Happened to run across this list of the world’s top 10 most weirdly exclusive clubs. Some I had heard of, others not - but thought it was interesting enough to share.
Note that the content is certainly tame, some of the photos above and below this list are perhaps not safe for work.
I’m not allowed to say what clubs I’m in, but at least one of them involves belonging to a cultural group that is outnumbered by Tibetans 50:1 in my home city. And green stars. Can’t forget the green stars.
I thought maybe the Caterpillar Club (of which I am a member) might make the list. But no - it turns out you have to have used an ejection seat. So I’m 0 for 10 here.
Club 33 can’t be that exclusive - I know two people who are members and it’s apparently not that hard to take guests in. And it’s not the only place in Disney that serves alcohol, either - perhaps the only one in that particular area of Disneyland California.
The only two interesting to me involve feats, woodcock, whatever that is (some kind of clay sport I assume) and ejection. I’d rather not be “dead” as it doesn’t give any necromatic powers and involves getting screwed over.
The Giga Society should be smart enough to realize that comparing IQ tests at several standard deviations above mean is meaningless.
Bohemian Grove: just a bunch of paunchy white men half naked in the woods. Where politicians can rub elbows with the Grateful Dead. It sure made Nixon uncomfortable.
Several of them conjure up images of balding, middle-age white guys in suits droning on about economics and their latest acquisitions of top-end hunting or golf equipment, so can’t say as I’d much want to belong to any of them. Sorry. I will say the apparent pointlessness of the Disney one cracks me up a little bit.
Anybody can ride in the Lilly Belle, if you know who and when to ask. As you walk into the train station, on the left side, knock on the door to the conductor’s office. Ask if the car is on one of the trains operating today, and see if there is a time to ride available. They told us that up to 10 people at a time can be accommodated. And a cast member rides with you to answer questions and to keep folks from tearing it up. It’s awesome!
Well, yes, there are two parks, Disneyland Park and Disneyland California Adventure Park, but they’re right next to each other - it takes seconds to walk from one to the other - and ‘Disneyland’ refers to them both as a whole.