The Tool - Hazardous Journey Update!

[danvillebelle]

Jiminy crickets, anyone who has even a HINT of a gaydar can tell what these hazardous manly man trips are really about.

I am convinced that someday, somewhere, next year or 10 years from now, Doug Phillips is a tool is going to get caught in the act and have a catastrophic, super-nova like fall from grace. It WILL happen. He is too freaking enamored with himself. 10 years ago, the catalog was not plastered with 50 pictures of himself and manly men this hazardous journey that. Every year, to me, he inches a little closer to the front of the closet. He's almost to the coats.

Scott Brown seriously pings my gaydar as well. In Return of the Daughters he gets a little TOO happy talking about how very, very important it is for adult men to develop close friendships with younger men.

[danvillebelle]

"Too bad Dougie wasn't on the Titanic when it went down with him aboard that is. I can only imagine Dougie on the titanic in costume and all trying to "lead" everyone to safety because he is such a great leader. He would lead alright lead those passengers to certain death since he likes to dictate who is worthy of being saved or being alive. I just could see that scenario in my head playing out."

Funny you say that....I was watching the Titanic movie the other day with my daughter and when that slimeball Ismay (?) slipped into the lifeboat, I thought to myself "that would be Doug Phillips (is a tool)."

[twin2]

Too bad Dougie wasn't on the Titanic when it went down with him aboard that is. I can only imagine Dougie on the titanic in costume and all trying to "lead" everyone to safety because he is such a great leader. He would lead alright lead those passengers to certain death since he likes to dictate who is worthy of being saved or being alive. I just could see that scenario in my head playing out.

Oh, Dougie would have been the first one on the lifeboat. After all if he went down with the ship, who would be left to teach the world about the "Christian doctrine of women and children first?"

[salex]

This is probably made up, but my gramps served in France in World war II and swore that he overheard his captain reviewing a battle plan with a local resistance fighter, ending with "and we'll rendezvous here." The French man looked at him unbelievingly. The captain said, "Surely you know the word 'rendezvous'?" The French man said, "Of course, but we do not do it with other men!" Neither of them knew Doug, did they?

Here is a link to a mountain man rendezvous, which I'm guessing is where he gets his name/idea.

crazycrow.com/events_rendezvous/

[Dysfundamental]

Doug Phillips is a tool, and his tool trips are so ridiculously campy Kipling porn that I can't stand it. Hilarious journeys is more like it.

I know a lot of men who like to go on all-male vacations that require special costumes. Gay men.

[twin2]

Doug Phillips is a tool, and his tool trips are so ridiculously campy Kipling porn that I can't stand it. Hilarious journeys is more like it.

I know a lot of men who like to go on all-male vacations that require special costumes. Gay men.

That is what they turn into after we get a hold of the pics!!

[Miggy]

Several thoughts;

(1) I think I would like to be Josh Phillips. He has a mother & sisters to do everything for him. His dad takes him on luxury camping trips all over the world. No responsibility. No real need to work. (I think he is president of the Vision Forum Boys Club or something, isn't he? That sounds like a position where you get paid to make appearances but you don't actually have to do anything. BRILLIANT!)

(2) My daughter (14) has just looked at the website and asked if we could do some of those trips. Do you think Dougie could be persuaded to start doing female versions of these trips? All the same activities but with the aim of teaching women to be real women. You need to be pretty tough to raise eleventy billion children so this would be perfect training.

(3) As much as I love everybody at freejinger, I feel I must complain about the hijacking of the word "tool". My husband has asked my to go to the hardware shop and "pick up some tools" andI had a vision of myself going along a line of Phillips family males trying to chat them up. Ugh.

[Miggy]

Continent: Australia

Country: Island of Tasmania

Location: Tasmania

One more point ... SOTDRT has struck again. Yes, the continent is called Australia but so is the country. As much as we might joke about the family in Tassie being a different species to those of us on the mainland, they aren't actually a separate country. Let me fix it;

Continent: Australia

Country: Australia

Location: Tasmania, an island state to the south of the mainland

As for the Tasmanian Aboriginal people, while most were killed by Europeans, a small number were moved from Tasmania to other islands in Bass Straight. Some of their decendants have since returned to Tassie and others to the mainland. My BiL is of Tasmanian aboriginal descent. However, if Dougie wants to know his history he is going to need to head for ... wait for it ... Michigan!

[Salamander]

You step out of a small float plane in the center of a pristine 50-mile long alpine lake, surrounded by rugged peaks with only freckles of civilization but myriads of animal tracks along its edges. Moose tracks, wolf tracks, caribou and brown bear tracks. They are deep tracks, they are large tracks, and they are fresh tracks.

The word "tracks" has ceased to have any meaning. All I can think of is "tracts" now. And why does the writer on the site think animal tracks--not the animals themselves--are the big pull for these twits?

[miffy]

Oh no! The Island of Tasmania. :lol: :lol: :penguin-no:

A real manly adventure would take place in Arnhem Land or FNQ, where there are actual hazards & Bob Katters assurance that there are no homosexuals in FNQ, Doug would probably like him.

I wonder if they will get the boat & document their trip on the chairlift that goes over the nut? Also I think they meant to say they were looking for a thylacine, because thats what people go looking for on manly adventure trips.

Another thing. My sister went on a school camp to Tassie in yr 10 (16) where they (all girls school) sailed skiffs down the east coast for a few days. I think thats a lot more hazardous than a week of hiking in a largish group.

[miffy]

The word "tracks" has ceased to have any meaning. All I can think of is "tracts" now. And why does the writer on the site think animal tracks--not the animals themselves--are the big pull for these twits?

SODRT!!!

