by Neoteny on Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:31 pm
C'mon tonka, lead by example of what not to do... without further ado...
Times I was drunk and thought I was going to die #1
So... I'm at a "mate's" (I hear that's what friends are called nowadays) "flat" (again) one fine evening getting blitzed (surely legally) on some wonderful concoction of vodka and tequila that was roiling in my stomach. One individual was walking another individual (surely sober) to his vehicle while the rest of us were inside doing the drunken things that drunks do. All of a sudden the front door bursts open and one of two rushes in and spouts the following:
"Oh my god, you guys have to come outside! A fat kid just ran past me and hid in the woods behind the apartment!"
There was a moment of stunned silence while our minds slowly made the leap to how awesome a situation this could turn out to be before half of us stampede to the second-floor balcony while the other half goes outside for a closer look. Those of us on the balcony (I didn't quite trust myself with the stairs) then glared as hard as we could into the woods and shouted things like "come out, little guy, we have cookies" and various other food related condescensions, all the while trying to throw beer cans into the woods (most of the individuals were good ol' southern frat boys if this gives you any sense of what was going on).
Most of us had spotted what we thought to be the fat kid, but it wasn't moving so none of us were really sure if that was him. Those on the ground definitely thought that they saw something and began picking up our cans and chucking them at it. One of them, who happens to be French, ironically (we're quite a crew when you get us all together...) hit the thing I was looking at, but there was still no movement. Finally, my French friend inched closer to the woodline and the fat kid leapt out at him, causing Ollie, understandably, to throw his beer can at the kid with enough accuracy to pop the guy square in the middle of the face. It would have been a more defining moment for him had he not also jumped backward three feet and screamed like a girl.
Now that we could clearly see the fat kid, it became obvious that it was a 20-something year old scrawny dude. I don't know what the hell that guy was talking about. Anyhow, the dude ran off down the woodline and we organized a search party to hunt the kid down. Three of us, me included, stalked off after the guy, but came to our senses about five minutes away from the apartment when we considered the idea that the fat kid might have some sort of weapon and that our only weapons between the three of us were a pocket knife, two beer cans, and my Solo cup of miscellaneous liquor.
Needless to say, the memetics of our group was increased significantly that night.
Napoleon Ier wrote:You people need to grow up to be honest.