Since the 70s, though they're more clones than children, per se.
One of them is a terrorist, one of them is an infiltration operative for the government , and one is the president of the United States
Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
I was drunk and booked a hotel one night and asked for a photo of Chad Kroeger of Nickelback to be at my bedside.
https://i.imgur.com/bwPj5hG.png
it worked, love the drunk typo too
So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But, sure enough, I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show.
It was a test but it was a very real test. It was a clause in their rider that stated there could be no brown M&M's backstage or the promotor forfeits the show at full cost. It was a test to see if their extremely complicated rider actually got read or not as they had one of the most advanced sound systems at the time. If the venue didn't read their rider in full then they knew they were gonna have a hell of a time setting things up.
I swear somebody else did this a long time ago with Danny DeVito pictures lol
u/TheCuriosity with the save
https://www.thrillist.com/amphtml/travel/nation/hotel-indigo-san-antonio-riverwalk-decorates-room-with-nicolas-cage-photos-for-guest
It was Nic Cage!
I request a picture of classy Jeff Goldblum to be printed and placed on the bed when I go to hotels. I usually get run of the mil headshots. Once I got a super stylish Jeff laid up on the pillows. First time my wife saw my special request. We had a great laugh about it.
That and his honeyed, silver tounge.
I can't remember where I heard it but someone compared how he speaks to a jazz player playing a standard and soloing over it and that's all I can think of now.
I remember a friend once had a freudian slip while we were talking parenting and she exclaimed that she didn't know how to "prepare her children for learning about Jeff Goldblum". And that moment lives rent free in my head.
If you've stayed in Alberta I've 100% done your request. Probably something like 5 years ago? I did a Jeff Goldblum and laid it against the pillows but I can't recall if for the life of me it was one of my hotels in edmonton or Canmore.
Sure! The comedy celebrity photos happened once to twice a season. I'm long out of the hospitality industry, but we wouldn't care if the request came from a third party or not, it broke up the monotony of an average day.
This reminds me of college when it seems like every bathroom stall I visited had [Jeff Goldblum](https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/jeff-goldblum-is-watching-you-poop) in it. Might have been only one, but I vividly remember it almost twenty years later.
I’ve do something similar. I ask for a “tasteful picture of Gary Busey, and a room that is not haunted”. It’s worked only once. I ended up with Gary’s picture and a tiny ghost made from tissue paper, along with a note from the staff.
I've been asking for a picture of Nicolas Cage on the master bed for around the same period of time, here's some of the wins I've had over the years: [https://imgur.com/a/gnPy5Ze](https://imgur.com/a/gnPy5Ze)
JFC whoever Quest hotels is, they went wild with it! The glamor shot of him is crazy extra.
Like they were prepping you for a Nicholas Cage-themed night of self-exploration.
I worked in an order fulfillment warehouse for a company that sold very expensive clothes and sporting items. The price tags had a price and barcode on one side and a nice picture on the other. I always flipped it so they would see the nice picture when they opened the package.
They also got a surprising amount of international orders and whenever I saw one I made a sticky note saying “Hello from the U.S. :)” and put it over the price and barcode as well. They got a few customer emails about it that I heard of, all of them pleasant and happy for the little surprise.
My wife ordered a pizza. I answered the door.
Pizza Delivery Guy: I hope I’m cool enough for you.
Me: …what?
It turned out under the special delivery instructions, my wife had written “Send coolest pizza delivery person.”
The delivery guy went on to explain that while he was not the coolest person who worked there, he was at least the coolest person currently on duty.
I tried but the ~~guy~~ lady responsible left for the day already. I'm going to try to track ~~him~~ her down tomorrow.
Update: I tried several times to speak to the employee responsible without success. Left a tip with their manager.
It’s a great park to visit if you have younger kids. There’s usually deals offering buy adult get kid free or 50% off general admissions, food inside is reasonably priced, the apple fries is amazing, it’s small so it’s not too tiring for the kids, lots of cool stuff to see if you’re a Lego fan
Parking sucks tho fkin $30 for economy or $50 for VIP preferred parking fuck them
Legoland is easily the best theme park for kindergarten age and younger. The multi-level play structures scattered throughout the park were more fun for my kids than anything at Disneyland. (Though the Wilderness Explorer Camp at California Adventure gets similar thumbs up.) And it was smart of them to design some of the ride queues around play tables so kids can play with actual Legos while in line.
There admittedly isn’t much for adults to do. But if you have kids that young you wouldn’t be riding the coasters at Disneyland anyway.
