Our First "Camping Neighbor From He!!" Story

[happybooker1]

This is from 2006, but I don't actually think I ever told it since this was in pre-RV days. This was the FIRST time we camped. Ever. In a Tent.

We headed out to Livingston SP in Livingston Texas. Brand new tent, air mattresses, the whole works. It was me and my son, who was just 9 at the time. We set up, I fixed dinner, we walked around & explored & had a fire. Then we went to bed.

The family in the site next to us were still up, laughing and with the fire going. They finally went to bed about midnight I think. Brief bit of quiet. About 2AM I was awakened by the man (father?) bellowing drunkenly "Deborah, where's the bread?" "I'm Hungry". "I want a sandwich". "Where's the bread?" over and over and tripping/stumbling over things in the campsite in the dark. This went on for about 10 minutes, along with many expletives as he tripped over things and couldn't find the bread, which was the Holy Grail to him now.

Finally I muttered to myself "Get the *&^%$ man his bread Deborah!" to which my son (who was awake but I didn't know it) fell OUT laughing. So I started laughing and then every time we looked at each other we just laughed harder. The man was making so much noise he didn't even realize it.

Finally, someone came out & got him the bread or made him a sandwich or something & all was quiet. We fell back asleep. For about an hour.

Suddenly we were awakened by a younger man --his son-- SCREAMING "No Dad STOP!! NO DON'T DO THAT!! STOP,STOP!" at the top of his lungs, and the sound of more tripping, falling, more expletives and a FLURRY of activity from the site. And "Dad" saying (very slurred speech because by now he's had a few MORE beers in him) "I just want to put the fire out. I'm just gonna put the fire out".

Seems as intoxicated as he was he'd grabbed the FULL GAS CAN as his method of 'putting the fire out'. Son was explaining all this to someone else at the campsite is how we were aware of what had happened.

However, Danger was averted, someone finally persuaded Pops to quit drinking and go to bed, and quiet reigned. At the time, I was NOT happy to get so little sleep that night, but it's gotten more humorous as the years have gone by!

[Sillybugs2]

Biggyniner wrote:

Grey Mountain wrote:
No one should be surprised at the proliferation of profanity extant in our society. Every profane word in the English vocabulary can be heard on TV andin the movies. Kids grow up thinking it is normal, and are usually surprised that someone else finds it annoying and inappropriate.

"What we at first tolerate, we later embrace."

GM

Hmm.. maybe in time as the "bad" words get more and more acceptance in society... they will cease to be bad words, just normal words :p... nah

My brother is 8 years older than me. I remember as a teen he loved the F word. He and my mom had a talk how they were just words etc. but some acceptable and some not. In the end they decided he pick a neutral word for the F word. From that day on the word tree became his F word. Still used today 35 years later.

[Biggyniner]

Grey Mountain wrote:
No one should be surprised at the proliferation of profanity extant in our society. Every profane word in the English vocabulary can be heard on TV andin the movies. Kids grow up thinking it is normal, and are usually surprised that someone else finds it annoying and inappropriate.

"What we at first tolerate, we later embrace."

GM

Hmm.. maybe in time as the "bad" words get more and more acceptance in society... they will cease to be bad words, just normal words :p... nah

[D_E_Bishop]

Mr.Beebo, I love your selfie. I can only assume you were up too early and hadn't had your coffee yet. Oh yeah, you hadn't shaved yet either.

[3_dog_nights]

I remember a few years back when we were in a PUP, the guy next door decided that the best place to find firewwod @ 1 in the morning was in our campsite. Drunk as he was, stumbling around he did understand that I thought it a bad idea, and that my large annoyed dog wanted to meet him, very badly! He went back to his site very quitely and stayed that way the rest of the nite, his wife packed up and they left early the next morning.

[mich800]

Mr.Beebo wrote:
Never ceases to amaze me how some can swear in front of kids and women with no fore or afterthought. The light doesn't come on until after someone explains that it isn't cool and then they usually have a negative response.

Years ago someone got a ticket canoeing (in Michigan) and swearing in front of a women or child. I do not remember what ultimately happened but it was a popular news story of the time.

[2oldman]

It's almost always alcohol-fueled.

[wa8yxm]

As our government has mandated.. Gasoline and Alcohol DO mix, though I happen to think too much booze is bad for the gas tank. (a couple percent is good though in Michigan in the winter).

But Alcohol and PEOPLE.... Not a good combination, Not at all.

[lazydays]

tnscoutr wrote:

lazydays wrote:
Eleven years of camping and I have no stories. I guess the hundreds of campers I been besides over the years are just plain boring or Im a very sound sleeper.

Maybe it means that YOU are "that" camper???? 😉

One can only wonder. :B

[tnscoutr]

lazydays wrote:
Eleven years of camping and I have no stories. I guess the hundreds of campers I been besides over the years are just plain boring or Im a very sound sleeper.

Maybe it means that YOU are "that" camper???? 😉

[happybooker1]

lazydays wrote:
Eleven years of camping and I have no stories. I guess the hundreds of campers I been besides over the years are just plain boring or Im a very sound sleeper.

This is my only "real" story of "campers from He!!". Like I said, quite soon after that I got a PUP, then a HTT, then Class C, now a TT. All had AC & AC drowns out *everything* after I go to bed so..... no more stories.

[lazydays]

Eleven years of camping and I have no stories. I guess the hundreds of campers I been besides over the years are just plain boring or Im a very sound sleeper.

[wandering1]

Next time call the police and get the drunk arrested.

[statehoss]

I had the pleasure (?) of watching someone catch the pool on fire. Campers thought it would be fun around midnight to throw gas on the fire. Fire followed gas to the can. Campers panicked and threw gas can over fence into swimming pool. (their site was right next to the pool) The whole surface of the water went up in flames. Firetrucks and police cars after that. Pool closed the next day.

[Grey_Mountain]

No one should be surprised at the proliferation of profanity extant in our society. Every profane word in the English vocabulary can be heard on TV andin the movies. Kids grow up thinking it is normal, and are usually surprised that someone else finds it annoying and inappropriate.

"What we at first tolerate, we later embrace."

GM

[Lauren]

As I have often said - one definition of humor is tragedy plus time.