The (Ongoing) Adventures of Colin the Bear

Antarctican · Aug 18, 2007

Colin noticed that there seemed to be a LOT more people wandering the streets of Taranna several weeks ago. "What's up?" he asked the Penguin Queen. "Why, it's Caribana weekend" she replied. "Over one million people come to Taranna to participate in the Caribana events celebrating Caribbean culture, the culmination of which is the big parade, with 25,000 scantily clad dancers and lots of reggae and soca music. Would you like to go?" Colin had stopped listening after hearing 'scantily clad dancers', had his eyes closed, and was drooling heavily. The Penguin Queen just laughed, grabbed him and her camera, and hurried off to join the thongs, I mean the throngs of people along the parade route. Even though the route was fenced off, Colin was able to slip through the bars and dance with some of the pretty ladies.

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Tangerini · Aug 18, 2007

Woohoo go Colin :lol:

nealjpage · Aug 19, 2007

Tangerini said:
Woohoo go Colin

I agree. Is it wrong of me to be jealous of Colin right now? 'Cause I am :lmao:

marinaw · Aug 27, 2007

These are wonderful! What a fabulous concept, and the photos are so much fun! The photo with Colin having a little lie down after the toasts had me laughing out loud!

Please, keep them coming!

Chiller · Aug 27, 2007

:thumbup::thumbup: Keep rockin Jeanney... one of the best theads on the forum.

Antarctican · Aug 29, 2007

The Penguin Queen discovered that she had a screw loose. Wait, that didn't come out right. She discovered that a screw on her coffee table needed tightening. Colin, ever eager to help out, grabbed the appropriate tool and fixed the problem. "Hey" he thought to himself. "What TPF member does this picture make you think of?" Can you guess?

lostprophet · Aug 29, 2007

would it be that northerner?

Antarctican · Sep 2, 2007

Colin had been looking forward to the last long weekend of the summer because he and the Penguin Queen were heading to Lake Simcoe. "Woohoo, I'm going to the sun of the beach", he thought. "Let's see how much fun I can cram into one weekend!"

He had heard of Muscle Beach, but at Lake Simcoe it could more aptly be called Mussel Beach.

He had a picnic on the beach, then lay down to sunbathe.

After he had turned a lovely golden brown, he played in the sand, and went for a boat ride on the water.

"Whew, all this relaxing and having fun is hard work" he said. "And I'm afraid I'm dehydrated. What do I do, oh Penguin Queen?" "Well, Colin, your timing with that question is very good, as it's the cocktail hour!" So Colin sampled the offeringsthe Canadian cocktail Bloody Caesar (bloody good!),

and a local beer, Creemore. [Colin has to learn to pace himself a little better!]

Alex_B · Sep 2, 2007

the picninc one just gave me a very broad smile

littlesandra · Sep 3, 2007

Oh the boat and the passed out on the lawn chair. These are priceless.I think colin needs to meet the moose of Newfoundlad

Antarctican · Sep 5, 2007

(^^^ Colin has never been to Newfoundland and has heard such good things about how beautiful it is and how nice the people are, he looks forward to seeing it someday!)

Well, it's about that time in the life of this thread that a few 'outtakes' get posted....

Here’s a picture of Colin taken the morning after he had the beer and Bloody Caesars (bloody hell, his widdle head was throbbing sooo badly! But the plants seemed to deal with the, ummm, fertilizing just fine)

Colin found the boat to be a bit ‘tipsy’ too!

Colin has a staring contest with an evil looking rabbit (perhaps the one from the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie??)

leaving0hio · Sep 6, 2007

These are absolutely awesome. They brought much happiness to an otherwise depressing day. Thanks

Antarctican · Sep 7, 2007

After going to see Buskerfest with the Penguin Queen, Colin got the bright idea that maybe he could earn some extra cash by being a street busker. The results were not pretty. And a few of his seams ripped. 'Seams' he wasn't cut out for this after all!