tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post1988775959739553353..comments2024-02-29T14:37:40.816-05:00Comments on OOB blog: Addicted to Popeye - remembering the Adventurer's Inn Video Arcade!Out Of Bodieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-11195462984954204562016-12-26T21:24:30.192-05:002016-12-26T21:24:30.192-05:00Dan, you mentioned this arcade as being on Mott st...Dan, you mentioned this arcade as being on Mott street in Chinatown... it sounds like you've been at another location I've written about - which means you would have HAD to have seen the Tic Tac Toe playing chicken and the dragon in the basement!!<br />http://the-oob-blog.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-arcade-chicken-and-dragon-peepshow.htmlOut Of Bodieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-56742732861175358712016-12-21T15:06:19.847-05:002016-12-21T15:06:19.847-05:00Lmao...It's burned into my brain.. the image o...Lmao...It's burned into my brain.. the image of the manager having a chinese cabbage conniption fit, rigid stance, head and neck tilted foward, rigid arm and finger pointing like a dagger, yelling with mouth wide open like his jaws were about to unhinge... i guess that had to happen to enunciate the 'waaaaah' part of ' sivawaaaah'...Markhttp://www.outofbodies.com/suede/juggernaut_suede.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-10495164272027611042016-12-21T14:37:04.978-05:002016-12-21T14:37:04.978-05:00You just told it beautifully!! Ha ha ha - I had to...You just told it beautifully!! Ha ha ha - I had totally forgotten about the "yeah yeah" dismissal and the resulting round kicking of boxes!!Out Of Bodieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-19707237008299653402016-12-21T14:33:41.731-05:002016-12-21T14:33:41.731-05:00Haha... it does lack hilarity without physical ena...Haha... it does lack hilarity without physical enactment- just only as my friend Andre in Rochester did tell how he had once worked as a dishwasher in a chinese restaurant, and he kept dismissing the manager who kept repeatedly pestering him to wash the utensils with something like " yeah yeah, Mike, i'll get around to it.. after the 2nd or third time, the manager abruptly bursts through the swinging doors, round kicks a cart or pallet of empty boxes or such, shoots an incriminating pointing finger at him yelling " I thawt I tell you to creen da sivawaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!"Markhttp://www.outofbodies.com/suede/juggernaut_suede.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-30239095058411699962016-12-20T22:47:42.075-05:002016-12-20T22:47:42.075-05:00Ha Ha , amazing , and to top it off , my mother wa...Ha Ha , amazing , and to top it off , my mother was out of the arcade meeting up with her boyfriend , and when they both came in the arcade , they asked me did I have fun at the arcade and I had this look of fear like I wanted to get the hell out , Ha Ha !!!Dan Banhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439952094310917581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-25202705111175948042016-12-20T17:12:13.576-05:002016-12-20T17:12:13.576-05:00Oh my God!! That little incident goes right up the...Oh my God!! That little incident goes right up there with Mark DeGross' Chinese kitchen story... I hope he drops in to tell it - cause it almost could'a happened with the same guy! Out Of Bodieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-3407340466649110872016-12-20T11:08:37.061-05:002016-12-20T11:08:37.061-05:00Ha Ha , oh man , did I there's more to the sto...Ha Ha , oh man , did I there's more to the story , I remember when I was a kid and my mother took me to a arcade in Chinatown near mott street , and there was this dwarf working there , besides collecting change it was his job to collect the balls that got stuck in bowling arcade game , everytime some kid would get a ball stuck near the pins they would have to stop the machine and the dwarf would have to go in there and get the balls out , but what's sick there was a bunch of Chinese teenagers that wanted toplay around and they purposely kept throwing the balls in the lane to get them stuck and everytime the dwarf guy had to stop the machine and get the balles out , so after the 3rd time the dwarf guy was really pissed and he told them this is the last time he's getting the balls out while the Chinese teenagers were lauging , well guess what happen ? they threw the balss in the lane and they got stuck again , and the dwarf guy looked them with this angry face , then he went inside the back and then next thing I knew he came running out with a big machete knife and was yelling "So you guys want to play hih ?) , I never saw a bunch of teenagers run so fast in my life , it's hilarious now , but when I was kid watching this , I was scared shit !!! , Ha Ha !!!Dan Banhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439952094310917581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-35664397491356776222016-12-19T21:29:06.210-05:002016-12-19T21:29:06.210-05:00What the...why you son's of bitches, im a litt...What the...why you son's of bitches, im a little person and take offense at that comment!!Son of Green Slimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429178837462789912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-12784097909857286982016-12-19T18:20:41.352-05:002016-12-19T18:20:41.352-05:00I can only surmise that perhaps they try to hire h...I can only surmise that perhaps they try to hire help that actually resembles video game characters like Mario and Luigi... you know, to help draw in the kiddies!! WOOOAAHHH!!!!Out Of Bodieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774105710976483212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234739830367002105.post-76572180108728970142016-12-19T12:44:24.151-05:002016-12-19T12:44:24.151-05:00Hey Donald , about Adventures Inn , how come every...Hey Donald , about Adventures Inn , how come everytime I go to any arcade there's was always a dwarf working there collecting change or cleaning up , I'm serious , especailly in Manhattan , Ha Ha !!!Dan Banhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439952094310917581noreply@blogger.com