~Inside Jokes and Funny Stuff~

Myrtle 2000 brought a whole new wave (no pun intended) of weird words, amusing stories, and other stuff no one would understand but us. Except YOU! Now you can be in on all our Myrtle jokes.

Loofa: Correctly spelled "loofah," we found this to be a very funny word. So funny that we deemed it the official word of Myrtle 2000, with the Myrtle '98 word being hoitchkeebaba and the Myrtle '99 word being billabong.

Belk: A mall we passed every day. Whenever we passed it Sam would say in a monotone, "Belk." Casey and Megan would respond by saying in a monotone, "Belk." It was a daily tradition in Myrtle 2000.

Goth Talk: It all started when Sam coudln't control her eyeliner. Casey then dressed up like a goth and persuaded Sam to. Megan got the camera and we proceeded to improvise a talk show mocking goths. (See Myrtle 2000 isms for quotes from that night)

"Behold, I come quickly": This was on a billboard we saw. At first we thought it was an ad for Viagra or something related, but when the trees cleared we saw it was a quote from the Bible. We laughed about this for quite some time.

Applebee's: Always our first meal of the Myrtle trip. We stop here for lunch on our first day of travel.

Houlihan's: The 2nd meal of Myrtle 2000 was had here. We looked skanky after an entire day in a van, but didn't care, for Myrtle was fast approaching.

Rock Paper Scissors: The game Sam has won 3 damn years in a row. *Sam* WOOOOOO!!!!!!!*/Sam* *Casey* It will be me or Megan next year. The odds are against you my friend!!! */Casey*

Bra fights: It started when Megan got grossed out at the fact that she touched Casey's bra. Casey was mad for one reason or another, so she started smacking Megan with it. Megan then began hitting Casey with her's, and it became a full fledged war, ending with Megan hiding in the bathroom and Casey wielding Sam's bra outside the door waiting for her to emerge. When she did they called a truce.

Blanky and Teddy: Every year two of Sam's prize posessions, Blanky and Teddy, appear in the Myrtle video. Slow, close-ups of them.

"Livin' la vida skanky": Casey's "coming back from the beach" song, or anytime she was looking skanky.

Isabel: A character in the book Sam was reading. She was sad because she suspected Isabel would die, and Megan and Casey kept eagerly asking "Is she dead yet?!"

Megan's purse: Two years in a row, Megan lost her purse. Casey had never seen her so happy as when she found her purse for her. This was very unusual because Casey always loses stuff and can never find anything. Read the Tale of Megan's Purse!

Subway: A place we ate at a total of 5 times during Myrtle 2000. When we were on the beach and didn't feel like getting fixed up to out to lunch, we ran across the street to the local Subway. The guy who worked there started calling us the "Robinson family" 'cause we went there so many times.

"Frisbee" on the beach: One night Casey promised Sam that if she agreed to have an all-nighter some other night other than that night, she'd play frisbee on the beach in Myrtle for 20 minutes. We practiced a lot, and got okay at it, but were totally unprepared for the beach winds. We didn't catch the frisbee once, then got discouraged and went in.

Shing shing shing no fighting: In the hotel in Wilkes-Salem, Megan and Casey were exchanging harsh words, which upset Sam. She exclaimed, "Shing shing shing no fighting!!!" That's all there was to it.

Faces in the mirror: One night, Casey and Megan were standing in front of the mirror and started making faces that you just have to see to appreciate. Click here to see an illustration of the faces.

"Like a mother": The phrase of the vacation, used after any description. Example: "It's hot like a mother in here," "That hurt like a mother!," and "That ocean's mad like a mother today."

SAB: What we use when we want to call eachother a suck ass bitch around Casey's parents.

R.V.: Not "recreational vehicle" as one would think. For some reason, while sitting in an ice cream place called Ghirardelli's, Megan called Sam a rape victim. So during the rest of the conversation whenever Sam said anything mean Casey would say "Yeah, whatever rape victim." And similarly to SAB, we called her an R.V. around my parents.

Kelsey: An annoying, annoying 4-year-old on the beach. She was always throwing temper tantrums and eating sand, and her and her stupid family were always next to us on the beach.

Morally Dirty Pinkies: Megan and Casey were planning an elaborate scheme to beat Sam at rock paper scissors, but realized (after Sam nagging) it would probably not be fair, so they decided not to do it. They wanted to pinkie swear an angry Sam that they wouldn't carry it out, and Sam muttered as they pinkie swore, "Dirty pinkies, dirty pinkies..." Megan said, "My pinkies aren't dirty, I just washed my hands." "I think she means morally dirty pinkies," Casey figured. They later decided that "Morally Dirty Pinkies" would make a great song title.

Sam the Tour Director of Barefoot Landing: One night Sam started talking like a sarcastic tour director as they milled around Barefoot. She enlightened us with such tidbits as "We are now entering Toucan Charlie's Shirts 'n Shades. They abbreviated the 'and' by putting an 'n'. It was an attempt to be cute, but actually juts confuses and annoys people."

Poser Christmas Mouse: The Christmas Mouse was a Barefoot Store with festive holiday stuff. There's also an unnamed store next to it, which we all went into thinking it was the Christmas Mouse, and wandered around for a few minutes, confused as to why there was no Christmas stuff. When we finally figured it out and went into the real store, Sam declared in her tour director voice, "We are now exiting the poser Christmas Mouse."

Studebaker's: A restaurant near our condo with a funny name that made us laugh.

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