Going to powwow/coming home from powwow.....

1hothooha · 01-07-2006, 02:34 AM

going to powwow/ coming home from powwow...what's the funniest/weirdest thing that happened?????

**bahnisiain** · 01-07-2006, 09:12 PM

forgetting to remove parts of regalia. went home with my leggings and mocs still on.

SHO~STOPPER · 01-09-2006, 01:44 PM

we was going to a lil one day pw, and there was this sign that said a certain town was 15 miles ahead...and then we drove a few more minutes and saw another sign that said the same town was 15 miles ahead.....and then we drove some more....i know more than a couple miles...that said this same town was still 15 miles ahead

we was like..dang are we in the twilight zone??

**chazziff** · 01-09-2006, 02:40 PM

seeing a well known men's traditional dancer in a "gentlemen's club" getting a lap dance from one of the "afternoon crew" dancers on the way to schemitzun one year ... don't ask what we were doin in there ... lol

Go4erIt · 01-09-2006, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SHO~STOPPER

we was going to a lil one day pw, and there was this sign that said a certain town was 15 miles ahead...and then we drove a few more minutes and saw another sign that said the same town was 15 miles ahead.....and then we drove some more....i know more than a couple miles...that said this same town was still 15 miles ahead

we was like..dang are we in the twilight zone??

It wasn't the twilight zone it must have been Browning Mt. Cuz we were croozing right along trying to make the new year powwow and man that fog was wicked. Must have doubled our travel time.

WhoMe · 01-10-2006, 01:06 PM

I had this happen twice....

We were driving great distances with multiple drivers to powwows. In the middle of the night, we pulled over at a gas station and wake the next driver whose turn it is to drive. He goes inside to get some caffeine and I crawl in the backseat.

Half asleep, this driver heads in the direction where we just came from and drives a couple of hours before realizing his mistake!

Oh,

Also we left my little sister in Utah, when she climbed outside of the van to go to the restroom.

It was 4 hours before we discovered she was missing!

**chazziff** · 01-10-2006, 01:50 PM

holay!! i remember we accidently left my nephew at a pw in hobbema and didn't realize until camrose - bout an hour or so away ... he was quite content waiting with the police. gaw never felt soo bad in our lives!!

my hubby did that once when he went down to the states with fly n eagle - drove the wrong way - drove east not north ... but he did get to see devil's tower in a beautiful morning sunrise ... lol

SHO~STOPPER · 01-13-2006, 11:28 AM

we went up to shakopee one year....and we had one of them luggage carriers on top of our van..them big white ones that look like a Big Mac box..lol.....anyways...we still had it on top of our van when we went up to the mall of america. and we were just all excited about going shoppin up there...we entered the parking garage there...and we was goin up the lil ramp and then we heard a big thud sound. i looked in the mirror, and the little clearance sign was just hanging there...dangling on one side. we didnt pay attention to the clearance height..and that dang luggage carrier knocked it down....lol....it was crazy tho...we just laffed and hoped no one saw it..and just went and found a parking spot and enjoyed our day. hehehe!

another time with that dang luggage carrier...we was going north on I 29, and it must have been windy....we must have had our powwow jams up too loud...there was this nice person flashing his lights behind us, so we pulled over. and the luggage carrier had fallen off the top of our van...lol...and the guy was like...i tried to wave you people down a few miles back....so we had to go back and look for that carrier. i think we must have gone a few miles before we even found it. no more Big Mac box on our van..lol.

another time..we was coming back down I29, and it was still light outside. we had my daughter with us..she was about three at the time. a car had passed us, and she started freakin out, almost crying about "It." and she was pointing at the car that had passed us, so we speeded up and here the drivier was all made up like a clown. it looked pretty funny, but my daughter was scared cuz we had recently watched that stephen king movie It.

wareagle · 01-13-2006, 01:24 PM

So When Me And My Singing Boys Were Cruzing To A Powwow, And Stoped At Burger King At 9:58, So We Were Saying It Not Closed. Then A Guy Walked Out And Said Were Closed, In A Gay Way, And It Was Blowing That Night And He Fixed His Hair And Said That , Then We All Started Laughing When We Got Back Into The Van, So Yeah

fancy_lax_boy · 01-13-2006, 03:44 PM

I think getting lost on the way home from Skydome 2005...that had to be the funniest...we must have passed Ikea like 5 times...crazy times...we've had so many times I think I need to write a book...lol

**Summer_June**

WhoMe · 01-13-2006, 05:06 PM

There was this Christmas powwow in this small town with a big population of Indians.