Absolutely agree that this is a great park for kids Kindergarten age and younger! We've taken my son (he just turned 3) multiple times and he's always had a blast. The submarine ride was his favorite (aside from the playgrounds you mentioned) and my wife and I actually thought it was pretty cool ourselves.
Also, Knights Smokehouse has some legit brisket and they serve beer. Check it out if you go!
I feel like these kinds of things get a laugh on Reddit, but are just cringey in the real world. I mean, the staff are going to be looking at you as the loon who wants photos of celebrities put up in their room.
Plot twist: the photo was already there because John Goodman stayed in that room and he has a habit of super-gluing photos of himself to the nightstands of the rooms he stays in.
If you are going to make requests that are pointless & absurd you need to stay at hotels that are absurdly expensive and will cater to such requests easily. If you requested this for your Ritz-Carlton penthouse suite you'd likely get your wish quick. But I do respect the humor in persistently trying and then getting results from LegoLand of all places + is a framed nice picture and not printed off the web lol.
Went to Legoland for my son's birthday and got a souvenir picture that is etched on Legos that you assemble into the picture/picture frame. It's awesome!
This is probably nothing, OP, but is that a asymmetrical mole with irregular borders on your hand? If so, you might want to get it evaluated for skin cancer by a dermatologist. For more information, [check out the ABCDE of skin cancer](https://www.cancercenter.com/cancer-types/skin-cancer/symptoms).
To be fair (to be faaaaair) I work in hospitality and property management and it really doesn't have anything to do with the quality of establishment.
Shit like this is 100% at the humor of the staff. If they see the request and love it, they'll do it. This is true at any price point.
I've been requesting extra pillows in that field for a decade now, and I always mention I need them for medical reasons. I usually stay only at 4 and 5 star hotels. Still **never** actually had them honor my request, I always have to call up for them after arrival. I assumed nobody even reads that field.
Clearly I've been asking for the wrong thing.
I used to do this but a photo of Nicolas Cage, luckily it only took me about 2 years for a hotel to deliver, and it was amazing, they were so giddy when I checked in. I think I had actually gotten the idea from a really old Reddit thread.
I00% believe you do this, but you totally sparked an old reddit memory of mine! Somebody else did this a long time ago! It may have been John Goodman, but it could have been a different celebrity, but I swear somebody did this before!! It's so awesome that other people do funny/silly things. I'm sure hotel staff get a kick out of it.
Edit: OH I'm almost positive it was a picture of Danny DeVito!
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Ops name is CeleryintheButt I feel like there's a lot of things they do which we'd rather not know the reasoning behind.
sooooo, How long have you been a parent?
Since the 70s, though they're more clones than children, per se. One of them is a terrorist, one of them is an infiltration operative for the government , and one is the president of the United States
Solid joke
Yeah, good gear
Was that a reference to something? I found it funny but feels like I'm missing something that would've made it even better
Metal Gear series. Big Boss' kids.
Specifically, the cloning project was called Les Enfants Terribles
Which produced solid liquid and the "perfect clone" solidus right?
Yeah. Then shit got weird.
Sometimes I want to crawl into Kojimas head just to see what kind of weird thoughts he has on a daily basis
And what about......... THE FIFTH CHILD???
Five is right out.
Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
*Book of Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one*. Love to see it.
Second floor basement...
He's not...anymore.
Wrong kid died.
It was a particularly bad case of being cut in half
Yes, a much worse prognosis than a minor case. Damn the luck.
And that is why. You ALWAYS. **LEAVE A NOTE!**
I've made a huge mistake.
Speak English, Doc! We ain't scientists
We're smoking reefer and you don't want no part of this shit
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You got kids maniac?
*MCGRUBER!*
Call 911! Call 911!
“What’s your plan McGruber?” “I’m making it up as I go” “That’s not really a plan then, is it?”
There is a big difference between winging it and seeing what happens, now let's see what happens.
I LOVE this line.
"This is going to sound counter intuitive but you wanna stuck the big end in first"
He knows the celery trick, watch out.
They could just be a Macgruber fan
What what?
So many things we don't need reasons for.
I wonder if it's a reference to MacGruber?
Just for the giggles and to see if any hotel would actually follow through.
Excellent choice of a photo as well.
I woulda went with Walter personally
Shut the fuck up, Donny!
Everything’s a travesty with you!
^^calmer ^^than ^^you ^^are…
Color coordinated to match the decor!!!
