Almost Heaven?

by KevinHD on Jun 19, 2009 6:57 AM EDT in Fun Stuff

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Grottoes, Virginia

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The song says

I thought WEST Virginia was almost Heaven.
Change a few words and he could have been singing about Pennsylvania.

Reg4

by Regulator4 on Jun 19, 2009 8:11 AM EDT reply actions

So let me get this straight

You pulled over to the side of the road to take this picture, but you couldn’t drive seven miles to see Grottoes?

I bet they had a glorious grotto in the center of town.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Jun 19, 2009 8:49 AM EDT reply actions

I just looked up the meaning of grotto

and technically it’s not the waterfall landscape part but rather it’s the artificial cavernous part that is hidden underneath. It makes me wonder whether or not you truly have a grotto or if you’ve been pretending to have a grotto all of this time since we’ve never actually seen your grotto???? Is it possible that you’ve been perpetrating a lie all this time in order to increase your reputation as the master of the grotto?

I feel so used!!

by RNF18 on Jun 19, 2009 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions

I got in enough trouble

for insisting we turn around and pull over for this picture, the seven miles was out of the question.

Black Shoe Diaries

by KevinHD on Jun 19, 2009 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

+1 Daryll Clark Fist Pump to you, sir

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 19, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Nice Rambler

mixing it up with the alternate fist pump angle.

Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD

by bconway6 on Jun 19, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

The best part of that is

that you thought enough of your BSD family to bother to turn around and share this picture.

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on Jun 19, 2009 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Awesome!

Way to wear the pants and do it for the team.

When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --jvp

by jtothep on Jun 19, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions

I have been to Grottoes, VA many times....

We played baseball in that town for our JMU Club team for three of my four years in Harrisonburg. The center of town was community center that had a large WWII cannon in front. There was a “mike’s pizza” and a non-chain fast food joint that served burgers i swear were made out of the rats that lived in that town.

Grottoes apparently is known for its caverns. But I highly recommend that none of you EVER visit this town as it will be the biggest waste of your time. Instead, stop at JMU where the girl/guy ratio is 60/40. Go to any house party, no one charges you for booze.

"I was looking for four things. Honesty, loyalty, trustworthiness and a man of character. Joe Paterno has all of that." - Derrick Williams

by Stately NOVA Lion on Jun 19, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes, Grottoes, VA is ALMOST heaven

This is heaven:

Zug (German: Zug (help·info)) is the capital of the canton of Zug in Switzerland. It is situated at the northeastern corner of Lake Zug, at the foot of the Zugerberg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zug

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 19, 2009 8:58 AM EDT reply actions

Until I clicked the link

I was completely convinced you made up Zugerberg. Even better though:

Zug’s best known agricultural product is kirsch.

Cherry liqueur, for those who don’t know.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 19, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I did not know

Now I know.

And knowing is half the battle.

When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --jvp

by jtothep on Jun 22, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Geeee iiiiii Zug!!!!

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 22, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Fact

GI Zug fills his canteen with kirsch. And gargles with it after brushing his teeth.

When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --jvp

by jtothep on Jun 22, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions

But he doesn't spit it out into the sink

he drinks every last drop

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 22, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

and pisses it out

onto the floor.

for a Song Girl to mop up.

When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --jvp

by jtothep on Jun 22, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Like a Doofus...

I also looked up grotto in the dictionary. It is a cave or artificial cavern as RNF18 states.

I was interested in the spelling…I thought the plural was grottos, but the Virginia folks got it right.. Betcha if it was in W. Va., they’d have misspelled it! I remember Dan Quayle got into a lot of problems because he spelled potato incorrectly (he put an e on the end!).

by PaJoe on Jun 19, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions