Here we go. I was sitting in my Illinois home a couple days ago watching the Bulls get the living @&*) beat out of them again, thinking, cool! (I am a Cavs fan...)
Anyway, I walk up to the door (it's like 7:00 PM) and I look on our foyer table and realize the mail hadn't come. I ran outside thinking I had gotten my "Dead Parrot" Monty Python T-Shirt. Much to my dismay, I hadn't. But I did see a little envelope with the "Cedar Point Resorts" logo stamped on the front. Wondering what was inside (we had gotten our summer reservations called in before then) I took a look.
Nothing but a bunch of papers. Those were quickly passed to my father. Then I saw the new CPY2K brocure with the Raptor loop on the cover. Great, I thought. Another dang brocure. I opened it up to see the Millennium Force staring at me in all of it's 300 foot, 9 car, 80 degree beauty. Then I turn the page again to see Mantis prominantly displayed along with Woodstock, Gemini, Power Tower, the Turnpike cars and the "Lolly Swing". Onto the next page I saw the usual Halloweekends ad, which does not make my tummy tingle quite like those other pages...
So I think to myself a little. I knew something was missing from the brochure. It didn't seem right. There was some glaring omission, but what? MAGNUM!!!! Where was the Magnum? It seems like a staple in all CP ads to have a little shot of, oh, the world's greatest coaster. Not this time. After staring a little bit, I put it down and went to bed. The next day, I got up at 5:30 to go to my Jazz Band rehersal at 6:30. I had finished my physics homework in my bed the night before, and stacked the textbook, notebook, and pencil on my nightstand right on top of the Cedar Point pamphlet. I accidentally threw it into my backpack with everything else and walked off to school. It was not until 2nd period physics that I had realized that the brochure was in my backpack, and (Cedar Point being one place my jazz band could have played, but no. My friend Brian and I were the only CP votes. The rest? SIx Flags Fiesta Texas.) in a manner I can only describe as "Look what we missed" I showed it to my table partner. In the middle of the class [Ritchie] screamed, "SUICIDE!" We stopped to look at the cause of scream only to realize that it was the picture of Millennium Force. Maybe he was scared of it, or he thought that doing that would be suicide, I don't know. Well, after Ritchie saw it, he passed it to Mike, then to the rest of the class. My physics teacher loves coasters as well, and after a 10 mintue break to discuss how "The Force" would be able to operate safely, we were back on track.
Everything had seemed to go ok until my 5th period Spanish class. See, my teacher is a real, well... B.....no, wITCH. OK, sorry, but had to do it. I showed my CP booklet to my friend Colin, and then we got it taken away from us. She threw it on her desk. Later in the period, she left to go see to it that the same Colin was escorted to the Dean's office. It was then when I ran up to the desk and stole back my booklet.
The rest of the day was pretty normal, but through that fun story (to write, at least) I have exposed at least 200 more people to Cedar Point that had never seen it before, and I got people to actually ask my band director to change the trip. No-can-do.
But let me tell you. The next time you see your brochure and realize the Magnum's absence, think about this completely unrealated thing. The more people that recognize Cedar Point, the more revenue they take in, the more rides they give off. So with that CP2K brochure, show it to everyone you know that doesn't know about Cedar Point. Just do it. They'll be surprise, stunned, because trust me. For the coaster fan in them, their home park is worth nothing unless it's the Po!nt.
Deap Parrot sketch is alright, I was more of a fan of Arthur "Two Sheds" and my favorite Python shirt "The Minster of Silly Walks" And now for something completely different...
Ahh yes I try to keep people away from The Point. Shorter wait times! :)
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"And now for something completely different" MPFC
i dunno, i like "SPAM" and "Pepperpot Submarine" myself and my boyfriend dresses up as a Gumby for Halloween...and as for telling people/keeping them away, i get a certain little "Thrill" by taking CP newbies there for the first time and watching the jaws drop as we drive up Perimeter Road and hearing the hushed, awed "DA**" when they see Maggy, MS and now MF....
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"I think I scrambled my brain!!"
"SPAM" is funnier on CD then the actuall video. Pepperpot Sub. is quite funny too.
I've met very few CP virgins here in Michigan, most people have been there or heard all about it.
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"And now for something completely different" MPFC