Question: (from Bear Mann of Crescent City, CA)
When I’m traveling, I keep seeing signs that say “Survey Party.” Yet, when I drive past, I see no refreshments being served. All I see are men standing around looking through telescopes and leaning on tall wooden sticks.
Answer: (Dr. Science)
Part of growing up is realizing there are some parties you’re simply just not going to be invited to. These “Survey Parties” are for voyeurs. Those “telescopes” are actually “girly picture tubes.” The word “Survey”, incidentally, is a corruption of “Her Way” — a reference to pre-historic matriarchial societies where women used to stand on the roads, staring down “Big Hunk Tubes” at pictures of scantily clad men. Chances are you wouldn’t be invited to those parties either.
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Back in the sixties we all looked like B.W. Stevenson. We definitely took the term "Survey PARTY" to the nth degree. After about the third time the Party Chief was busted for OTJ Attitude Adjustments we were forced to use the term "Survey Crew" and "Crew Chief".
Maybe the years will wash all that away and we can get back to using the term "Party" again....it makes things seem so...lively. :snarky:
One of my old party chiefs had hand written BYOB at the bottom of our Survey Party signs 🙂