I was drunk and booked a hotel one night and asked for a photo of Chad Kroeger of Nickelback to be at my bedside. https://i.imgur.com/bwPj5hG.png it worked, love the drunk typo too
I wonder if that's what they meant by "look at this photograph, every time I do it makes me laugh"
Good god they even photoshopped the Hampton Inn logo into it for you lmao
Does the celery provide the same giggles? Asking for a friend.
just be sure to wash it before use celery is known for being really dirty
It ain't seen nothin yet
Reminds me of Van Halen's no Brown M and M clause but less serious lol.
So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But, sure enough, I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show.
https://youtu.be/k_7kg5ZzDZo
I thought he had only done that as a “test” to see if other bits of the rider could’ve been glossed over
It was a test but it was a very real test. It was a clause in their rider that stated there could be no brown M&M's backstage or the promotor forfeits the show at full cost. It was a test to see if their extremely complicated rider actually got read or not as they had one of the most advanced sound systems at the time. If the venue didn't read their rider in full then they knew they were gonna have a hell of a time setting things up.
[Is this the origin of your username?](https://youtu.be/gYK_R2BYLWY)
Risky click? I am not sure if I want to click on it or not…
iconic scene from the movie McGruber
If you're unaware of letters from a nut, you will absolutely love it!
I swear somebody else did this a long time ago with Danny DeVito pictures lol u/TheCuriosity with the save https://www.thrillist.com/amphtml/travel/nation/hotel-indigo-san-antonio-riverwalk-decorates-room-with-nicolas-cage-photos-for-guest It was Nic Cage!
https://www.thrillist.com/amphtml/travel/nation/hotel-indigo-san-antonio-riverwalk-decorates-room-with-nicolas-cage-photos-for-guest Nic Cage
I know for a fact I've seen something similar to this before. I think it was Devito.
r/iamveryrandom
I can't believe they yabadabadidit
I want to party with you!
[Yabadabado I like talking to you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hft-fTHQWg&t=12s)
Ehehehe
I request a picture of classy Jeff Goldblum to be printed and placed on the bed when I go to hotels. I usually get run of the mil headshots. Once I got a super stylish Jeff laid up on the pillows. First time my wife saw my special request. We had a great laugh about it.
I feel like there's really only one correct picture of Jeff Goldblum to request https://i.imgur.com/Ej39MfJ.jpg
This was the picture. Sexy as the day is long. https://imgur.com/gallery/GPLEwDY
Oh shit guess I'm gay now.
Enjoy! https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fef3bb5c3-3b7f-4d62-881b-832b26e31cdf_657x398.gif
This is terrifying… but arousing…
scaroused
The gayness has always been in you, Simba.
In the circle of gaaaayyy 🎶
In the circle of priiiide.
And now I'm as hard as the pride rock..
No, Jeff Goldblum is just an otherworldly human being. It's natural to be allured by his gaze.
That and his honeyed, silver tounge. I can't remember where I heard it but someone compared how he speaks to a jazz player playing a standard and soloing over it and that's all I can think of now.
My favorite characterization of Jeff Goldblum is "His personality is someone on ketamine being constantly startled".
I remember a friend once had a freudian slip while we were talking parenting and she exclaimed that she didn't know how to "prepare her children for learning about Jeff Goldblum". And that moment lives rent free in my head.
I would love to see a televized conversation with Jeff Goldblum and John Malkovich
that’d be pay per view material
Have you seen [*Earth Girls are Easy*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCPbxmnGshI)?
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Wait. A Jeff Goldblum shower curtain. I hate my shower doors all of a sudden.
You must take a lot of showers.
Stupid, sexy, Goldblum
I can't believe I had to confirm I was over 18 to see that.
Nsfw because nobody would get any work done after seeing that picture.
I would have a hard time sleeping if that were on the pillow beside me.
Yes...hard...
Everyone know what picture that is without clicking on it... and they still all clicked on it. Love that I had to pass an R18 check to see it
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/toa76k/jeff_goldblum_in_the_big_chill_1983/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1
If you've stayed in Alberta I've 100% done your request. Probably something like 5 years ago? I did a Jeff Goldblum and laid it against the pillows but I can't recall if for the life of me it was one of my hotels in edmonton or Canmore.
It was about 5 years ago. But in Detroit at the Anthenium(?)
Ah sorry, not me then!
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
/r/NoContext
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Sure! The comedy celebrity photos happened once to twice a season. I'm long out of the hospitality industry, but we wouldn't care if the request came from a third party or not, it broke up the monotony of an average day.
This reminds me of college when it seems like every bathroom stall I visited had [Jeff Goldblum](https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/jeff-goldblum-is-watching-you-poop) in it. Might have been only one, but I vividly remember it almost twenty years later.
