I've been there a couple times. Why the f**k would you want to leave?

strangeguitar: I've been there a couple times. Why the f**k would you want to leave?

Volcanos?

King Something: strangeguitar: I've been there a couple times. Why the f**k would you want to leave?

Volcanos?

Nah. Just "duck and cover" in the event of lava flow.

I just came to see if someone would point out that Hawaii is an island, and not get subby's joke.

But I suppose I am too early.

Charlton who?...Dead?...Wait, what? (new window)

awesome headline. i almost peed myself.

Serious question: Is Hawaii worth visiting, or has it deteriorated into one big tourist trap?

Good one, subby.

Oh, and rooftop235, I think you missed the thread you were looking for...

strangeguitar: I've been there a couple times. Why the f**k would you want to leave?

Because they have an understandable policy of, "Thank you for visiting, now go home."

Everyone wants to be the last one to discover a place.

yep, sure did. sorry.

My response to subby's headline: Hurrrrr, duhh, durrrrrr.

/that is all

Just dropped $400 on a one way ticket to PDX for the summer.

strangeguitar: I've been there a couple times. Why the f**k would you want to leave?

Because it is full of Hawaiians

vorsicht: strangeguitar: I've been there a couple times. Why the f**k would you want to leave?

Because it is full of Hawaiians

And you get sick of eating pineapple and spam all the time.

Aren't there interstate highways (new window) in Hawaii?

Omnivorous: Aren't there interstate highways (new window) in Hawaii?

yea, but with gas prices the way they are a bus ride from Hawaii would be pretty expensive.

cerberus9

Serious question: Is Hawaii worth visiting, or has it deteriorated into one big tourist trap?

HI has a lot of beautiful things to see, but its become a Disneyland for wealthy tourists.

/Thank you for visiting, now go home.

Get off my island...


That is all...

batgirl30: Get off my island...


That is all...

That's what SHE said.

/well, it is. i even quoted it

cerberus9: Serious question: Is Hawaii worth visiting, or has it deteriorated into one big tourist trap?

If you can get a personal invitation to visit either Ni'ihau or Kaho'olawe, then you can see the real Hawai'i. Since neither are very likely for most of us, Molokai will have to do. Loved Maui, but it's totally all about the tourism. There are a number of villages there utterly resentful of haole that I wouldn't recommend visiting even for authenticity's sake.

It's still one of those places you have to see before you die, and still very much worth the effort.

So much for personal responsibility.

//Kidding, mostly.
//But seriously kids, this is why you buy travel insurance.

strangeguitar: I've been there a couple times. Why the f**k would you want to leave?

I visited last year. Heat and humidity come to mind.

Consider that I'm from Central Oregon, where a "hot day" ranks at roughly 80. I arrived in Honolulu in April and nearly died. It's gorgeous (Maui too), I'll be working on a nocturnal schedule the next time I see it. Walking down the streets on any given day felt as though I were basting in an oven.

Burnttoast27

PDX? I feel sorry for you. There is nothing interesting here at all. Just a bunch of bohemian douchebags full of smug.

t3knomanser: //But seriously kids, this is why you buy travel insurance.

Why do I get a feeling that you have a vested interest in pushing travel insurance?

/Sounds like it's in the same vein as elephant repellent and anti-tiger rocks.

Robo Beat: And you get sick of eating pineapple and spam all the time.

I for one will never get tired of SPAM. I can take or leave pineapple, though once you've had it fresh, you'll never be able to stand the preserved kind again.

Wow, who knew there were so many Farkers in Hawaii?

/Honolulu, w00t

"They're stranded? Call the airlines and book 'em Dano."

Well subby, it might be cheaper to use buses and trains but it is safer to fly them home. Personally, I'd rather take a bus or train and enjoy the sightseeing but I wouldn't want to sit in a bus or train for that long.

rooftop235: Charlton who?...Dead?...Wait, what? (new window)

Nice threadjack, asshat.

I'm an Hawaiian farker, but don't tell that to the locals, cause I'm just a farking haole.

Stranded Ones: Oh, we like it but we can't really leave now.

Hawaii: GTFO. Seriously. Now. On us.

Bus them home.

tehotherbilly

I lived in Mac and also Bend for a while. I like Oregon. Food is great, Booze is better, Music scene isnt bad...I miss the rain too

/Rock fever.

cerberus9: Serious question: Is Hawaii worth visiting, or has it deteriorated into one big tourist trap?

Oahu is completely commercialized, but there's stuff to do.
Big island is pretty, but boring.
Maui is very nice, but there's a lot of development going on.
Kauai is still very tropical, but it rains a lot.
Molokai is boring.
Lanai is owned by Bill Gates or Oprah or somebody, very boring.
Niihau is privately owned, ya gotta know somebody to get in.
Kahoolawe will turn u green.

