# Tea Party Summer Camp for Kids! Apparently, not a joke. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 20, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150 "2011-06-20T14:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/61 "2011-06-21T02:38:01Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > You can’t explain that. Ermmm . . . Look, it’s just evolution in action. There’s this symbiotic environmental relationship kinda thingy between the banana tree and the rubber plant . . . ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/62 "2011-06-21T03:32:39Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Ermmm . . . Look, it’s just evolution in action. There’s this symbiotic environmental relationship kinda thingy between the banana tree and the rubber plant . . . Whoops there goes. . . another rubber tree, Whoops there goes. . . another rubber tree, Whoops there goes. . . another rubber tree plaaaaaant. Thank you, and be sure to tip your mods. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/63 "2011-06-21T03:34:16Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > You can’t explain that. Intelligent Design, my friend. God designed the banana so that it could be used to show kids how to use a condom because he want’s kids to be shown how to. . . . errr. . . . I’ll have to get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/64 "2011-06-21T03:47:54Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > Whoops there goes. . . another rubber tree, > Whoops there goes. . . another rubber tree, > Whoops there goes. . . another rubber tree plaaaaaant. > > Thank you, and be sure to tip your mods. [Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring . . .](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqq6jppAYFo&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/65 "2011-06-21T03:48:59Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > Intelligent Design, my friend. > God designed the banana so that it could be used to show kids how to use a condom because he want’s kids to be shown how to. . . . errr. . . . > I’ll have to get back to you. If that was god’s intention, it would be Planned Bananahood! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/66 "2011-06-21T14:46:09Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > If that was god’s intention, it would be Planned Bananahood! Look, we’re talking about a God Who makes us piss and fuck with the same organ. He’s one sick dude. Why do **you** think He made bananas?! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/67 "2011-06-21T15:07:06Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > They taught fisting in your school? All we got was Dirty Sanchez class. **LonesomePolecat** took the AP classes. Is he homeschooling his kids? Back to the Old World/New World exercise. I thought the Tea Partiers really wanted everybody to know they were _not_ lily white. But I don’t think the austere-room-to-confetti demonstration would be as meaningful for kids with African-American or Native American roots. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/68 "2011-06-21T15:34:29Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Look, we’re talking about a God Who makes us piss and fuck with the same organ. He’s one sick dude. Why do **you** think He made bananas?! 😉 It’s patently obvious when you reflect on how perfectly the banana fits into the human anus and rectum. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/69 "2011-06-21T15:35:40Z")
You’re doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/70 "2011-06-21T15:51:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You’re doing it wrong. No, I think you’re thinking of rusty spoons. Or trombones. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/71 "2011-06-21T15:52:12Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > They taught fisting in your school? All we got was Dirty Sanchez class. Polecat should have been suspicious when he found out his gym coach was teaching fisting class, that he was the only student, and the class was being held in a supply room. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/72 "2011-06-21T16:39:42Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > No, I think you’re thinking of rusty spoons. Or trombones. No, I’m not! I am absolutely not thinking any such thing! I’m thinking about…a kitten! Yes, that’s it, a fluffy, adorable kitten with a rusty spoon up its…AAAAAAaaaarrrgh! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/73 "2011-06-21T17:58:03Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > It’s patently obvious when you reflect on how perfectly the banana fits into the human anus and rectum. I don’t think you can patent ass-fucking someone with a banana. That has to be in the public domain… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/74 "2011-06-21T17:58:54Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > I don’t think you can patent ass-fucking someone with a banana. That has to be in the public domain… You put a superfluous “l” in there, but otherwise, you’re legally correct. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/75 "2011-06-21T22:34:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Starting in an austere room where they are made to sit quietly, symbolizing Europe, the children will pass through an obstacle course to arrive at a brightly decorated party room (the New World). Makes me wonder if there are other sitting rooms that symbolize Asia, Africa, and Latin America. And when those kids make it through the obstacle course and get to the New World party room, the counselors yell “Go back where you came from, you worthless freeloaders!” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/76 "2011-06-22T14:23:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Makes me wonder if there are other sitting rooms that symbolize Asia, Africa, and Latin America. And when those kids make it through the obstacle course and get to the New World party room, the counselors yell “Go back where you came from, you worthless freeloaders!” Don’t some kids get kidnapped from the Africa Room and end up playing the banjo on the porch of the New World Room? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/77 "2011-06-22T15:00:03Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Don’t some kids get kidnapped from the Africa Room and end up playing the banjo on the porch of the New World Room? That’s a complete lie. Tea Party Summer Camp was known as Cabin Rights Camp back then and the management had nothing to do with what was happening to kids from the Africa Room in the cabins. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150/78 "2011-06-22T15:17:41Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Don’t some kids get kidnapped from the Africa Room and end up playing the banjo on the porch of the New World Room? Yeah, but they get a stuffed mule to play with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-summer-camp-for-kids-apparently-not-a-joke/586150.md?page=3)