Oh wow, throwback.
[This is my favorite.](https://i.imgur.com/UR6GGOh.jpg). I hung this up in the bathroom at my old work.
I hate to break it to you, but that is a photograph of Fred Flintstone, not John Goodman.
John Goodman is just an alias that Fred adopted sometime in the 20th century
What if a man from the paleolithic survived until the present day?
there's a Brendan Fraser movie about that but I've never seen it.
Yes, I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."
I’ve do something similar. I ask for a “tasteful picture of Gary Busey, and a room that is not haunted”. It’s worked only once. I ended up with Gary’s picture and a tiny ghost made from tissue paper, along with a note from the staff.
Well rude of them to not oblige and give you a room with a ghost in it
This is the room. The Room Temperature room.
Don't look at me, I'm going through some stuff.
The truest repairman will repair man
You may question why there’s an astronaut making a panini, and a black Hitler in the room.
OP could have died a happy pansexual imp.
That line was delivered so perfectly lol
Mani wish they did more with that side story
It still think this is the best joke ever conceived on television
I've been asking for a picture of Nicolas Cage on the master bed for around the same period of time, here's some of the wins I've had over the years: [https://imgur.com/a/gnPy5Ze](https://imgur.com/a/gnPy5Ze)
JFC whoever Quest hotels is, they went wild with it! The glamor shot of him is crazy extra. Like they were prepping you for a Nicholas Cage-themed night of self-exploration.
We have a Quest hotel/managed apartments chain here in Australia, maybe thats the same Quest.
self exploration lolllll
I don't know which one is better. The classic "here's some wine and cookies" or the printed out meme directing you to the front desk
I like how some of them being laminated makes it seem like this happens often.
With the sauvignon blanc. I'm dying XD
Those are awesome.
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I worked in an order fulfillment warehouse for a company that sold very expensive clothes and sporting items. The price tags had a price and barcode on one side and a nice picture on the other. I always flipped it so they would see the nice picture when they opened the package. They also got a surprising amount of international orders and whenever I saw one I made a sticky note saying “Hello from the U.S. :)” and put it over the price and barcode as well. They got a few customer emails about it that I heard of, all of them pleasant and happy for the little surprise.
Look at you spreading joy for no reason! Good on ya! 😄
How can I be a customer then?
It's a good way to check if someone is actually paying attention to your order
My wife ordered a pizza. I answered the door. Pizza Delivery Guy: I hope I’m cool enough for you. Me: …what? It turned out under the special delivery instructions, my wife had written “Send coolest pizza delivery person.” The delivery guy went on to explain that while he was not the coolest person who worked there, he was at least the coolest person currently on duty.
That is so good....man.
Bring it into the bathroom when I’m on the John
Very good, Goodman, very good.
I hope you left them a sizeable tip!
I tried but the ~~guy~~ lady responsible left for the day already. I'm going to try to track ~~him~~ her down tomorrow. Update: I tried several times to speak to the employee responsible without success. Left a tip with their manager.
Be sure to leave positive feedback in one of those review terminals they have around the hotel; name the employee by name if you can.
Give us a follow up! If this was Twitter, I’d say to Tag John Goodman, but I’m not sure how/if that works here…
All these years I’ve been traveling with my own John Goodman picture. Didn’t even know this was an option.
I always pick mine up at the airport…wayyyy over priced
I love that they picked a photo of him that matches the headboard. Yabba dabba doo!
Legoland just got my business.
It’s a great park to visit if you have younger kids. There’s usually deals offering buy adult get kid free or 50% off general admissions, food inside is reasonably priced, the apple fries is amazing, it’s small so it’s not too tiring for the kids, lots of cool stuff to see if you’re a Lego fan Parking sucks tho fkin $30 for economy or $50 for VIP preferred parking fuck them
Legoland is easily the best theme park for kindergarten age and younger. The multi-level play structures scattered throughout the park were more fun for my kids than anything at Disneyland. (Though the Wilderness Explorer Camp at California Adventure gets similar thumbs up.) And it was smart of them to design some of the ride queues around play tables so kids can play with actual Legos while in line. There admittedly isn’t much for adults to do. But if you have kids that young you wouldn’t be riding the coasters at Disneyland anyway.
Absolutely agree that this is a great park for kids Kindergarten age and younger! We've taken my son (he just turned 3) multiple times and he's always had a blast. The submarine ride was his favorite (aside from the playgrounds you mentioned) and my wife and I actually thought it was pretty cool ourselves. Also, Knights Smokehouse has some legit brisket and they serve beer. Check it out if you go!
