Yes, your honor, I am guilty of laughing. I laughed so hard my cheekbones hurt. I tried to hold it back but it just slipped out. I didn't know the nice little policeman/dnr/ranger/guntottin' dudes were right in front of us. I don't know how I missed them with those big balloon heads.....and their shiny badges.

They told me to stop laughing but Izzy wouldn't stop being funny. I was busted. Tears in my eyes, corners of mouth twisted upwards and there was nothing I could do. Busted! I am guilty. :::hangs head in shame:::

Yes, your honor I was drinking and I tried to stay sober but Trix put on the peer pressure and put a Bud Lime in my hand. I'll even admit that I liked it and repeated this offence TWICE! Take her too!

But, if I gotta go to jail for laughing you gotta give Izzy a life sentence for crackin' those funny jokes. Oh - and take Sun Catcher for forcing me to eat Ritz crackers and Squirt Cheese Sandwiches and those farts. Oh - and JB for going to bed early and trying to tell me what to do. And Greg for letting his inner arsonist out.

And Jan for drinking instant coffee. ::shiver::

Oops - meant to put pics on this.....stay tuned....

Your sentence is to attempt to infuse humor in the Wisconsin park official team - you must try for a cumulative 40 hours over the next 6 months to get them to laugh at a joke. Good luck.

quote Divainthewild: "Yes, your honor, I am guilty of laughing. I laughed so hard my cheekbones hurt. I tried to hold it back but it just slipped out. I didn't know the nice little policeman/dnr/ranger/guntottin' dudes were right in front of us. I don't know how I missed them with those big balloon heads.....and their shiny badges.

They told me to stop laughing but Izzy wouldn't stop being funny. I was busted. Tears in my eyes, corners of mouth twisted upwards and there was nothing I could do. Busted! I am guilty. :::hangs head in shame:::

Yes, your honor I was drinking and I tried to stay sober but Trix put on the peer pressure and put a Bud Lime in my hand. I'll even admit that I liked it and repeated this offence TWICE! Take her too!

But, if I gotta go to jail for laughing you gotta give Izzy a life sentence for crackin' those funny jokes. Oh - and take Sun Catcher for forcing me to eat Ritz crackers and Squirt Cheese Sandwiches and those farts. Oh - and JB for going to bed early and trying to tell me what to do. And Greg for letting his inner arsonist out.

And Jan for drinking instant coffee. ::shiver::










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Diana, this is the funniest post yet. Laughed so hard after reading this the Balloon Head Rangers heard me & are at my door & ready to haul me away!

Run! Quick! Go Hide! They are coming for the rest of you too!!!

Trix

I'm so bummed. I don't know how, but somehow I missed noticing how big the balloon heads were. Wish we had pictures. (now wouldn't THAT have pissed them off?!)

Grr, these rangers are giving my state a bad reputation. But, at least our state parks allow beer. Heh.

Diva, that's a hoot!

I've always come to the defense of DNR employees, mostly because they're generally competent and professional, and partly because they were my colleagues for 20+ years. But my entrance to Willow River SP made me question that, at least momentarily.

For years I've been putting a piece of clear backing tape on my park stickers to make them easier to get off. When I stopped at the WRSP entrance the fresh-faced uniformed guy behind the window told me I had to remove every bit of plastic from the sticker (despite approval from the central office and the fact that there's no statute or rule behind his statement). After some pulling and grunting I managed to get the thing off, removed the bits of tape, and stuck it back on. I was not a happy camper (sorry, Kip, for letting that irritation leak out when we met in the camp office).

End of hijack. Back to those with a better sense of humor....

quote BWPaddler: "Your sentence is to attempt to infuse humor in the Wisconsin park official team - you must try for a cumulative 40 hours over the next 6 months to get them to laugh at a joke. Good luck."

I challenged them to leg wrestle but they didn't think that was funny.

Well I see my lovely Diva is starting to break into the posting end of our forum. What a tree builder, Kanoes she will be challenging you for your title by the end of the week.

JB

bring it diva!

And I'm saving my funny stuff for next time.

Diva - Let me dig thru my file for a jail joke so you can laugh while you do " the time " for the crime.

I have to say I only saw one ranger with a head the size of a cartoon balloon. He was the slayer of fun.

I have a couple great slogans for Willow River State Park: "Where fun comes to die." or "If you wanted to have fun you would have stayed home."

Your post is hilarious Div, I blew chips on my key board and my mind has been spinning to say something pithy and wity as a follow up, but all I can do is wipe the tears from my eyes (from laughing) as I think about those pesky rangers and the grief you must have given them.

I wish I had read your post after a couple of drinks. I need to see you all again soon, I need another laughing transfusion and a dose of fun.

Ok, Corndog, but Diva & I are not going to be your scapegoats anymore for your fabricated stories.

(OK, I hate to admit it tho, as I might have believed one or two of them myself.)

quote Trix: "Ok, Corndog, but Diva & I are not going to be your scapegoats anymore for your fabricated stories.


