When I was 21
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
The other day, while taxiing my son somewhere, he asks "Mom, what did you do for your 21st birthday?"
Uh...
Well, gosh that was a long time ago, thinking... thinking... Yep, there it is: I told him that when I turned 21 my husband/his dad was still 2 months younger than me, so a bunch of of friends and us first went out to dinner and celebrated and then we dropped my young boyfriend off at home and went out to a couple of bars down on 2nd Street in Long Beach. Fun stuff!
He kinda smirked when I told him we dropped off dad, but he knows I'm funny like that.
He then asked what dad did on his 21st birthday and I told him we were living in Laramie, WY at the time (for school) and the only entertainment was the bowling alley. So we and all of his friends on the baseball team and others celebrated at the bowling alley. They all bought him a crap load of shots, not just normal shots but crazy shots like gorilla farts and other nasty stuff.
Gorilla Fart recipe
1/2 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
1/2 oz Wild Turkey® 101 bourbon whiskey
Pour ingredients as listed above into a shot glass and shoot!
Sadly, he drank most of them but was able to hand off a few to me to empty in the toilet. The most memorable part of the evening was my handsome future husband bowling himself down the lanes of the bowling alley with the ball clutched in his fingers, sliding on his belly towards the pins. I wish we had digital cameras, camera phones, email, etc. back then. Classic.
So, I asked Brett why he wanted to know and he said that when he turns 21 he's going to Las Vegas so that he can win lots of money. Funny, he wanted to know about the dollar amounts at the tables, you know like the minimums and maximums... he was under the impression that most of the tables are big money/high stakes... but I told him that no, they majority of the tables are for us poor folks, starting off at $1 and $5 minimums and that's where we would usually gamble our money. Why was this child laughing at me like I am some pathetic loser?!?
He quickly informed me that he would not waste his time with "those" tables, what's the use if you're not going to win big?
Ah Vegas, you're not going to know what hit you.
p.s. He was very surprised you get "free" drinks while gambling.