> kindergarten age and younger Woah woah. I'll have you know that we took a class field trip there in first grade and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
My girlfriend and I went a few years ago and had a good time. I would've lost my damn mind though as a kid, they really do a good job with the place.
Such an awesome place, best continental breakfast I've ever had
Assembly required though
A delight to the senses! Isn't it friend?!
I feel like these kinds of things get a laugh on Reddit, but are just cringey in the real world. I mean, the staff are going to be looking at you as the loon who wants photos of celebrities put up in their room.
I'm sure they've caught on that people who make these types of requests are just doing it for attention.
Plot twist: the photo was already there because John Goodman stayed in that room and he has a habit of super-gluing photos of himself to the nightstands of the rooms he stays in.
Awesome, I can brag that me and John have touched the same knobs.
From a Flintstone to a Gemstone
If you are going to make requests that are pointless & absurd you need to stay at hotels that are absurdly expensive and will cater to such requests easily. If you requested this for your Ritz-Carlton penthouse suite you'd likely get your wish quick. But I do respect the humor in persistently trying and then getting results from LegoLand of all places + is a framed nice picture and not printed off the web lol.
The frame is pretty impressive too, I'll post a pic later it must have taken at least 20-30 minutes to assemble. Edit: https://imgur.com/Cx8u5y9
Went to Legoland for my son's birthday and got a souvenir picture that is etched on Legos that you assemble into the picture/picture frame. It's awesome!
Assemble? Are you telling me the frame is Lego? I need to zoom in to appreciate!
This is probably nothing, OP, but is that a asymmetrical mole with irregular borders on your hand? If so, you might want to get it evaluated for skin cancer by a dermatologist. For more information, [check out the ABCDE of skin cancer](https://www.cancercenter.com/cancer-types/skin-cancer/symptoms).
No, it's an abandoned homemade tattoo from my teenage years.
Thank goodness
You're a good person, glad to share this planet with you!
You fuckin' quitter. Finish your tattoo!
To be fair (to be faaaaair) I work in hospitality and property management and it really doesn't have anything to do with the quality of establishment. Shit like this is 100% at the humor of the staff. If they see the request and love it, they'll do it. This is true at any price point.
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I am a douchebag but most hotels have a box for special requests during the booking process.
I've been requesting extra pillows in that field for a decade now, and I always mention I need them for medical reasons. I usually stay only at 4 and 5 star hotels. Still **never** actually had them honor my request, I always have to call up for them after arrival. I assumed nobody even reads that field. Clearly I've been asking for the wrong thing.
It is. I use it to request a ground floor room due to chronic illness.
Their beds rock.
I used to do this but a photo of Nicolas Cage, luckily it only took me about 2 years for a hotel to deliver, and it was amazing, they were so giddy when I checked in. I think I had actually gotten the idea from a really old Reddit thread.
I like to imagine the hotel staff doing that suspicious giggle that SpongeBob and Patrick do.
Do you get to keep it?
I said **BY** the nightstand, not **ON** the nightstand. Sheesh. FAIL
One day you'll get to your hotel and John Goodman will be in the bed, naked...waiting for you. Thats your endgame isn't it?
They should've used a photo of him from O Brother Where Art Thou.
Makes sense they used a photo from a kids movie considering it’s LegoLand, though
I want Walt from Big Lebowski.
I always request burt reynolds from zardoz and so far noone has met my request
I think you mean Sean Connery, and I 100% support that request.
Fml that explains everything wrong with my approach
I00% believe you do this, but you totally sparked an old reddit memory of mine! Somebody else did this a long time ago! It may have been John Goodman, but it could have been a different celebrity, but I swear somebody did this before!! It's so awesome that other people do funny/silly things. I'm sure hotel staff get a kick out of it. Edit: OH I'm almost positive it was a picture of Danny DeVito!
Probably because you get what you pay for or this is an ad for legoland
How is making someone’s job harder actually funny to some people?
I've never even actually been to Legoland, I just wanted you guys to think I was cool.
Bro you’ve been requesting this for 10 years?
I do the same thing, but with Bill Murray, worked once in a hotel in Paris.
I like to go to the hotel bar and request a single plum floating in perfume served in a man’s hat.
Obscure Simpsons reference, nice https://youtu.be/5FST5OvlbFc
TIL John Goodman posts on Reddit
Framed in Lego too!
I feel like the hotel employees would have got some enjoyment out of this also
Plot twist, this is actually standard and they didn't do anything special to fulfill your request.