About a week and a half ago, BS called me and asked me if I wanted to go to a redneck party. I was like, "yes." She invited me to her boyfriend TH's surprise
60th birthday party, to occur Saturday night at the VFW on Leicester Highway. Well I was excited because I really like being invited to other people's stopmin grounds, and I had never been to a VFW before.
I was pleasantly surprised that Jude wanted to come with me. We hopped in her car, swung by the ABC to pick TH up a bottle of Captain Morgan's special reserve, and were off to the VFW by 9:00. Non members (non veterans of foreign wars, I guess) pay a $7 cover charge and sign in at the door. The door lady also labeled our bottle of rum. We found TH's table by all the Over the Hill style balloons and the cake that said "1949 Model Terry: From 0-60 in no time flat!" and had dashboard gages painted in frosting. (BS's niece from Flag Pond TN made the cake). We sat down and waited for the guest of honor to arrive.
I thought BS was going to reserve the whole club for the party, but I was wrong. The club was opened for business, and that made me very happy, because I really enjoyed the population of VFW clubbers. Some people were regular, but some people had some really special styles- I will leave that up to your imagination (think mullet and don't stop there). The atmosphere was really dim and very smokey and there was a kick-ass country cover band. Some of my favorite numbers they played were When the Sun Goes Down and I May Be a Real Bay Boy, But Baby I'm a Real Good Man. I think the rums and cokes made me forget what my other favorite numbers were. TH got up in the middle and sang some songs with the band- he really rocked out and the crowd went wild. I danced with some veterans and had one feller who was very interested in seeing me again. Very interested. A man in a patriotic tee shirt with wild stallions running with a backdrop of an American flag asked Jude to dance, but she said no thanks. AMH tied one on and we boogied down together.
Between sets they played the Electric Slide, and a bunch of ladies and one man (who was wearing a Mount Rushmore tee shirt) line danced. I had to join in of course. I think Jude was impressed by my Electric Sliding (correct me if I'm wrong...)
So, in summary, here's to 60 more years, T!
2 comments:
i'm still laughing as i type this. do you have any of that on youtube? you really should consider doing video documentary. or stand up. thank you once again for making me laugh. xoxo
it is probably best that i didn't end up going with you. i probably would have gotten a little too crazy. (but it would have been a stellar opportunity to wear my i heart martial law shirt).
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