Rrl Member Username: Rrl
Post Number: 855 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 7:15 pm: | |
Unfortunately, I am out of town for this year's annual mardi gras mimicing, boobs-out, boat and booze bash. The weather looks like it'll totally cooperate; should be a great day. Anyone planning to make it to Gull Island tomorrow? I wish I could join ya!
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Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81
Post Number: 1501 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 7:33 pm: | |
I've heard its a little more wild than that. But never been. |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 4582 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 8:01 pm: | |
http://flickr.com/search/?q=jo bbie+nooner&m=text Aint nuttin but a G thang |
Johnnny5 Member Username: Johnnny5
Post Number: 526 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 8:02 pm: | |
I'll be there! I'm launching in Algonac around daybreak and plan on catching a few Walleye for lunch on way down. The weather looks perfect. =) |
Islandman Member Username: Islandman
Post Number: 561 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 11:52 pm: | |
Man, this is one thing I'll definitely miss.. |
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider
Post Number: 454 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 11:56 pm: | |
To bad the island gets destroyed ,I went two years ago after the party and it was a total disaster area! I have been there 3 years ago and it was fun but not as much as people make it out to be. Sure you will see plenty of skin....but it turns into an animal house by the mid afternoon....all of that skin attracts a LOT of sausage! The island used to be a good place to go when you knew it wasnt a sewage collector a week out of the year. Forget the link above if your 18 or older check out the official site. http://www.jobbienooner.com/ (Message edited by fareastsider on June 21, 2007) |
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou
Post Number: 1066 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 12:19 am: | |
Is it this weekend? If so I'm there. Bwahahaha |
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy
Post Number: 5479 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 12:28 am: | |
Not being a boater, I never really knew about this... but from the looks of things, I'd say this is like Mardi Gras on the water. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3911 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 12:37 am: | |
I would love to experience that some time. It is definitely a missing piece in my Detroit excess to do list. Who's taking me? I'm a generous guest. |
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy
Post Number: 5482 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 12:45 am: | |
Lowell, no one here doubts your generosity (especially with what you've done with this site; many thanks), but I'd be willing to bet that if you were built more like some of those ladies in Patrick's link, you'd probably have tons of offers to take you there. |
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob
Post Number: 1047 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 12:46 am: | |
Lowell, TAKE PICTURES!! And then post them here. |
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy
Post Number: 5484 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 12:51 am: | |
Better yet, take hostages! Well... mebbe not. |
Hardliner Member Username: Hardliner
Post Number: 55 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 1:26 am: | |
Better yet, take hostages! Well... mebbe not. -------------- Oh heck no, you don't want to be sayin' nothing like that man, 'cause some chick comes up missin' they gonna be looking here... doggone... (Message edited by hardliner on June 22, 2007) |
Citylover Member Username: Citylover
Post Number: 2438 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:26 am: | |
A white trash drunk fest.............sounds like a great time |
Publicmsu Member Username: Publicmsu
Post Number: 689 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 8:47 am: | |
White trash has to get naked as well! |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 1445 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 9:53 am: | |
correction: White trash that can afford a boat (normally= gainfully EMPLOYED) Hey, at least it's not the Dream Cruise, it's out on the water, away from the surface streets. Won't affect you driving your "Hillary for president '08" bumper sticker adorned Camry to your mensa book club meeting, the loud partying won't drown your Joni Mitchell acoustic set CD. |
Quozl Member Username: Quozl
Post Number: 847 Registered: 07-2005
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 10:04 am: | |
Nice website: http://www.jobbienooner.com/ |
Lizaanne Member Username: Lizaanne
Post Number: 82 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 10:10 am: | |
Um - no. A bit too decadent for me. ~Liza |
Higgs1634 Member Username: Higgs1634
Post Number: 120 Registered: 10-2005
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 10:18 am: | |
"correction: White trash that can afford a boat (normally= gainfully EMPLOYED)" It's amazing how many can. Especially with all the histrionics around here about gas prices and a bad economy. |
Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon
Post Number: 141 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 10:43 pm: | |
My view, http://www.aerialpics.com/J/jo bbienooner07.html not as graphic but some things are better left to the imagination at my age. |
Psip Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 1927 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 11:16 pm: | |
Great views Flybydon. Thank you. |
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider
Post Number: 459 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 12:06 am: | |
To add to the comment about the economy and the boat ownership...I ask myself about this bad economy when sitting in traffic in a far flung area like 26 Mile Rd. where it is backed up and everyone is sitting in a new car with only one person in it. It is not just there at rush hour all of our roads are packed with nice cars with one person in each car mostly. Yet all I hear is the doom and gloom of the economy and how nobody can bear the TERRIBLE GAS PRICES!!!!!!!! yet we all drive around one person per car.... |
