Famous Quotes - Updated October 31, 2020
Over the years, many quotes have been stated, altered, and just plain embellished! On this page, we are tryng to memorialize all the famous (and infamous) quotes we've heard over the years at Camp Waupaca For Boys. Some are verified, others are patently false, and yet others still require some research to verify their authenticity.
If you can provide anything to this page, please let us know. Send an email to Mike@CampWaupaca.com or Paul@CampWaupacacom.
VERIFIED
"You never had it so good!" -Manny Desnet
"Home was never like this!" -Manny Desnet
"Skin your own skunks!" -Mike Euer
"Manny, you finally lost one." -Bob Mowen, after seeing Perry Goldberg fall off a cliff
"Paul, have you ever (flown/ridden/operated) a (jetski/parasail/hang glider) before?" -Manny Desnet
"Yes, Manny, yes I have." -Paul Warshauer, in response to Manny's questions above, requiring Paul to sign perpetual waiver of responsibility as Paul prepared to make his entrance at the camp Olympics as Zeus!
"I don't want anybody hurt!" -Manny Desnet
"I've taught over 10,000 campers to swim and waterski." -Warren Metzdorff (uttered? yes - true? not hardly)
"It wasn't a tornado. It was 'high winds'." -Mike Euer after the weather event of 1983
"I don't eat camp food." -Ron Zelikow, Marla Desnet's then boyfriend, now husband, on his first visit to camp
"Tonight is Braves night!! -Skipper Kuklin circa 1964
"The War is heatin' up!" -Mike Euer
"Quack Quack!" -Rick Passman
"Everyone take your salt tablets." -Rosemary Clotiaux
"Drink lots of water, boys." -Maxine Greenstein
"Buddy Check!" -Lifeguard-on-duty
"What's that thar kid doing in the turlit?" -Mike Euer, upon walking into cabin 11 and seeing a poster bought in the Wisconsin Dells
"Sand bottomed, crystal clear, spring fed, and glacier formed, Lake Stratton. Dredged by Clem and Clyde Caldwell." -Warren Metzdorff
"I saw 'Big Moe'!" -Just about everybody
"Another night off, (insert counselor name here)?" -Manny Desnet to just about every counselor at least once a summer
"There will be a choose-up softball game at the near diamond for cabins 1-4." -Arnie Feldstein
"Due to Impetigo, everyone will scrub with PhisoHex tonight during your shower." -Rosemary Clotiaux
"Hats off, hand salute, sound off." -Anyone leading flag raising or lowering
"We have the most power equipped craft shop in North America." -Erv Kasian
"It never rains at Camp Waupaca. It's liquid sunshine." -Manny Desnet
These next 3 actually occurred in order:
"Good morning men! It's another beautiful sunshiny day at Camp Waupaca! Everybody up!" -Manny Desnet waking up the troops on a very cloudy morning
"Manny, where is the sun?" -Victor Shyman
"Where is the sun? It ruins my fun. The day is done. I think I'll have a Bun (candy bar)." -Manny Desnet (he was quick on his feet)
"Everybody warsh up for (lunch/dinner/supper)!" -Mike Euer
"It's snowing in Skokie!" -Manny Desnet giving weather reports for elsewhere other than camp!
"Here we sit like birds in the wilderness . . . waiting for dessert to come." -Everyone when dessert was served late
"When the pump goes dry, no p p in the TP." -Skipper Kuklin when ever a water pump for a cabin stopped pumping
"I was to have come in 1960." -Bob Mowen explaining why he didn't start at camp in 1960 but rather 1965
UNCERTAIN
"This pen has plenty of ink to take off plenty of points." -Ron Lavine. Some say this was never uttered, others say it was lead in a pencil, not ink in a pen. Need corroboration!
UNVERIFIED
"You're off the range for the rest of the year." -Wayne Towne. After checking with Wayne, he denies ever saying this and attributes this to another riflery man. Research continues!