Golly-gee-whiz did I ruin myself on Wednesday night!
It was one of those rare gatherings where the few people I actually wanted to catch up with, actually showed up. So yeah, things got messy and went way late, but PERHAPSEVIL finally got to put some faces to names… Before she passed out, that is.
The best part of the evening was rolling into the 7/11, drunk as drunk could be, to find a pair of cops on break in the parking lot. Yeah…
Now, for the record, the driver was not drunk. He was designated, but considering the state of the others, there was no way we were getting out of there without him blowing. He’d only had two or three beers, but it wasn’t worth the risk.
Luckily we were close to home so we abandoned the car and walked. Of course the trick was to get somebody back over to the 7/11 before the car got towed. Unfortunately none of our neighbors were awake/at home, so I called a taxi and tried to bribe the cabbie to drive the car the half block for us. I finally ended up offering the guy $60 for what would have taken literally two minutes, but he just wouldn’t do it!
I just stared at him bewildered and I said, “so that’s it, huh? Capitalism is dead??” To which he responded, “I’m afraid so,” and drove off.
So yeah, when I sobered up in the morning, I figured the driver was probably worried about liability, but… There’s something very wrong with this country when people are so paralyzed with such counter-productive fear…
OK, I won’t start into a rant. Sorry.
KILL THE LAWYERS!!! KILL ‘EM ALL!!!
*Ahem*
Sorry, sorry, just had to get that out…
And now on to the weekend; another birthday party on Saturday night, which will undoubtedly be just as silly.
Here’s hoping!
It was one of those rare gatherings where the few people I actually wanted to catch up with, actually showed up. So yeah, things got messy and went way late, but PERHAPSEVIL finally got to put some faces to names… Before she passed out, that is.
The best part of the evening was rolling into the 7/11, drunk as drunk could be, to find a pair of cops on break in the parking lot. Yeah…
Now, for the record, the driver was not drunk. He was designated, but considering the state of the others, there was no way we were getting out of there without him blowing. He’d only had two or three beers, but it wasn’t worth the risk.
Luckily we were close to home so we abandoned the car and walked. Of course the trick was to get somebody back over to the 7/11 before the car got towed. Unfortunately none of our neighbors were awake/at home, so I called a taxi and tried to bribe the cabbie to drive the car the half block for us. I finally ended up offering the guy $60 for what would have taken literally two minutes, but he just wouldn’t do it!
I just stared at him bewildered and I said, “so that’s it, huh? Capitalism is dead??” To which he responded, “I’m afraid so,” and drove off.
So yeah, when I sobered up in the morning, I figured the driver was probably worried about liability, but… There’s something very wrong with this country when people are so paralyzed with such counter-productive fear…
OK, I won’t start into a rant. Sorry.
KILL THE LAWYERS!!! KILL ‘EM ALL!!!
*Ahem*
Sorry, sorry, just had to get that out…
And now on to the weekend; another birthday party on Saturday night, which will undoubtedly be just as silly.
Here’s hoping!