro a few years after the club foolishly moved Yankee Doodle Day to poolside. It's never been the same since since no one gets dressed up and parades across the porch.<br />*Mary Beth beat me in the poster contest when we were 10 or 11: the subject was pollution and her smokestacks were always better than mine.<br />*Goldfish toss into the pool - they never died in the chlorine but didn't live very long once they came home. That went by the boards with the new pool filters which hated fish.<br />THE BIG SURPRISE! Such a huge deal until the year the surprise was a marching band coming across the golf course....then it was lame as Ann said. But, when my daughter Megan was about 4, they did bring back the costumed characters in the form of Power Rangers. She had been afraid of costumed characters prior to but could see her Uncle Mark through the mesh eyes ...yes, Mark, Judd, Ted Coyne and others were actually roped into being the big surprise one year....good guys.<br /><br />Sadly, Yankee Doodle Day has gone totally PC (with the exception of the portable water slide) and we oldsters sit around drinking and telling stories about the Glory Days (thanks Bruce"<br /><br />Keep Moose (age 86 or 87) in your thoughts ... he's been in and out of the hospital this summer (in now) and he was so critical to our wonderful memories.Taminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-23128929175108028382009-07-03T14:37:52.125-07:002009-07-03T14:37:52.125-07:00Such fantastic memories. Have a great Yankee Dood...Such fantastic memories. Have a great Yankee Doodle Day, ladies!!Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370267947354641941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-83754831203817624972009-07-03T09:00:31.229-07:002009-07-03T09:00:31.229-07:00Well that's just something I have to see, Elli...Well that's just something I have to see, Ellie!<br /><br />I love your posts about the club, Jacquie. Someday, I swear, I'm going to get myself into that club.<br /><br />My favorite image evoked from this post is your mom in her wee tennis dress with tens of ribbons pinned to her, because with six amazing daughters, she must have been awash in ribbons. <br /><br />BethMe, You, or Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159195620327366257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-69517006615975576242009-07-03T08:57:01.782-07:002009-07-03T08:57:01.782-07:00As do I Ellie, and I still have the video, which i...As do I Ellie, and I still have the video, which is hilarious. Great post Jacquie, Happpy Yankee Doodle Day y'all. love momMom C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-53373628015725906842009-07-03T07:44:15.386-07:002009-07-03T07:44:15.386-07:00Oh, how I love this, Jacquie. And how I loved Mom ...Oh, how I love this, Jacquie. And how I loved Mom and her girlfriends doing Greased Lightning, although Julie was embarrassed (much as she embarrassed her mini-Julie, Colleenie-girl, by doing the Funky Chicken on roller skates in Col's formative pre-teen years.<br /><br />And you'll be happy to know, if you need the Greased Lightning dance done, I still know all the moves.<br /><br />EllieMe, You, or Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159195620327366257noreply@blogger.com