(OK, I hate to admit it tho, as I might have believed one or two of them myself.)"

Oh please Trix, you are Div were the puppet masters egging me on. "Let's get Corndog to start it, he'll say anything, just leave us out of it." This is more of a paraphrase from Trix other than an actual quote.

quote Corndog: "

quote Trix: "Ok, Corndog, but Diva & I are not going to be your scapegoats anymore for your fabricated stories.



(OK, I hate to admit it tho, as I might have believed one or two of them myself.)"

Oh please Trix, you are Div were the puppet masters egging me on. "Let's get Corndog to start it, he'll say anything, just leave us out of it." This is more of a paraphrase from Trix other than an actual quote."

Couldn't have happened your way 'cuz you didn't leave us out of it.

You mean this ranger?


I don't know about the big heads, but he looks kinda lurpy to me.

I don't know....somehow from sobriety it just doesn't seem so funny anymore. It will be funny in court though!

It was a fun night and nobody came even close to being out of control. A couple of adult beverages were had and maybe a curse word was uttered after midnight, but no children were present. And I'm sure if a child did over hear something it was mild in comparison to what they hear on their daily school bus commute.

Sometimes a person just has to have a bit of fun and loosen up a bit with a beer or two, maybe even three to help to facilitate that at times.

The rangers said nobody complained, but they could hear us from 100 yrds away. well, when I walked to their supposed listening point, all I could hear were crickets and rain drops hitting the trees with a few low range laughs.

After all, it's a group camp and if they want to be that zealous in enforcing their rules, I suggest they state that to the group while the site is being booked. We had capacity for well over one hundred people, how on earth could they expect a group of that size to comply w/their aggressively enforced rules.

As for the parking, each site is alloted a specific # of cars, well we had three sites and we had the correct # of cars for those three sites in total, but somehow we ended up with an uneven distribution of tags for those individual sites for that # of cars. So the rangers said we had to move three cars down to the overflow lot a mile down the road.

When my wife arrived, she asked the ranger if she could park in the lot while she unloaded her stuff. She was told that that was ok, but "do not eat any food or drink anything while you are up there, get your stuff unloaded and move your car immediately".

They were sure were not very flexible. We were camping, not trying to meet with the president of the USA.

So Fishguts, much of this ocured during the vast majority of time that was spent in sobriety, but they are the ones who enforce the rules and we just had to comply.

Gbusk

Diva, did you forget anything at Camp; the Rangers seem to be looking for someone.

Found Bloomers

quote Corndog: "Diva, did you forget anything at Camp; the Rangers seem to be looking for someone.

Found Bloomers "

That Blood Hound looks to be saying I am NOT gonna sniff those bloomers no matter what.

JB

quote Corndog: "Diva, did you forget anything at Camp; the Rangers seem to be looking for someone.

Found Bloomers "

Those are not the same rangers!

My dog would chew on those things all day long.

Yeah they were all pissy about my sister being double parked for a while. Well, she was double parked behind me, and darn well knew it. I was on the edge, she wasn't blockbg anyone else. I wasn't going anywhere...what's the rush?

Maybe they just thought we were a really good looking group and couldn't get enough of seeing us. That, or they are evil anti-paddling bastards.

quote nojobro: "Yeah they were all pissy about my sister being double parked for a while. Well, she was double parked behind me, and darn well knew it. I was on the edge, she wasn't blockbg anyone else. I wasn't going anywhere...what's the rush?


Maybe they just thought we were a really good looking group and couldn't get enough of seeing us. That, or they are evil anti-paddling bastards. "

Power Trip!

quote gbusk: "My dog would chew on those things all day long."

So would I :)

I think the key is we issue them ear plugs then they dont have to be bothered next time

quote SunCatcher: "I think the key is we issue them ear plugs then they dont have to be bothered next time"

TGO my respect for you as a true outdoorsman has just went up ten-fold! You're my hero!

quote The Great Outdoors: "

quote gbusk: "My dog would chew on those things all day long."

So would I :)"

Well, now how the heck am I going to get this image out of my mind???

quote Divainthewild: "

quote The Great Outdoors: "

quote gbusk: "My dog would chew on those things all day long."

So would I :)"

Well, now how the heck am I going to get this image out of my mind???"

You won't!

You three settle down!! :)

Maybe the trees were complaining!!


We were at Banning State Park one time and a Ranger made my brother move his truck. They said it was to close to the tree branches and when he walked past the branches they were bending. This could cause them to break.

BTW The branches were about 1/2 inch in diameter and very flexible.

Good thing they didn't see Lil' Nojo2 picking flowers!!! Does juvy take 2-year olds?

quote nojobro: "Good thing they didn't see Lil' Nojo2 picking flowers!!! Does juvy take 2-year olds?"

She didn't just pick the flowers...she left a long trail behind her when she chose to go down the hill, backwards, crawling....while picking up acorns of her choice.

She also stomped on a huge spider - but I think that was an accident. Still......

Guilty as charged !