I've gone through most of the Kubler-Ross stages of grief over the Club closing, but I keep regressing to anger...WDW management have already killed off most of the stuff in the parks for adults...and the "reimagined" Downtown Disney concept promises to be nothing that you can't find at your local suburban strip mall, right down to the faux Irish Pub anchor. I fervently, desperately, and most likely vainly hope that the Adventurers Club will reawaken in a new location with as much of the original cast as possible, but I'm not about to hold my breath.

Meanwhile, Downtown Disney gets none of my money on future trips. Reimagine THAT, DTD VP Lansberry!

Call me crazy and insensitive, but I really wish I had synesthesia...I think trying to map the interplay between senses and exploring the connections would be fascinating.

However, I'm not fascinated enough to try using hallucinogens to try to duplicate it. Maybe someday I can electrically stimulate my brain through the skull or something and see how purple tastes...

This video has convinced me to overcome my inherent dislike for Devendra for stealing Natalie away from me (not that we'd ever met, mind you...). Between this and his cover of "Little Boxes" on the "Song of America" compilation album, I can almost bring myself to like the guy.

Yeah, if it's gone for good, it both wipes and blows, in that order.

Eight feet tall and hairy...are they sure it wasn't an Acadian lumberjack?

Man, we really need to get the three billy goats gruff in here to take care of this troll infestation!

Well, it fits...Wil is Just a Geek. Said so himself, he did.

And a marvelous geek he is, too.

I'm sorry, I've suddenly gone all "Bert the chimney sweep" and I've no idea why.

@ 13, thanks for the right terminology...I knew that, really I did! but I was having a bad brain day, and the closest I could get to describe an image captioned in Impact was lolcat.

Oh what I wouldn't give for an edit button. I could fix the typo in my original post, too!

I really can't take credit for the joke in #4, I saw it in a lolcat a while back, with a manatee photoshopped in over the Hindenburg. I just trotted it out because it fit so nice, much like Fezzik and the black cloak that he got from Miracle Max.

But glad it went over well!

Ooh, this thread is bringing in all sorts of sock puppets!

@81, no, just rampant wankery.

Wilford Brimley is the new Chuck Norris, methinks.

And, because this joke is waiting in the wings to come one...if they're exploring whale shapes, why not other aquatic creatures, like the seacow? That way people can point and say "Oh, the huge manatee!"

But to agree with HDN in comment 1, if Helium is in short supply, I doubt we'll be launching very many lighter-than-air craft any time soon, unless we can figure out how to make hydrogen just as buoyant but less explode-y.

@ Aaron T. Yeah, I'm pretty certain the one on the left is from the MuppetVision area of Disney's Hollywood Studios park, most likely the gift shop. The decor and the merch racks seems to suggest it. The one on the right is probably from the same location, come to think of it.

I must also admit skepticism...if the culture of modern celebrity has taught me anything, it's that intelligence and attractiveness are frequently inversely proportional.