Cdent Member Username: Cdent
Post Number: 21 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 12:36 am: | |
I couldn't go this year , been 5 straight years, each getting larger.. but last year I got a really bad staff infection in my leg, that damn near killed me, 7 days icu, 4 weeks in the hospital.. NO way Am i getting in that cess pool this year.. but it was a lot of fun. All I can say is if you get in that water you better wash off good after and don't go in with any open cuts ! thats my public safety announcement, take it for what its worth. boat safe. |
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass
Post Number: 121 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 4:55 am: | |
Cdent... Good warning. Thanks! I have to have a tooth extracted in a few hours, haven't been able to sleep since the hygienist poked a hole in it, so I skipped work for two days. I think I'll tell them at work I was at Jobbie-nooner. Improve my reputation.... Do they still have the pictures of the girl on the trampoline with a tampon string hanging out? James |
Supersport Member Username: Supersport
Post Number: 11612 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 9:29 am: | |
quote:Hey, at least it's not the Dream Cruise, it's out on the water, away from the surface streets. Won't affect you driving your "Hillary for president '08" bumper sticker adorned Camry to your mensa book club meeting, the loud partying won't drown your Joni Mitchell acoustic set CD. OMG man, you had me in tears! |
Ray Member Username: Ray
Post Number: 917 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:48 pm: | |
Great pictures... There's some hot girls, but is it just me or is the average guy depicted in the photo's like 20 lbs overweight? |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 4594 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:53 pm: | |
shit, you're checking out the guys in the pics? heheheh |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 2370 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:54 pm: | |
Just out of curiosity, why do authorities allow this? Or do they hold back a little bit then clean up on drunk boating tickets? |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 2423 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:59 pm: | |
There's an interesting history to that. Technically Gull Island is under the jurisdiction of the Army but they can't (and don't want to) police civilians. Anyone know any more about that? |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 2424 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 9:14 pm: | |
Oops, I may be wrong. From Jobbie Nooner partygoers ready to revelquote:The island technically is in the jurisdiction of St. Clair County,... Did jurisdiction change recently?! |
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 2371 Registered: 06-2004
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 9:17 pm: | |
ah, ok - Posse Comitatus I knew the island was a dredgings pile, but it didn't occur to me that it might be Army jurisdiction How are the levees in New Orleans policed? (Message edited by lilpup on June 25, 2007) |
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass
Post Number: 124 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 10:57 pm: | |
I believe the island itself is under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers. The waters surrounding it is the jurisdiction of the county marine patrol and State of MI. To answer Lilpup's previous ?, the county just does not have the marine patrol presence to prevent it. So they just allow it and go for the easy tickets. James |
Johnnny5 Member Username: Johnnny5
Post Number: 527 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:21 pm: | |
Well it was an absolute blast! I did see a few scuffles, but that really can't be helped when there are 1000's of people in a limited space with unlimited alcohol. Overall nothing serious and nothing the bystanders couldn't break up. I did take lots of pictures, unfortunately I won't be posted any of them here =)... As for the trash issue, for the past few years there has been a great group of clean up volunteers out after the weekend is over. I was there after last year's JobbieNooner and other than some knocked over grass you would never be able to tell there were 5000+ people there the weekend before. |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 2431 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:34 pm: | |
After this weekend, boaters may want to avoid Gull Islandquote:Tom Cleaver, founder of the We Are Here Foundation in St. Clair Shores, said the group cannot afford the cost of cleanup and safety precautions, which last year included paying someone to maintain a safety lane in Lake St. Clair that allowed emergency personnel to reach the island. |
Karl_jr Member Username: Karl_jr
Post Number: 4 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:43 pm: | |
"there literally are "piles of human feces left" after the revelers leave" Hmmmm, now that sounds like real fun...... |
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou
Post Number: 1084 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:45 pm: | |
AWWWWWWWWW!!!!! I WAS GOING TO CREATE A KARL JR. ALTER EGO. DAMMMITTT. LOL. |
Eric_w Member Username: Eric_w
Post Number: 238 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 1:33 am: | |
I wish there would be a vortex in the lake that sucks down all the idiots that take part in this & send them right down the drain. |
Jfried Member Username: Jfried
Post Number: 1009 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 9:47 am: | |
I love how so many so-called enlightened forum members trumpit how accepting, and encouraging of diversity they are, yet, they have no problem calling a bunch of people just having a good time "white trash." Don't get me wrong, jobbie nooner is not my thing, but why the hell do we accept the double standard? |
Terridarlin Member Username: Terridarlin
Post Number: 22 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 10:15 am: | |
In 1938 my Dad (age 10) would take his row boat from New Baltimore to Gull Island for the day. He drank from the lake and fished until dark. One day, a stranger in a sea plane landed and offered to take my Dad for a ride, he said it was a day he would never forget. Times change. |
Opus Member Username: Opus
Post Number: 41 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 10:23 am: | |
