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Picnic Musts and Most Nots

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Who says that being on a picnic means you could do whatever you want? Well, if it were that way, then it will be too scary to go in a picnic simply because anything could happen since there are no rules to follow. People will just walk up to your picnic spot and hijack your basket which can be extremely dangerous, too. I shudder to think what could happen. So before anything terrible happens to your supposedly soothing and stress-free picnic, there happen to be a number of picnic etiquettes that you must stick to in order to coexist with other picnic goers and with your surroundings as well.

There are picnic groves that have several picnic tables that strangers can share. Please don’t come up to somebody else’s picnic and feel too comfortable. You never know what these people are there for and they might not like it if someone gatecrashes to their picnic.

Another well-known thing that happens in a really fun picnic with much food on the table is the Food fight. It is very common in college cafeterias however it may possibly happen in picnics too since they tend to be by themselves. Don’t start, encourage or get associated in a food fight. Aside from all the trash that you will be leaving behind, you will probably be attracting a lot of bugs such as ants and bees that can harm you after they smell food on you.

Another thing to watch is your music volume. Don’t play your stereo too loud. You will not only disturb other picnic goers, but you might irritate the animals around you. You don’t want a bear or other wild animals to come over to your picnic just because they heard your loud music.

Talking about bears, do not feed the creatures, specifically bears. They could be cute and cuddly, but then again you do not know whenever they might immediately turn wild. For persons who bring their dogs along on a picnic, don’t let your dogs out without a leash simply because they might harm or destroy other people’s picnic and you will probably be held accountable for it.

Also, help to make sure you clean up your dog’s droppings and make sure to dispose it correctly. That applies to all your trash at the same time. Keep all your trash in a bag that you could bring to avoid a pile up of trash in the picnic site.

And on your way home, don’t drink alcoholic beverages knowing that you will be driving everyone home. Accidents happen anytime and everywhere so refrain from drinking alcohol in a picnic. There are a lot of things that you need to avoid in order to make your picnic worry and hassle free. The list goes on and on. Different strokes for different folks. In the end, the success of your picnic will all depend on how well you behave as a responsible picnic-goer.

Finally, there are several things you can do without limiting yourself from doing. Have fun, fun and more fun! Do bring a good camera to capture your precious moments, bring lots of healthy and good food for everyone to enjoy and have some more fun under the sun.

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Picnic Chaos: Tips, Time and Locations

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

When my friends and I are planning to go on a picnic, we all start to assign stuff for a particular person to do. I always end up getting the part that picks out a place where to hold the picnic. We’ve been everywhere I can think of. We’ve been to the park and the last time we did, we had ants all over our plates in less that 15 minutes of playing hide and go seek behind the trees.

Apparently, the ants were also playing tag on which food to infest first. The best part is they chose to take over my plate first. My plate, which had a slice of pizza, blueberry cheesecake, hotdogs and macaroni salad, seemed as if it were a big pile of red fire ants. If I didn’t pay too much attention, the next thing I’ll be eating would be soft food with a fat lip. So scratch the park off the list.

Just one of my pals suggested that we check out a local mall and do our picnic on the benches at the food court. Should you will still call that picnic if we do that? That’s where we’re going on a constant basis. Binging out on pizza and then afterwards, going to the arcade to shed off a few pounds with the interactive games there like Dance Dance Revolution (isn’t that kind of 90’s?).

Anyway, the point is, we go to the mall every day. I want to set up an area where we don’t normally go and if we do, it will be a location where everybody will be looking forward to visit again after many times. Besides, if we set up a huge picnic cloth at the mall grounds and form a picnic group, we would end up in the mall’s administration office for scandal and misconduct in such a public venue and become the laughing stock of the mall.

So maybe we may attempt to have a picnic simply near the river. The only obstacle is we’d end up being the mosquitoes’ picnic food and obtain Dengue Fever instead of a memorable experience. Well, it shall be a very memorable experience. But of course, we don’t want to recall it that way. So we are staying out anywhere near the river as well. I virtually lost the battle on setting up the ideal place where to have our picnic when it suddenly hit me. Why not go to the beach? There exists a quiet side of the beach where no person really bothers to go to. It would certainly be a great way to have an exercise as well because it’ll be a spot that is not as accessible as the other beach front areas where you can just park your vehicle somewhere near.

A more hidden side will be amazing. Walking to and from the destination would certainly be a great way to appreciate the breeze along with the sound of the waves crashing against the shore. The genuine essence of going for a picnic is enjoying the place, the food, and also the individuals you are with anywhere you happen to be.

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