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Old 04-27-2005, 10:16 AM   #6
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My three friends and I went to SFMM a few times using the "Twicket" system. Abusing is more like it, as you weren't supposed to use Twickets on Twickets.

One day we walked past an archway we'd never noticed before. There was no chain, nor gate. As we sauntered in we crossed paths with a security guard who was leaving the area, and he didn't give us a second glance.

Inside we found a huge picnic area, large grassy lawn, shady overhangs, lots of bushes and trees, you name it. Obviously, a place where they had corporate events and such. And it was all ours.

We played hide-and-seek there for a while, until security showed up. They accused us of jumping the fence and then hiding from security. Apparently it was hard for them to believe that a bunch of teenagers would spend a day at SFMM playing hide-and-seek, and weren't on drugs or drunk. They wanted to see our passes, which we showed, and as it was obvious we were just stupid kids (I think the fact that we were white probably helped), they let us back into the park, adding a chain to the entrance to the picnic area.

That same year we got season passes and went all the damn time. Once we jumped out of the rafts on Yosemite Sam falls and were greeted by security on the bottom. (BTW, it was fun, but boy did it hurt when we hit the rubber stops on the bottom!) They asked all kinds of questions. We claimed we fell out of the rafts....yes, all of us, individually. No sir, we aren't drunk or on drugs. They took all kinds of odd information about us, including our heights and shoe sizes. A friend of mine nearly got in an argument with them about how tall he was.

Another time we jumped in the bushes near Colossus to get a picture taken. We stuck our heads through and a friend was about to take a shot. Security ran up yelling "Out of the bushes, out of the bushes!" Again, we were accused of doing drugs in the bushes. Took us forever to talk our way out of that one. All we did was stand in the fvcking bushes and stick our heads out. Did it look like we were doing anything other than that??

So yeah, most of my "extravagant" stories simply have to do with misunderstandings. But we did our share in being annoying.

One time we got the paper moose antlers from the Mooseburger Lodge and wore them the rest of the day, yelling "Moose!" randomly. Then while in line for Colossus for ages, we sang popular songs, inserting "moose" into the lyrics. I'm sure everyone in line was amused.

Another time we were waiting for the hypnotist show at the Golden Bear Theater, sitting outside in line, and we sang repetitive camp songs at the top of our lungs until people started literally throwing things at us. GD was there, and he was unhappy with the arrangement.

We made friends with an employee at the photo booth (Amy? I think so) and she sold us those keychain picture viewers for a buck a piece. They were something like six dollars at that time. She put one of our pictures in the display case as an example - it was an 8x10. Before our years at SFMM ended, they remodeled the booth, upgraded to digital pics (no more slide keychains) and Amy was transferred to Universal Studios' photo dept.

There are probably more...ah, what glorious "summer" antics.
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