I climbed down into an almost empty creek bed & walked along it when I went for a run the other night. There were FRESH KANGAROO TRACKS. Does that make me a modern day explorer of hazardous places?

[constantgardener]

SODRT!!!

I climbed down into an almost empty creek bed & walked along it when I went for a run the other night. There were FRESH KANGAROO TRACKS. Does that make me a modern day explorer of hazardous places?

I just about managed the hazardous journey past the fresh fox tracks round my chicken coop the other week. Phew! It was scary, but I just made it in to collect the eggs and return to the house.

[Salamander]

I just about managed the hazardous journey past the fresh fox tracks round my chicken coop the other week. Phew! It was scary, but I just made it in to collect the eggs and return to the house.

I managed a #hazardousjourney of our chicken yard this morning myself. Dodging chicken turds while steeling yourself to the charging flock of hens excited to see lettuce in your hands is no easy feat.

[Sola]

...in which they will encounter massive glaciers…

*Beevis and Buthead style snigger* huh huh

[julie paradox]

Mission & Objectives:

Equip men with a firm grasp of the mission and key components of the Hazardous Journeys Society and its ten-year goal.

Experience challenges through rigorous and unique adventures offered in the setting of the remote Alaskan Wilderness.

Expose and train men in hands-on adventure skills and planning strategies in preparation for them to lead their own Hazardous Journeys.

Examine and be inspired by the trials and triumphs of Dominion, Risk, and Manhood as seen in the frontier history and spirit of Alaskan pioneers.

Empower men with a vision to explore the corners of the world and bring back discoveries and reports which bring glory to the Creator God,

Firm grasp... rigorous... hands-on... Manhood... glory

He just can't help it, can he?

[Sola]

I think Dougie has a crush on Bear Grylls. Most of the areas Dougie has included in his 12 month international holiday... I mean expedition... are ones from the Born Survivor/ManVsWild shows.

I wonder if Dougie will drink his own pee...

[MamaJunebug]

Moose tracks, wolf tracks, caribou and brown bear tracks. They are deep tracks, they are large tracks, and they are fresh tracks.

Deep, and large, and .... fresh. Intern! Get over here! Now!!!!

That was my first reaction.

My second is that it reads like Carole Radziwill's memoirs of her posh life with a Kennedy inlaw before he got sick and died: "They were lazy days, and they were seaside days, and they were Lilly Pulitzer-dress-for-dinner days."

Ah, yes, the hearts flutter in both authors' breasts.

NB: I liked Radziwill's memoirs, very much. But her style is dreamy-girly in lots of the passages, and well ... do the comparisons need be mentioned???? ;)

[Patsy]

I tried to leave a comment reading "Tasmania is not a country. Go homeschool!" and the comment form herp-derped into an error. ... Go homeschool!

[docmom]

hazardousjourneys.org/expeditions/international-expeditions/canada/

Oh god this sounds so dangerous. And they have to do it in Canada, because it's illegal to hunt Polar Bears in the US, unless you have a subsistence permit, I believe.

You know, when I go to hubs and villages above the Arctic Circle, I am told to a.) not turn off my vehicle unless i'm at a place I can plug it in, b.) to never lock it, and c.) to drive instead of walk, even when it's just across the parking lot. Because polar bears eat people.

Just going to Canada is hazardous. They have government provided health care and a generous welfare safety net and gay marriage! Truly a dangerous place for teh fundies.

[formergothardite]

Why can't they take a hazardous journey into NC so I could go see them! Granted there is nothing too dangerous here, but maybe they could go try to catch rattlesnakes and copperheads. Plus, it isn't like they are doing anything dangerous in any of their other journeys.

[Sobeknofret]

Oy. Doug is such a pompous windbag. The trip looks like lots of fun, and I loved Alaska when I visited. I'd love to go back and spend more time there. Although you can have Hazardous Journeys in Alaska, this one doesn't qualify. I always get the feeling that he pictures himself as one of the gentleman explorers of the late 19th century: busting through the jungle, but with native packbearers carrying the crystal, china, champagne, and fois gras.

[StacyW]

I wonder if he keeps it pretend-hazardous for liability reasons. And if someone did manage to get hurt, do you think he would sue Doug?

[GenerationCedarchip]

Why can't they take a hazardous journey into NC so I could go see them! Granted there is nothing too dangerous here, but maybe they could go try to catch rattlesnakes and copperheads. Plus, it isn't like they are doing anything dangerous in any of their other journeys.

Seriously. Or why not Virginia? We've got all kinds of military bases and there are bears and coyote on the loose all over the place. Perfect for playing dress-up and having wildlife sightings all in one trip! And have you seen the way people drive in the DC area? Now THERE'S a #hazardousjourney !

[formergothardite]

Seriously. Or why not Virginia? We've got all kinds of military bases and there are bears and coyote on the loose all over the place. Perfect for playing dress-up and having wildlife sightings all in one trip! And have you seen the way people drive in the DC area? Now THERE'S a #hazardousjourney !

They could show how they are "taking dominion"(or whatever the hell they call it) over the earth by catching rabid raccoons here too. Now that shit would be hazardous. Actually, just catching a raccoon with their bare hands would be pretty hazardous. But it doesn't cost a lot of money, so I think that rules coming to NC out. :cry:

[snarkyjan]

Oy. Doug is such a pompous windbag. The trip looks like lots of fun, and I loved Alaska when I visited. I'd love to go back and spend more time there. Although you can have Hazardous Journeys in Alaska, this one doesn't qualify. I always get the feeling that he pictures himself as one of the gentleman explorers of the late 19th century: busting through the jungle, but with native packbearers carrying the crystal, china, champagne, and fois gras.

Maybe he thinks he's running the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen!?