27 Pax turned out to recount the good ole days of the 1893 World’s Fair….Deliverance, Dr. Evil, FloRida, Special Ed, Kay, Crawdaddy, Fortran, Fanny Pack, Whamo, Blue Hen, Thin Mint, Chipper, Epstein, Yoyo, Gilmore, Tool Time, Crank bait, Mulligan, Red Hot, Pacer, Flounder, Spicoli, Sludge, Tenderfoot, Checkbook, Dean (Q), and FNG Barry Greeson “Shear Connection”

Mumblechatter began extremely early once YHC learned there was an FNG.  Several pointed in the direction of Thin mint, who YHC mistakenly thought for the briefest of moments was the FNG…Dr. Evil quickly pointed out that Thin mint was indeed my partner last week for the Murph and that I should be ashamed of my self…Indeed I am…Tclaps to Thin mint for having the maturity of a 54 year old, and Tclaps to Dr. Evil for setting a good example of how to treat figures in authority!  Here is YHC upon arriving home…

Then YHC did a quick disclaimer and mission statement of F3…Something about advancement of male leadership…The statement was more or less drowned out by those berating the Q’s competence…Which leads YHC to wonder why the Q schedule is currently open??

So, rising above the mumblechatter, YHC led the group to the cul-de-sac for Warm-a-rama…

25x Side Straddle Hop (mainly for Pacer to enjoy)

10x Super Slow Abes

15x Cotton Pickers/Seam Rippers/Cotton Rippers/Seam Pickers

20x Sun Gods Each way sobriety style

If the Q ever had control, it was at this point that it was lost as we transitioned into the Thang….Inspired by the book Devil in the White City (Fortran actually asked if that was the inspiration…well done!) and Daniel Burnham the Architect/engineer, we began to recount the amazing things the 1893 world’s fair brought us…Starting with Juicy fruit

Which meant a “Double Applesauce” which is an indian run to the bus benches…

Me every time I try to do an Indian Run…

Once we arrived at the benches it was time for Aunt Jemima’s (Another 1893 Fair success!)  11s on the hill with Burpees and Chilly Plankjacks (IC)

After Kay finished…and time was called, we moved on to another Double Applesauce to the benches…This Double applesauce went worse than the first as we finished about (8) wide…looking about like this…

Then, in honor of the ORIGINAL Ferris Wheel, we did ramp up to 18 and then back down (36 total cars on the Ferris wheel, so 18 times up, 18 times down)  Starting at the benches 1x Dip, then down the hill 2x either Merkin or Squat, then 3x LBC at the Porte cochere. then 4x dips, and so on…This took the balance of time with several PAX reminding the Q we had a long name-a-rama and to name an FNG…point taken, but workout can’t be shorted too much…so we carried on until the last possible second.

Mulligan had to keep YHC’s count straight….several groanings were heard, and ignored…All in all was wonderful…at appointed time.

We then headed back to the basketball court to finish up…Travel method being Double Applesauce…This is where the Q totally lost grip…as you can see from two below images captured….at one point a PAX yelled “Jailbreak” and effectively stole the Q….like that one time Crankbait stole Q from me…#unbelievable…

Note the lack of (2) lines…

Mufasa, along with the Q’s control, died at this point….

Upon arrival at Far side’s Tennis courts we did Mary’s..Evil made sure to tell the FNG to NOT watch YHC’s form…(granted the character in the below Gif is a bit taller than Evil, it’s close)..

15x Low Slow Flutter

15x LBC

15x American Hammer

We then began the name-a-rama and to name the FNG Barry…Since he is also an NC State Structural engineer (same as YHC), Gilmore (more excited than a school girl) began screaming “SOUL MATE” “SOUL MATE”, over and over again…In order to calm myself, YHC had to remind himself that Gilmore’s soul mate is Rosie…here is the only shot i have of the two of them arguing about Mulligan or restless legs…

Meanwhile, Flo-Rida gave YHC (2) thumbs down for being a millenial that can’t make a decision…but thanks to the precedent set by a non-millenial Checkbook, the backblast is where the name is officially set…so Barry’s name will be “Shear Connection”….It likely would have been Aunt Jemima (thanks to Red Hot), but no one could hear that over Gilmore’s Rosie impersonation…But since Barry and I connected, pun intended, it only makes sense….Shear connections are the most common connection in steel framed buildings with beams and girders.  And the play on words will make FloRida smile inside and out…non-engineers will spell it sheer and wonder what the heck it means….So, the perfect name…Dawned on me in the truck ride home…so again, thanks to Checkbook for setting the precedent that has yet to be overturned in the court of Pax opinion…

Other notes…Evil commented on Deliverance’s knee spotting, it being at his eye level and all…I got it on film…And Deliverance does have a striking similar look to Indy…

And Tclaps to Fanny pack for fighting through injury!

And a special thanks to Tool Time for always respecting the Q….

Announcements:

Kay – Team to Uganda?  Pax want to send Dean for at least (2) weeks…maybe more…Email Kay if interested.  Very preliminary now…

Crankbait – June 16th, 9-12 Service day at New Story Church…Gilmore asked 10,000 questions about what to bring, yada yada yada….

Crankbait took us out

A Humbling experience to lead,

Dean