Santa came to the powwow and all the kids crowded around him as he gave a couple of loud, jolly, "HO, HO, HOs." After his presentation they ended the powwow.

As we were driving out of town to go home.....

We saw Santa still in his Santa suit, pulling into a local bar....

....JUST RUGGED!!!!

thizgirlpowwows · 01-16-2006, 04:32 PM

One time my husband's drum group was coming back from a host gig in Iowa, when they got to sioux falls, one of his singers took over to drive. Needless to say, my husband woke up in time to see "Welcome to North Dakota" sign go passing by, they ended up on the other side of Sisseton instead. His singer does not do night driving any more LOL

Ive had my experience with the Big Mac carrier top too. One time just me and my daughter were coming back from wyoming and were on the other side of shoshoni when my carrier top fell off. I didnt know how to put it back on, it was dark and windy, good thing i had folding seats, i stuff that carrier somehow in the back of my explorer and took off. looked all crazy when i got home. LOL i never used it again

**Miss_Nish** · 01-16-2006, 10:38 PM

What have we done that's funny or weird!!?!?! I gotz lotsa stories... LOL

... We recorded ourselves singing along to a CD
... keep eachother awake by waiting until everyone is totally quiet and then screamed real loud!!!
... try to get the truckers to toot their horns when we pass them up

This wasn't goin' to a pow wow.. but we've stopped to do a blair witch skit cuz we were drivin' throo the sticks!! hahaha.. but we couldn't get our noses to drip like that chick

crazywolf · 01-16-2006, 11:02 PM

Boozhoo niji,

I was driving my old van on the way to Perry GA, up I-75, and I was comming up on the backside of a storm. The road was soaking wet and there was some fog but nothing that limited visability. I saw some lights off the side of the highway that looked like stadium lights. I took an exit that happened to be there and drove out that way but never could find the lights. Returned to the interstate. Was kinda hoping the storm would move away, but I wound up driving right into it. Went under a overpass in Tifton and the front and back of my van lit up along with the stereotypical clap of thunder. I figure the lightning hit the overpass while I was under it.

Then there was this time on the way to Cherokee of GA, taking one of the back roads, and I saw a light that was travelling parallel to me and almost beside me, but maybe 200 yards into the tree farm. I was doing about 70, I figure this is a SUV out there, but its gotta be a dirt road out there, the light was not bouncing or anything, and then it starts accelerating. UFO anyone?

Finally on the way to White Earth I pulled up behind this trailer on the interstate, painted on the back of it... "Mars or Bust"

Derek

cosmos · 01-17-2006, 02:25 PM

We were coming back from a powwow, following each other, we stopped at a rest stop, one of the drivers grabbed a Diet Coke and slammed it then threw the can in the back of the truck. Next thing I knew a cop was right behind me with the flashing lights, I pulled over but he passed and stopped the truck in front of me. I gave the signal "I will wait for you down the road". Turns out the crazy cop thought the driver slammed I guess a coors light and gave him a vision test and he had to blow into something. This was crazy since the driver doesn't even drink. I bet the cop was embarrassed when he saw the Diet Coke can in the back of the truck.

01-07-2006, 02:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
1hothooha Have Shawl Will Travel Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 38	Going to powwow/coming home from powwow..... going to powwow/ coming home from powwow...what's the funniest/weirdest thing that happened?????

