by Touko » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:50 am
I'm really getting a visual on the campfire scene and to me it's lookin like a "Halmark moment" with the beer, whiskey, and ? going round. Yes, my new old friend and friends this Winter will be long but I believe expectations of a good time will be exceeded again this year as well.
Jimmy, even though it likely wasn't funny at the time ( a whole jar gone ) I bet you guys laugh about it now. I'm thinking there's going to be a "hey watch this" moment or two.
Used to work with a guy at the shipyard in Groton years ago and he didn't come in to work for about a week so I figured he was probably on vaca but when he came back he was limping a little and I got the story straight from him. So he's at this party with a campfire going and he's getting shitfaced and figures on riding out of there while he still can manage to kick over his bike. He fires it up then recalls a scene from a Marlon Brando movie where a guy rides his bike through a campfire and in his delirium figures he'll look as cool doing that too. He managed to get right in the middle of it before the rear tire spins on a log and the bike kicks out dumping him right in the middle of it.
He gets out of it pretty quick but not before it burns his ass enough to need medical attention. He said the nurses where trying not to laugh at the burly biker with his ass hanging out on the table getting some air while waiting for the bandages to be applied.
Didn't matter if you heard the story a hundred times it would always make you double over with laughter.
Todd