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Friday, November 6, 2009

Sex Mr. Green, on Aurora, with the Afro

Posted by Trent Moorman on Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:56 PM

This is What The Fuck I’m Talking About

160th & Aurora: Shay’s Restaurant and Lounge. Monsoon falls from the sky. Noon time karaoke stays dry. All day breakfast here. A man and woman in their sixties are screaming AC/DC’s “Girls Got Rhythm”. They’re chain smokers and hate the rain. Pabst is all around.

“I've been around the world / I've seen a million girls / The girl's got rhythm / She’s got the backseat rhythm.”

The man is into it, but stumbles. They trade verses. She’s got Kool Menthol, egg-beer breath and hits the notes better than he does. She’s sloven, huge, and fresh with $100 in winnings from Goldie’s Casino up the street playing blackjack.

“She really satisfies me / Love me till I'm legless / Aching and sore / Enough to stop a freight train / Or start the Third World War.”

The couple challenges me to a game of Clue. My afro is with me. Let’s do this.

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Real Americans smoke inside, next to babies and old people. General MacArthur didn't have to step outside for a smoke when they sacked Mi-Lang

Posted by Pat Boone on November 6, 2009 at 1:29 PM

Get a hair cut

Posted by Pat Boone on November 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM

Pat, I bet you can play the ever living shit out of some Clue.

Posted by Trent Moorman on November 6, 2009 at 1:35 PM

Kool Menthol, egg-beer breath

And you lived to tell the tale? Damn, Trent...

Posted by Dave Segal on November 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM

Ms. White, now with the lead pipe, in the observatory.

Posted by Trent Moorman on November 6, 2009 at 2:32 PM

There's something comforting about that scenario. Reminds me of when my parents used to hang out at the VFW bar in Los Alamos and I could scam change from the old regulars to buy myself a Shirley Temple and play Blondie on the jukebox.

Posted by libee on November 6, 2009 at 2:50 PM

I grew up a short walk from Shay's. It's the only thing on that block that hasn't turned over at least three times in the last 30 years. Real Shoreline at it's best!

Posted by Bill Nordwall on November 6, 2009 at 8:46 PM

This blows my mind. Well done.

Posted by Anna Anna Anna on November 8, 2009 at 10:52 PM

Got to love that $9.95 "Prime Rib" special on Fridays. uh..

Posted by Shayer on November 9, 2009 at 1:06 PM