The Lawnchair Party 2001

From Left to right: Syse the loser, Gort the short guy, Tim the Mac lover, Colin the tall guy, Smo the idea man, Schober the entertainer.

    Colin is the leader of the pack.  The lawn chair parties are held on his front lawn.  Height: 6' 10".  Now you may think that because of his height, he must be a basketball player.  True, he does like basketball, but he's more of a diehard skateboarder.  Colin recently graduated from Milwaukee School of Engineering.
    Schober is the entertainer.  He's always trying to do something to make everyone laugh.  Whether putting sparklers in his mouth and lying on his back, or asking every girl out at the party under 10 seconds.  Schober also supplies some of the bare essentials: TVs, game systems and the wiring.  Schober works at the Market Square Theater as the First Assistant Manager.
    Smoe is the guy who always has the ideas for what to do.  Sparks fly and grass catches on fire when thoughts begin to generate.  Because of this, we sometimes use him to light the tiki torches.  He also is a musician, playing guitar and the drums.  Because of his talent, he supplies the music for the parties where ever they may go.  Smoe lives in Mt. Horeb with his girlfriend and has a job installing home security systems
    Tim is the technical engineer of the group.  He's the one who maintains and runs the webcam.  He's also the technical know-how (meaning when we're clueless, he thinks he knows how).  This is a pretty good setup, but he likes Macs.  Dammit!  Tim works full time at Cuna Mutual and part time as a Chief of Staff at Market Square Theater.
    And finally there's Gort.  Gort is the occassional regular.  A diehard fan of all movies, and can quote a movie in seconds.  Don't get him started on Ferris Bueller's Day Off... I'm serious, don't.  Gort has disappeared off the face of the planet.

History:

    Colin was the guy with the idea.  He suggested it in passing.  "I just want to see if I could get a bunch of people on my front lawn in lawnchairs."  Schober said that would be interesting to pull off.  Later that month, we set up the whole thing on his front yard.  The first night was real dull, so Schober ran and got his TV and VCR.  The following night, he brought his Playstation.  The nights that followed pretty much went with whatever was supplied.  The highest we ever got in attendance was 63 1/2.  The 1/2 applies to Little Dude's attendance.
    Last summer, we planned on stepping up to the next level.  Having both live chat and webcam additions.  Unfortunately, it only happened one night and we stopped caring after that.  Lawnchair Parties turned into a fad and we just felt the need to get out and do something else.  Check out the profile we made here & if you want email us here.  When I get the time, I'll reply.

Everyone doing what they do best, nothing but sit.

   So you're thinking to yourself, 'So Colin, what should I expect to see when I come to your lawnchair party?'  Well, first I would clock you upside that head, call you a frickin' idiot, and then kindly remind you that this is Schober's webpage, not Colin's!  Then I would actually answer your question.  Your very stupid question that is.
    Well, the evenin' requires refreshments.  We supply Mountain Dew and only Mountain Dew.  Don't like it?  It's okay, half the people there (including the sponsors) don't like Mountain Dew.  Still don't like it?  Well, ya'll can go to Hell!
    Next, it's games.  It's typical to find Playstation's Tony Hawk Pro Skater and Dreamcast's Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2.  It's just the kind of thing you people have to come and witness, prove how good you are.  If you suck, Schober (me) will definitely let you know it.  Ask Balch, he knows exactly what it's like to suck and let it be known verbally.
    Picking up the rear, you'll definitely hear a million and three Simpson references.  Mostly Homer and Ralph quotes.  Here's a short list of the most common ones:

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

Ms. Hoover...(insert comment)

Ow, my freakin' ears!

I bent my wookie.

They have the internet on the computers now?

Alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.

Everyone still doing what they do best.

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Lastest News:

    Saturday, June 16, 2001 - In honor of Father's day, we put the lawnchair party on the road.  Not literally, we explored the town.
    Our first stop was the bridge.  We set up camp and sat around.  A few cars pulled up and parked with us.  For a while it seemed like the 'lawnchair party' was going to become some sort of drive-in party.  Up until the town cop came and broke up the party.  Seems we've had some complaints regarding the use of private property.  So we packed up things and moved 30 yards down the sidewalk where one of the lawnchair party attendants lived.
    Later, we relocated to the camp grounds.  A few took it upon themselves to go and tell the campers that they were the 'Local Welcome Committee.'  We then built a fire and watched it burn.  After which, we packed everything up and went home.
    End time?  1:00 PM

    Wednesday, August 8, 2001 - The fortitude foursome all jumped into the Buick and went on a shorter version of the classic road trip.  Click here for the complete story

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