Another family vacation memory...

All 8 members of Team Rediker exited the My Fair Lady Dining Room aboard Enchantment of the Seas, led by Nikki. The seas were quite rough that evening, somewhere in the Caribbean. A rogue wave hit our vessel, and it lurched to the side from the force.

Nikki had been coming up on the heals of the proverbial sweet little old lady, who was assisted by a wheeled walker that can also function as a seat. As the boat lurched, Nik was thrown sideways into the wall, knocking a wall-phone off the hook. She looked like she was replaying a skit from the 3 Stooges or something, trying to catch the reciever, but it acted out the part of a slippery bar of soap. She finally caught it, and exhibiting great exasperation, hung the phone back up the hook. She sighed, turned and saw the other 7 members of Team Rediker and the members of the little old lady's (know from here on as LOL) party staring at her.

Nikki is one of the funniest people I know.

Feigning great frustration, she turned to the LOL, literally about half her height, I'm not even sure she could have REACHED the phone, and said, "How many times do I have to tell you, I'm not going to keep walking behind you if you're going to keep throwing things on the floor!"

The LOL looked a Nik, and burst into laughter. Both parties of people burst into laughter. Nikki kept going. "I don't know how you all keep up with her..." Then Nikki made the "international hand sign" for "bottle," and tipped it up, and gestured at the LOL with her elbow, complete with wiggling eyebrows. Her friends were beside themselves with laughter. We were beside themselves with laughter. I mean, we didn't know these people AT ALL!

We "ran into them" a couple more times that evening, and they'd always point at Nikki, clasp their hands together, point at her and laugh.

Guess you just had to be there.