01-07-2006, 09:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
bahnisiain Eastern Blanket Dancer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CT Posts: 1,798 Blog Entries: 2	forgetting to remove parts of regalia. went home with my leggings and mocs still on. __________________ Bahnisiain www.myspace.com/bahnisiain

01-09-2006, 02:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
chazziff YO!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in a big sleigh bed Posts: 6,463	seeing a well known men's traditional dancer in a "gentlemen's club" getting a lap dance from one of the "afternoon crew" dancers on the way to schemitzun one year ... don't ask what we were doin in there ... lol __________________ See I wanna move, but can't escape from you So I keep it low, keep a secret code So everybody else don't have to know So keep ya love locked down

01-10-2006, 01:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
WhoMe PauWau Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Land of 370 Broken Treaties Posts: 5,559	I had this happen twice.... We were driving great distances with multiple drivers to powwows. In the middle of the night, we pulled over at a gas station and wake the next driver whose turn it is to drive. He goes inside to get some caffeine and I crawl in the backseat. Half asleep, this driver heads in the direction where we just came from and drives a couple of hours before realizing his mistake! Oh, Also we left my little sister in Utah, when she climbed outside of the van to go to the restroom. It was 4 hours before we discovered she was missing! __________________ "Today, recognizing and respecting the origins of powwow aids in our Cultural Survival. If enough people break the rules because they are not satisfied...."We will have no culture." WhoMe

01-10-2006, 01:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
chazziff YO!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in a big sleigh bed Posts: 6,463	holay!! i remember we accidently left my nephew at a pw in hobbema and didn't realize until camrose - bout an hour or so away ... he was quite content waiting with the police. gaw never felt soo bad in our lives!! my hubby did that once when he went down to the states with fly n eagle - drove the wrong way - drove east not north ... but he did get to see devil's tower in a beautiful morning sunrise ... lol __________________ See I wanna move, but can't escape from you So I keep it low, keep a secret code So everybody else don't have to know So keep ya love locked down

01-09-2006, 01:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
SHO~STOPPER Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 7	we was going to a lil one day pw, and there was this sign that said a certain town was 15 miles ahead...and then we drove a few more minutes and saw another sign that said the same town was 15 miles ahead.....and then we drove some more....i know more than a couple miles...that said this same town was still 15 miles ahead we was like..dang are we in the twilight zone??

01-13-2006, 11:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
SHO~STOPPER Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 7	another one... we went up to shakopee one year....and we had one of them luggage carriers on top of our van..them big white ones that look like a Big Mac box..lol.....anyways...we still had it on top of our van when we went up to the mall of america. and we were just all excited about going shoppin up there...we entered the parking garage there...and we was goin up the lil ramp and then we heard a big thud sound. i looked in the mirror, and the little clearance sign was just hanging there...dangling on one side. we didnt pay attention to the clearance height..and that dang luggage carrier knocked it down....lol....it was crazy tho...we just laffed and hoped no one saw it..and just went and found a parking spot and enjoyed our day. hehehe! another time with that dang luggage carrier...we was going north on I 29, and it must have been windy....we must have had our powwow jams up too loud...there was this nice person flashing his lights behind us, so we pulled over. and the luggage carrier had fallen off the top of our van...lol...and the guy was like...i tried to wave you people down a few miles back....so we had to go back and look for that carrier. i think we must have gone a few miles before we even found it. no more Big Mac box on our van..lol. another time..we was coming back down I29, and it was still light outside. we had my daughter with us..she was about three at the time. a car had passed us, and she started freakin out, almost crying about "It." and she was pointing at the car that had passed us, so we speeded up and here the drivier was all made up like a clown. it looked pretty funny, but my daughter was scared cuz we had recently watched that stephen king movie It.

01-13-2006, 01:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
wareagle Singing Eagle Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: kayenta Posts: 95	Hi There! So When Me And My Singing Boys Were Cruzing To A Powwow, And Stoped At Burger King At 9:58, So We Were Saying It Not Closed. Then A Guy Walked Out And Said Were Closed, In A Gay Way, And It Was Blowing That Night And He Fixed His Hair And Said That , Then We All Started Laughing When We Got Back Into The Van, So Yeah __________________ whazz up!

