CARDRUNNERS

What's Your Edge

Andrew

December 30, 2008

Well at least not when he doesn't update his blog. I'm holding down the 5 spot, which I'm pretty happy about. I think CTS pretty much owns me in all other aspects of life.

After the New Orleans debacle, I headed up to my cabin which ended up working out ok. There was a lot of snow up there, so we were able to snowmobile a ton, which was fun. We got up there Saturday afternoon and one of my top priorities was finding a place to watch the Bears game on Sunday. I knew my options would be limited, but they ended up being even worse than I thought. I was able to find a place about 45 minutes away that had NFL ticket. I asked if they would put the Bears game on and they responded, "I guess we could put it on the corner TV." It didn't sound all that great, but I didn't have a choice. If I wanted to see the game, this was going to be my place.

I made sure we got there early so that we could make sure they put the Bears game on. Right as we walked in it was clear that they didn't know what to make of our group - 2 23 year olds, 1 20 yr old and 1 12 yr old. They almost tried to kick us out. They demanded to see our IDs. I pointed out that the 12 year old clearly wasn't of age and stated we just wanted to watch the game. It was made clear that the two of us that were of age were expected to drink. I really had no intention of drinking, but I decided I would buy a beer to appease them. They had about 5 TVs and most were 30in or bigger. There was one tiny ass TV that was being used to display what I believe were lottery numbers. They decided that would be the TV we could watch the Bears game on - see below.

It was a very small TV to say the least. That's my brother sitting at the bar.

The place started to fill up around game time. There were a lot of people coming to watch the Lions lose their 16th game of the season. The clientele consisted completely of hicks. All complete fucking rednecks. They were pounding beers, chain smoking cigs and just bullshitting about hunting and other hick related topics the entire time we were there. The sign for the men's bathroom said "Dick Trickle Blvd." Apparently they have a problem with snitches up there because the stall had 4 or 5 messages written about people being "snitch bitches."

I was trying to take pictures, but I didn't want it to be known that I was taking pictures. I wish you could see the guy with the glasses and mustache in the background better as he was one of my favorites.

In the end, they were all nice people. It was just clear that we were way out of our element. After the Bears lost a game they definitely should have won I decided it was time to get the bill and head home. We had been eating and drinking (beer and soda) the entire time we were there. I figured the bill would be about $100. I was shocked when I got it and saw it was $33. We had all had lunch, some snacks, probably 8 beers among us and a few sodas and the bill was $33! I couldn't believe it. I almost laughed in their face. On the way out, a Lions fan stated to me, "At least you guys won a few games." He had a point. All in all, it was an enjoyable experience except for the Bears sucking.

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Dec 30, 08 14:50:14

33 bones for all that? Those are KAMs prices!

vampa

Dec 30, 08 15:51:13

Can you make the pictures bigger? I'm not sure if I can quite see the nose-hairs on the guy at the bar

=)

Vintage00

Dec 30, 08 16:31:10

<Deliverance> Queue the banjo music. </Deliverance>

Przytula

Dec 30, 08 16:35:00

That can only be in WI, right?

mason00

Dec 30, 08 22:58:21

%%#@!^(*%^@!*&* Bears

jeff218

Dec 31, 08 13:17:05

engagement shout out

I am honored to get a shout out in muddy trousers blog. We need a vegas trip to celebrate the engagement. Now we can take bets on whos next, plastic, trousers, drama or LL.... Maybe Stingman as the dark horse??

used2beGOOD