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golfcart with a screwdriver 9) Whenever you hear about a plane crash you
get hungry for stew
8) Your ultimate night out is Skipps and Copps
7) You don't understand why people get paid to be waiters after all
Avodah costs $200
6) You know that there are no stairs to get "Upstairs"
5) All automobiles are called vehicles
4) "The Rabbi" can only refer to Rabbi Moshe Kushner
3) Not only do you know how to play flickerball but you were upset when
they got rid of the flickerball field
2) You get lonely when you take a shower by yourself
1) You've been to a 3 a.m. Saturday night barbeque
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From Arica Saltzman:
10. You've made Saturday night Hockey omelets with 100 eggs
9. Caroline and Dorothy tell you where they hide the Shabbos cookies
8. You slept in a tent when you were on Avodah
7. You have nightmares of the laundry lady and bash bubby (and remember that Avodah used to clean the bathrooms before she came around)
6. You remember the tree house before it was transformed into the fun house
5. Elimination in the valley
4. The Swanson's have a nickname for you
3. You've been on bread run
2. You know Cepocal cures all
1. "Hello Jeffrey Stein"
From everein@comcast.net
1. You gave away your shabbos cookies in hope for a shabbos walk in return
2. You know what the omega is, or even tried it!
3. Going to the marp for a misquito bite seemed reasonable at the time, it got you out of doing nikayon.
4. You understand that flicker-ball rules!
5. Everytime you see anyone wearing navy and white you have flashbacks to friday nights at mosh
6. All your clothing not only has your name on the label, but some random # written in a fairly obvious spot.
7. Despite the fact that your clothing was plastered with "laundry #s" half of your clothes got lost anway.
8. The words "Night Swim" get you very excited.. not like you actually went swimming though.
9. Shiur? Whats that?
10. Lanyard!!
11. The stables at Wild Wild West hold a dear place in your heart.
12. You remember the few years that the chutz didnt get rained out, and you had to stay the whole two nights ... those were unfortunate times.
13. Ha-shem imachem? Yivarachecha Ha-shem! (Followed by a mad dash to the chadar ochel...)
From Zev Goldberg
10. You can find your dad's name on the wall.
9. You've gotten kicked out at least once.
8. You know what it says on the top of the poolhouse.
7. Whenever you go back, you get that, "never left" feeling.
6. You've been the youngest on staff and now you're the oldest.
5. You've eaten the warm Shabbos Cookies laid out on the counter.
4. You've driven any camp vehicle to the dunes.
3. You know where all the good "bed boards" are.
2. "The Rabbi" has a story about you as an example of what not to do in the staff orientation speech.
1. You've had morning kiddush shots out of a "Boker Tov" cup.
From Rabbi Doug Zelden
1. You know what a leech feels like.
2. You still can find your path marks through the woods and around the
lake to sneak to the girls side.
3. You've been on a secret Shobbos Walk.
4. A & W Root Beer and Point Beer are worth their weight in Gold.
5. You know every city in Wisconsin that begins with a "W".
6. You've carried a Torah on a Tiul and then dug an outhouse right
afterwards.
7. You've had your face painted while sleeping.
8. You've been blinded by the contrast of dark pants and white shirts.
9. You wouldn't go to the camp doctor or nurse for anything more serious
than a hangnail.
10. Your care package becomes public property.
11. You are still trying to figure out why Rabbi Shandalov or Rabbi
Kushnir never kicked you out for fighting with your Madriach.
12. Almost every Madriach you had went on Aliyah and then went on Yeridah.
(and you see them all the time)
13. Your ears still ring with: "I don't wanna go to Moshava, gee Ma I
wanna go back to Chicago, gee Ma I wanna go home."
From Avi Saltzman, West
Rogers Park, Ill
you understand why hitting to right field is so important
you know how it's possible to get sap on your pajamas
you know the gas tanks around the camp won't explode no matter how hard
you throw the rocks at them
you are used to the bats on the road to upstairs regardless of how close
they get to you
one word sums up most every summer...wachs
you know about nintendo/sega competitions in the plugah cabin
your reaction to a day off?...take me to wild rose!!! no...wautoma!
you can relate to The Blair Witch Project by simply reminiscing of doing
the Eruv check before Shabbat
From
Oh you children!
You took a train and school bus to camp.
Your 1st Rosh Mosh was Moish (not
Rabbi) Kushner
You burned the garbage and spent the day on
shmira making sure it didn't spread out of the dump.
You drove the kids in the
back of the "Red Truck"
You remember when the boys cabins were new.
A big night out was Jack & Gene's
drinking and playing pool with the locals and not getting carded even
though your madrich did.
You raided Pluga and Avoda and blamed it on
someone else (Sorry Barry!)
Your kids are third generation campers and
are all there now!