Because that is the way it is. Long live the double standard, sit there and take it, because if you open your mouth, you are a racist. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1439 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 10:32 am: | |
no offense but the majority of Jobbie Nooner folks are trash. I should know because I saw a lot of old high school chums in the pictures. |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3375 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 12:07 pm: | |
Who on this forum, or at least this thread, has ever declared themselves "enlightened", and what the hell does diversity have to do with a drunken pool party? You want diversity? Fine. There was a diversity of white trash at the party: fat white trash, female white trash, poor white trash, naked white trash, dirty white trash, etc. You can have a good time and still be white trash. |
Jfried Member Username: Jfried
Post Number: 1010 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 1:01 pm: | |
my point is that calling someone "white trash" is no different than calling someone a "beaner" or the "n" word. why do you think it's ok to do that? so many people on here think that because they live in the city they are so much more socially aware, more intelligent, more cultured, more open-minded, etc. etc.. if you're so open minded, why are you stereotyping a whole group of people you probably know nothing about? it's ok to make fun of the white, fat, GED holding, nascar fans from chesterfield township, but someone on here makes a comment about being annoyed by a homeless beggar downtown and everyone is up in arms. give me a break. you're no better than those you mock. |
Lakesuperior Member Username: Lakesuperior
Post Number: 192 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 1:45 pm: | |
fine, jfried-- i think we can make it a little simpler (and less offensive): the people who attend things like jobbie nooner are for the most part straight up trash. we don't need "white" as the qualifier because the color doesn't matter. i'm all about having some (lots) of drinks and having fun-- but when it involves stupid drunk chicks getting naked and gross drunk men ogling them, no thanks. no wonder there are fights- it's a bunch of meatheads. and you know what, if they weren't drunk idiots they wouldn't be doing things like leaving behind piles of feces and a bunches of garbage. nice people know how to clean up after themselves, drunk or not. |
Johnnny5 Member Username: Johnnny5
Post Number: 528 Registered: 06-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 1:54 pm: | |
^^^ Like those on Belle Isle every summer weekend? I saw more fights in 3 hours there last summer than my entire day on Gull Island. It was also trashed beyond belief with piles of garbage everywhere. I guess that must mean that the "Majority" of the people using Belle Isle are "Filthy Trash". Or should I use another term that mentions their race as well??? |
Goose Member Username: Goose
Post Number: 37 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 2:05 pm: | |
if your only impression of jobbie nooner is what you see on tv or heard on the radio then you truly have no clue, i've been for the past 7-8 years and have not experienced any of the problems or trouble mentioned in the reports sorry, if hanging out in the sun, drinking beer, and looking at hot women in bikinis is considered white trash activities, i'll take it everytime vs. a day being cultured at the DIA or opera house....call me kid rock...... btw, a large group of boaters is going to be on the island again this saturday (june 30) for a massive clean-up project, this is due to the fact that the current leasee of the island, tom cleaver and the "we are here foundation" has washed its hands of responsibility of cleaning the island, despite supposedly spending close to $3500 to clean it last year (i think the boaters will spend close to $100 in garbage bags, not sure where his $3500 figure comes from)..... im sure most of the people that were at the party WONT show up to help clean, but there is a large contingent of responsible partiers/boaters that will.... i've never been to harley-fest so i won't comment on what happens there, but from reports i've heard, it's not an afternoon at church...... |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 4672 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 4:52 pm: | |
You guys like to call this white trash?? Citylover, is this the same type of white trash drunkfest that permeates campus life around your beloved Ann Arbor? Or (with such high admission standards & tuition rates) would you call them "upper white trash"? Lordy, it's as though some of you never had a life as teenagers or 20somethings... (Message edited by Gistok on June 26, 2007) |
Classico Member Username: Classico
Post Number: 23 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 5:00 pm: | |
Well the place does look like it consists of many East side sports bar transplants, but whatever. The eye candy would be the only reason I'd even be slighty interested in going. The thing is alot of those guys seem like fing tools. They can have the chick that still thinks it's 1985. I'd probably find myself jockeying for position with some dude that thinks he's Billy Ray Cyrus circa 1990. Not worth it. Regardless, let the people have fun as long as they don't fuck things up beyond repair. Beer is beer. Chicks are Chicks. |
Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon
Post Number: 152 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 5:16 pm: | |
Detroit trash?? Or people "Just" having fun??
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Diehard Member Username: Diehard
Post Number: 86 Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 6:37 pm: | |
I went a couple times because my band was playing. I found if you just avoid the swarms of mooks holding video cameras over their heads (oooo, there's a drunk skank with low self-esteem in there somewhere!) it CAN be bearable. You gotta have a decent boat, or access to one, and lots of booze, food, water and sunscreen. Still, I'd say 75% of the people there are NOT the kind of folks I'd choose to hang with. If I had a nickel for every time I heard "show us your..." |
Goose Member Username: Goose
Post Number: 41 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 9:46 pm: | |
jobbie nooner 2, second saturday in september, for those of you that couldn't make it to the first one!!!! |