The Company, uh, Picnic?

This past weekend we went to the "Company Picnic".

I've never been to a picnic that had a couple thousand people in attendance.

Here is a taste of what they had available for entertainment: climbing walls, hayrides, pony rides, a dozen volleyball courts, a huge food village, a dozen Jolly Green Giant sized red wagons filled with any type of soda/water you would possibly want, about 20 different kinds of inflatable amusements (a.k.a. bounce houses or jumpin' bubbles), a fenced in toddler area, two stages for music/shows, a casino, an arcade, a puzzle challenge, life size chess/checker boards, a petting zoo and a mechanical bull.

The thing was so big that they handed you a MAP when you walked in the gate.

Besides pointing and laughing at the petting zoo animals, Katie wasn't really old enough to do much more. But, mannnnnn, next year we are gonna have a blast. It was, like, kid central in there.

Other than that, I was at the book store yesterday and bought into the whole Harry Potter marketing machine.

I picked up some Bernie Bots Every Flavor Beans.

I know. I know. They're just Jelly Belly Beans in new packaging. Yes. I know that. But, they had some intriguing flavors listed on the back such as: Booger, Vomit, Earwax and the like.

My curiousity got the best of me. I wanted to see if they would really put disgusting flavors in the box.

I shoulda just walked by the display and not looked back.

The first bean that I popped in my mouth happened to be Black Pepper. And, much to my surprise and disgust, it tasted just like Black Pepper. It was horrible. My tongue burned with the pepper taste. I decided to go for another bean hoping that I would get a nicer flavor.

I ended up with Soap. Although, it did have a soap-like taste to it, I can tell you that it was much better than the pepper lingering on my tongue.

I got brave a couple of hours later and decided to go for another.

What a mistake.

I got Earthworm.