Before all you barbecue fans chime in I have to ask..
Have you ever seen a Hawaiian person really being barbecued?
I mean a human Hawaiian being really barbecued with deadly force.
Just wondering.

cerberus9: Serious question: Is Hawaii worth visiting, or has it deteriorated into one big tourist trap?

Hawaii is the early Tahiti. Go see it before it goes. See them both; they are on the way out.

strangeguitar: I've been there a couple times. Why the f**k would you want to leave?


Helllllooooooo.........that place almost killed Greg Brady!!!

nough said...

Burnttoast27

If you must come here, visit my friend Billy Galaxy. He's got a store half a block down from Powell's. Any self respecting Farker would think he'd died and gone to heaven in that place.

they didn't have to do it, but that was really cool of them

KipperM

Oahu is completely commercialized, but there's stuff to do.
Big island is pretty, but boring.
Maui is very nice, but there's a lot of development going on.
Kauai is still very tropical, but it rains a lot.
Molokai is boring.
Lanai is owned by Bill Gates or Oprah or somebody, very boring.
Niihau is privately owned, ya gotta know somebody to get in.
Kahoolawe will turn u green.

THIS

/Its all about Upcountry, Maui NO KA OI

cerberus9: Serious question: Is Hawaii worth visiting, or has it deteriorated into one big tourist trap?
I love how all of you are picking apart Hawaii like its some middle-of-the-ocean disneyland now. I'm happy just to get the hell out of the midwest and experience different climates let alone a tropical island with culture you can't find anywhere else on this landmass called north america. Do you people have to bag on everything in this world or what?

To answer your question, if you have the means, you should visit. There are different areas on each island for different tastes. From my experience Oahu has nightlife (and the whole Pearl Harbor thing), Maui is for kicking back and just enjoying the fact that you aren't back home rotting away. Theres plenty of sight-seeing if you're into that. In my case, I just like to kick back and have a caucasian or 6 and not worry about a thing.

Yeah, subby, I suppose if you're Jesus, and you can drive on farking water.

/ Izzat about what you're looking for, Sigh...?

strangeguitar: I've been there a couple times. Why the f**k would you want to leave?

From the few Hawaiians that are pushing 50 I've met say that growing up on an island is really goddam boring and irritating. One almost hopes a volcano explodes just to give people something to do or talk about.

/wants to visit
//but only for the volcanoes
///can find lush jungles anywhere else and not be stuck on Gilligans Island.

tehotherbilly

If you must come here, visit my friend Billy Galaxy. He's got a store half a block down from Powell's. Any self respecting Farker would think he'd died and gone to heaven in that place.


Isnt Billy Galaxy a toy and comic shop? Gawd I miss Powells. Im over well over due for a Powells trip. It hard to read when its always 85degrees and you live on a NW break.

/10 minutes from Honolua Bay

uprislng: cerberus9: Serious question: Is Hawaii worth visiting, or has it deteriorated into one big tourist trap?
I love how all of you are picking apart Hawaii like its some middle-of-the-ocean disneyland now. I'm happy just to get the hell out of the midwest and experience different climates let alone a tropical island with culture you can't find anywhere else on this landmass called north america. Do you people have to bag on everything in this world or what?

To answer your question, if you have the means, you should visit. There are different areas on each island for different tastes. From my experience Oahu has nightlife (and the whole Pearl Harbor thing), Maui is for kicking back and just enjoying the fact that you aren't back home rotting away. Theres plenty of sight-seeing if you're into that. In my case, I just like to kick back and have a caucasian or 6 and not worry about a thing.

OK. So you visited another state. Have you been to Florida or NY yet?

Burnttoast27

It's more vintage toys than comics, but yeah. He's got everything every kid used to own.

yeah, they should drive them back on their interstate highway. wtf.

tehotherbilly 2008-04-06 01:18:19 AM
Burnttoast27

PDX? I feel sorry for you. There is nothing interesting here at all. Just a bunch of bohemian douchebags full of smug.

THIS

/I've lived in the NW since '66. Always thought there was something about Portland I couldn't quite put my finger on. That sums it up quite nicely, thanks.

//Hawaii sounds nice, though. Too bad I'll never fly again.
///Not until we dismantle Der Heimat Sicherheit Departement.

Sad to see ATA and Aloha call it quits. Flew both countless times to the islands. ATA was awesome. One-way standby was $142 cash at the counter from SFO or LAX.

Good times.



/love the north shore. love. it.

Subby gets -5000 points for a lame headline......

I live in Hawaii, and we thank you for not visiting!