I know some of the cast has changed,
but some of the performers are still present.
So for those of you who know him,
and really, to give a taste to those who don't...
I give you,
A Nebo Update.
Nebo was a TR writer here on the DIS.
His TRs are the reason I write mine.
And, to an extent,
I model some of my format after his.
When his eyes grew dim
and he injured his wrist
(unable to type)
Nebo stopped writing TRs.
A lot of people,
including yours truly, still miss him
and his wonderful TRs.
I had phoned Nebo not long ago,
since a little bird had told me
that he and his lovely wife Smidgy
were supposed to be going
to Disney soon.
I wasn't sure of the dates,
so I took a shot and called.
And didn't reach them.
I left a message that basically said,
"If you're gone, hope you had fun,
if you're going, hope you have fun."
A couple of days ago,
the phone rings, and... it's Nebo!
Turns out they were in WDW when
I called.
They were down there for 18 days!
Nice!
Now Nebo has had some health issues.
He's pretty much legally blind now,
and he has a bad back that an operation
hasn't really helped apparently.
So Smidgy wheeled him around the parks
in a wheelchair.
I never did get around to asking him
how his wrist was. (Don't ask.)
While he did say that he couldn't ride
some rides now because of his back.
And he couldn't see some rides/shows
because of his eyes...
They still had a good time.
It's Disney after all, am I right?
Of course I am.
Don't answer that.
In the course of our conversation,
he did ask me to post about something
that occurred while they were there.
(And, full disclosure, I could hear Smidgy
in the background yelling,
"They don't want to hear about that!")
So I give you...
A Nebo Story.
Nebo has been a smoker for a while now.
He'd given it up for a bit,
but (I suspect) due to his various ailments,
he's taken it up again.
(Why no. I didn't yell at him.
The big lug's been through enough.)
Nebo and Smidgy were staying at POP
and one day, Nebo set out to have a cigarette
over at the designated smoking are.
There's a bench there,
and a man was already sitting on it.
Nebo sits beside him, and lights up.
Now I don't know if they came a bit later,
or if they were already there, but two women
were also in attendance.
Or as Nebo put it
"A man will sit on a bench with a man on it
and a man will sit on a bench with a woman on it,
but a woman will never sit on a bench with a man on it."
He may be right.
Think about it.
As Nebo sat, and smoked, and pondered;
he felt something under his clip clop.
(Neboism for flip flop.)
He didn't know what it was,
but he kept worrying at it with his foot.
Finally, curiosity got the better of him.
If you think that he just reached down
and picked up the offending article,
then you don't know Nebo.
He made a show of shaking his shorts first.
Then he reached down and picked it up.
He held it up.
(With his poor eyesight,
he still doesn't know what it was.
He speculated that it might've been
an acorn, or a gumball.)
"Phew!" He said in a loud, carrying voice.
Loud enough that the man on the bench
couldn't fail to hear.
Loud enough that the two women standing
couldn't help but overhear.
"Phew!" He said. "I thought that would
never come out. I've been trying for
three days to pass this kidney stone."
The man quickly slid to the far end of the bench.
The women just stared.
Nebo just smiled.
That is weird. Your trip came up SO fast. I should try booking "last minute" sometime instead of 12 months ahead of time.
Passes the time quicker!
