For those LONNNGGG bus rides.

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For those LONNNGGG bus rides.

Unread postby LHSpolevault » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:16 pm

So Saturday our team is travelling from Western Mass allll the way up to Brunswick, Maine for a meet. I guess it's like 4 or 4.5 hours on a bus.

What should I do with my time so I don't resort to locking myself in the bathroom to give myself a fatal swirly?

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Unread postby captainfalcon43 » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:49 pm

My team usually manages to entertain themselves. Sometimes we play the celebrity game where you start out with a name such as Pamela Anderson, and then the next person has to say a name with the same first letter in their first name as the last celebrity's first letter in their last name. So the next one could be Al Sharpton. We also make raps and beats with cool movie or video game topics. We have a supersmash brothers rap where we only say what the characters say in the game. It may sound weird, but it is pretty awesome and we are really good at it. Star Wars is good too.
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Unread postby VaultMarq26 » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:14 pm

on our 8 hour ride to Akron both times last year, we just played cards, and watched movies.......always bring cards....
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Unread postby newPVer » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:16 pm

and some type of music wether it be your own ipod, or speakers for the whole bus.
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Unread postby vault3rb0y » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:46 pm

I made a 20 hour bus ride from arkansas to colorado, and here are some essentials:
1.) bathroom (but dont sit next to it)
2.) airsoft gun
3.) pillow+blankets
4.) earmuffs
5.) DVD player (perferably with the entire Neovault series DVD's)
6.) a person to sit next to on the bus who you trust not to put cheeze whizz on your mouth when you fall asleep.
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Unread postby vaultmd » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:26 am

Study?

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Unread postby bvpv07 » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:33 am

vaultmd wrote:Study?


hahahaha...that would be the logical thing for a student to do. :P
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Unread postby PVgoalie101 » Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:26 am

aww ross, you have to travel to my state. my team always plays the "song game" where my coach gives us a word and we have to think of a song with that word in the lyrics. we play guys vs. girls (girls always own)
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Unread postby theczar » Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:28 am

don't forget your permenanet markers....in case someone falls asleep ;)

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Unread postby LHSpolevault » Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:59 am

theczar wrote:don't forget your permenanet markers....in case someone falls asleep ;)


es muy perfecto!

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Unread postby polevaulter08nw » Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:31 am

mostly sleep, music, polevault dvds, and then always markers i agree.
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Unread postby PVgoalie101 » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:11 pm

so do tell us? what did you end up doing on the looooong bus ride?
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