01-13-2006, 03:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
fancy_lax_boy Fancy Dancer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Six Nations Posts: 12	I think getting lost on the way home from Skydome 2005...that had to be the funniest...we must have passed Ikea like 5 times...crazy times...we've had so many times I think I need to write a book...lol Summer_June

01-13-2006, 05:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
WhoMe PauWau Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Land of 370 Broken Treaties Posts: 5,559	There was this Christmas powwow in this small town with a big population of Indians. Santa came to the powwow and all the kids crowded around him as he gave a couple of loud, jolly, "HO, HO, HOs." After his presentation they ended the powwow. As we were driving out of town to go home..... We saw Santa still in his Santa suit, pulling into a local bar.... ....JUST RUGGED!!!! __________________ "Today, recognizing and respecting the origins of powwow aids in our Cultural Survival. If enough people break the rules because they are not satisfied...."We will have no culture." WhoMe

01-16-2006, 04:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
thizgirlpowwows Senior Dancer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: IN THE DIRTY SOUTH.........DAKOTA Posts: 636	One time my husband's drum group was coming back from a host gig in Iowa, when they got to sioux falls, one of his singers took over to drive. Needless to say, my husband woke up in time to see "Welcome to North Dakota" sign go passing by, they ended up on the other side of Sisseton instead. His singer does not do night driving any more LOL Ive had my experience with the Big Mac carrier top too. One time just me and my daughter were coming back from wyoming and were on the other side of shoshoni when my carrier top fell off. I didnt know how to put it back on, it was dark and windy, good thing i had folding seats, i stuff that carrier somehow in the back of my explorer and took off. looked all crazy when i got home. LOL i never used it again __________________ TOUGH TIMES NEVER LAST BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO AN INVESTMENT IN KNOWLEDGE ALWAYS PAYS THE BEST INTEREST Last edited by thizgirlpowwows; 01-16-2006 at 04:37 PM.

01-16-2006, 10:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
Miss_Nish PowWows.com Addicts Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Anishnabe Akii Posts: 1,024	What have we done that's funny or weird!!?!?! I gotz lotsa stories... LOL ... We recorded ourselves singing along to a CD ... keep eachother awake by waiting until everyone is totally quiet and then screamed real loud!!! ... try to get the truckers to toot their horns when we pass them up This wasn't goin' to a pow wow.. but we've stopped to do a blair witch skit cuz we were drivin' throo the sticks!! hahaha.. but we couldn't get our noses to drip like that chick __________________ ~* Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you're up to *~

01-16-2006, 11:02 PM	#14 (permalink)
crazywolf crazywolf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: unsettled for now, MN Posts: 867 Blog Entries: 5	Boozhoo niji, I was driving my old van on the way to Perry GA, up I-75, and I was comming up on the backside of a storm. The road was soaking wet and there was some fog but nothing that limited visability. I saw some lights off the side of the highway that looked like stadium lights. I took an exit that happened to be there and drove out that way but never could find the lights. Returned to the interstate. Was kinda hoping the storm would move away, but I wound up driving right into it. Went under a overpass in Tifton and the front and back of my van lit up along with the stereotypical clap of thunder. I figure the lightning hit the overpass while I was under it. Then there was this time on the way to Cherokee of GA, taking one of the back roads, and I saw a light that was travelling parallel to me and almost beside me, but maybe 200 yards into the tree farm. I was doing about 70, I figure this is a SUV out there, but its gotta be a dirt road out there, the light was not bouncing or anything, and then it starts accelerating. UFO anyone? Finally on the way to White Earth I pulled up behind this trailer on the interstate, painted on the back of it... "Mars or Bust" Derek

01-17-2006, 02:25 PM	#15 (permalink)
cosmos Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 75	We were coming back from a powwow, following each other, we stopped at a rest stop, one of the drivers grabbed a Diet Coke and slammed it then threw the can in the back of the truck. Next thing I knew a cop was right behind me with the flashing lights, I pulled over but he passed and stopped the truck in front of me. I gave the signal "I will wait for you down the road". Turns out the crazy cop thought the driver slammed I guess a coors light and gave him a vision test and he had to blow into something. This was crazy since the driver doesn't even drink. I bet the cop was embarrassed when he saw the Diet Coke can in the back of the truck.

01-22-2006, 11:10 PM	#16 (permalink)
oneida_huny Smoke Dancer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at a longhouse near u! Posts: 156