From
You know where Brad Jacobs wrote his name in camp
Your name is 2 of the first four on the truck
You remember when you could ride on the back of the truck and did
everywhere you went
You know who the real King Bash is – And he is not related to any
Saltzman
You know all of the words to the Diaper Song
Peanut Butter Shabbat cookies – nuf said!
Friday Mashed Potatoes when there are no left overs and no chanichim
You have moved a boat house from one lake to another
You know who made the Nof Break
The Fire on Machal on the 4th
From emes613@attbi.com
1. Your last name is a Saltzman derivative.
2. You know all the words to Gedalia Goomber - and remember
who taught it to you.
3. The last time you did your laundry was during a thunderstorm.
4. You have seen every single Simpsons episode in the Bayit basement.
5. You have seen a baby in the salad bowl.
6. Barbara has made you pepper steak.
7. You are a member of some obscure shevet.
8. You have eaten BBQ beef on Friday night - and were very upset when
you there were no grapes in your bowl. BRING BACK THE BEEF!!!!!
9. You have seen the entire Saltzman family move up in rank -
from eighteen months to camp doctor.
10. You remember the Zevi era.
11. You forgot the Zevi era.
12. You remember when Macabia breakout involved the Rosh Mosh breaking
his leg - every single year
13. You have never actually attended your shiur.
14.You learn all this Hebrew yet you don't know what it means.
15. You have been to South Dakota.
16. Your name is on every single rafter on the Hill.
17. You know who Nana is and why she loves beer.
18. You've been in the basement of the new girls' bunk.
19. You remember when the new girls' bunk was actually new.
20. You've been in THE GRAVEYARD.
From leieio77@attbi.com
1. Your last name is a derivitive of
Saltzman.
2. The last time you washed your clothes
was during a thunderstorm.
3. You know all the words to Gedalia
Goomber.
4. You know who Nana is, and why she loves
beer.
5. You have been in THE GRAVEYARD.
6. You have never actually attended your
shiur.
7. You have eaten BBQ beef at the tish.
8. You have heard Yaakov Matanky, z"l,
sing "Moshe Emes" during tish.
9. You have played the cup game during
lunch.
10. You remember the Zevi era (and
promptly forgot it).
11. You can speak perfect Israeli (eeeh,
how you say, eeeh?).
12. You have seen every single Simpsons
episode in the basement of the Bayit.
13. You belong to some obscure shevet, of
which the name is writen all over an article of clothing that does not
fit you anymore.
14. You remember life before Kayla.
15. You remember the golf carts (may they
rest in piece-s).
16. You learn all this Hebrew, but don't
know exactly what the words mean.
17. Ha-shem imachem? Yevarechecha Ha-shem!!!!
18. Maccabia breakout involves the Rosh
getting hurt or pissed off (sometimes both).
19. You have been to the Wild Wild West
for the Chutz and slept in the stables.
20. You have been to South Dakota during
the biker convention.
21. Your name is writen on nearly ever
rafter and shelf in the entire camp.
22. You have been fined for having your
name writen on nearly ever rafter and shelf in the entire camp.
23. You got sick from drinking the
"special brew", not from eating runny half-cooked eggs.
24. You remember the Bash Bubbies!!
25. Every single time you have been up to
Moshava, half of the Saltzman family has been there too.
26. You swear (if you could) that the best
part of camp is eating gross concoctions of food during seuda shlishit.
27. You have heard the "blue
ticket" story during seuda shlishit.
28. You are an official member of the
legendary "Moshava Couples" list, either married or
otherwise.
29. You have played Gaga in the Beit
Knesset and have broken a window.
30. Danny Yolkut has been your shiur
teacher.
31. You have thrown the Rosh in the pool.
32. At some point, Josh Saltzman has been
a beat box (and your Rosh, too).
33. You are considered an official
resident of Wild Rose, WI because you contribute to the population
surge that happenes every summer.
34. Two words - POT SQUAD!!!!!!!
Frum
:
1. Without a doubt, it always rains on Machane Chutz. They probably plan it so that it rains so they don't have to stay 2 nights.
2. Staff members try with no luck to make people slow down while running to the Chadar Ochel for breakfast.
3. The only decent food is on Shabbos.
4. On Shabbos night, you have to run really quickly to get the meatballs before the stingy people get all of them. There are never leftovers..so better run fast.
5. In the middle of a zemira on Friday night, people suddenly all get and start randomnly dancing.
6. On Shabbos afternoon, people never come to the snack. There are always 5 or 6 anti social people there pigging out on the food.
7. The way to get shabbos walks is to lean over and get girl's Shabbos cookies at davening.
8. Shabbos walks are prohibited- but everyone goes on them anyway.
9. Mudsliding is very entertaining.
10. The Wisconsin Dells are the excitement of the whole camp experience.. and all it is is shopping.
11. You lose your voice so much at maccabia, you can't talk for the next 3 days.
12. They don't check nikayon anymore. If you leave your bunk really messy, no one will ever notice.
13. Shemira never works. Everyone gets into bed for the time Shmira comes in- and then starts partying again.
14. Shaving parties happen nightly.
Frum
:
Chuck Swanson
himself has thanked you for the beer.
You know
those AREN'T dogs out there.
You have not
only heard the "Tree People" story - you've actually told it to your kids.
Hitting the
boards to hard at hockey meant some unlucky kvutza had no place to sit for
breakfast Sunday morning.
You know all
the places Shabbos cookies are hidden.
You finally
get your name painted on the side of the old garbage truck.
You actually
know how to drive the tractor.
You've
laughed at Mark Swanson when he's fallen off the roof and lived to tell
about it.
You've never
been found on "Find the Madrich/a" night.
You're the
reason they put up those silly orange fence extensions at the pool to stop
the softballs from taking a bath.
You know the
words "Bash Run" and "Saltzman" were made for one another.
You can
answer the mystery of the disappearing golf carts.
You've
actually used some of Leroy's power tools ( without his supervision ).
You can
attest the to the fact that even a 3 AM midurah is no time to drink the
beer you found in that cooler behind your tent.
You were the
guy who was asked to "pass the stew".
"DID YOU HAVE
A GOOD TIME?........LET THIS BUS ROLLLLLLLLLLL!"
You expect
every bowling alley to have red pins.
You got
dressed up to go to Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
You know all
the shortcuts to the town dump.
You've spent
more time living in the same room with Steve Kirshner, Simmy Fleischer and
Slick than you have with your own brother.
One can bug
juice mix, four cans water.
You've played
Motzei Shabbat hockey with chulent still on you.
You've been a
part of many a "Last Supper".
From: Jodi Buckman:
-you were excited for warm cottage cheese, peanut butter, milk with chocolate syrup, bananas, and ice cream (eaten with a wooden spoon) on shalosh seudot
-you dressed in dark clothes for capture the flag, but never actually played
-machanayim was often a violent game
-you've dripped candle wax on the cement around the pool on tisha b'av
-getting a care package filled with junk food made you cool
-you have a dog tag
-you remember the chants from maccabia like "save your toilet paper, cuz we're gonna wipe you out" and you've chanted "machal machal, we are machal.... M-A-C, clap, clap, clap, H-A-L clap, clap, clap"
-you raced to the chadar ochel from mifkad
-if you weren't from chicago, you were considered an "out-of-towner"
-you pretended to know the words from yad achim
-you've watched ferris bueller, airplane, and braveheart on the sandy floor of the bayit
-you shared one pay phone with avodah, plugah, and madrichim
-the dunes...
-the chadar ocher took on a new meaning after the kids went to sleep
-you've broken a swing when sitting on it and then rebuilt it on mach hach
-you hiked 7 miles on the side of the road, in the scorching sun with a canteen in hand and hat on your head, only so the camp would be empty on friday
-you've painted your face for a hockey game
-you looked forward to who you would do shemirah with and the excitement of walking around with a flashlight
-amod dome, amod noach....
-you went to sick call to get out of nikayon
-you've hung out in the walk-in
-you weren't an expert at volleyball, but rather at Nukom
-you went to the water fountain about 9 times on shabbos morning
-you know how to make a tent out of sticks and wool blankets
-you've rolled down the valley....you've gone mud sliding in a garbage bag
-you've gone on the "roller coaster" on the Hill on the back of a pick-up truck
-you looked forward to breaking your fast on spaghetti and soggy fried fish
-you sat around in a circle listening to a story about the baal shem tov on shalosh seudut and then sadly sang Ani Maamim......
-yummy bug juice.....
From Melbrooke428@aol.com:
1. Each time you go up a hill, you just have to stop, look around, and say "nuf break."
2. Whenever you see a truck, you feel the irrisistable urge to jump into the back and go for a ride.
3, You brag about being color war captain, and can go on and on for 15 mins. about why your team really won.
4. No cookies will ever be as good as shobbos cookies, and no cup is as fun as the tine "boker tov" cup.
from thehill@brandeis.edu
10) Shekem always consisted of an orange crush, a Dad's Root Beer and a
melted ice cream Sandwich
9)You remember back in the day when the Kollel was cool
8)You know that Caroline and Ed Gein once dated
7)You think the Schwartz court fall far from replacing Machanaiim
6)You know which 15 minutes a day Girls are allowed on the Basketball court
(except for the Avodah vs Mach Hach/Machal game when the girls are given
just as much time as the boys).
5)The owner of Lawritzens know you and starts telling you about his
pilgrimage to Israel last year.
4)If you are a female you actually own a pair of shorts that covers your
knees while sitting.
3)You remember from year to year if evens or odds start out on the road.
2)You know there are no campers - only chanichim
1)You have your own trailer.
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