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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Yogi Bearing #129316 06/15/2004 4:52 PM Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1 just visiting stranger just visiting stranger Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1 okay folks ~ here's the latest, hippest verbing of a noun: YOGI BEARING [v.] Stealing from a campsite (usually beer) the etymology of this one's pretty obvious, but since i'd not heard it used before (and thought it to be kinda cute) i thought i'd share it with you. so, here's the context: a group of us were camping last weekend and a strange car pulled up to the outskirts of our compound (i guess that's what you'd call it when 86 folks camp all at one site?). it was pitch dark and they didn't realize that a few of us had left the group to view the constellations (which happened to be absolutely AMAZING, but as ever i digress) without the obscurant effects of the campfire .... so then a couple of teens hopped out of the car [which we later found out was being driven by their mother, a parolee] and snagged a cooler from under one of the RVs. we got the plate, called 911, they got immediately apprehended, our friends got their beer back <insert great sigh of relief>, and the park ranger shared this latest in campground argot. apparantly it's replaced cow tipping as all the rage among country bumpkin youths [pronounced 'yOOts', naturally]. beats robbing liquor stores, i guess *shrug*. cheers! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yogi Bearing #129317 06/15/2004 6:45 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Well, hi, JV. Good coinage. I thought it would have had something to do with baseball, but I like the definition .... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yogi Bearing #129318 06/15/2004 7:02 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont baseball or meditation, one. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yogi Bearing #129319 06/15/2004 9:36 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Yogi bearing I like it JV. No guessing, you know exactly what it means. Hmmm, maybe not, are those cartoons still playing these days? Being a child of the 60s I know about Yogi Bear but do kiddies of the 70s, 80s and 90s know about him? got their beer back <insert great sigh of relief> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yogi Bearing #129320 06/16/2004 12:48 PM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US Being a child of the 60s I know about Yogi Bear but do kiddies of the 70s, 80s and 90s know about him? You betcha! The Jellystone Park franchise continues to thrive around the US.and in Canada as well Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yogi Bearing #129321 06/16/2004 6:55 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Hey BooBoo, I like it. Welcome JV. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Jellystone Park franchise #129322 06/16/2004 9:22 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 What is that slithy? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Jellystone Park franchise #129323 06/17/2004 12:00 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US Excuse me, Bel; what is what? Duh! I just looked at the heading. Jellystone Park is a very successful chain of campgrounds with an authentic Yogi Bear in residence at each and every one. Try googling Jellystone Park. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Jellystone Park franchise #129324 06/17/2004 6:35 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Wow, imagine having that job for the summer...walking around in a Yogi Bear costume in 102 heat. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: The Jellystone Park franchise #129325 06/22/2004 9:25 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada You'd practically have to Yogi Bear a little smackeral of somethig alcoholic. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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