April 22, 2005

• This is WHY I'm not a gambling man!

  
  

  A friend of ours just got done moving and they decided to go to a bar and relax when they got done.  I didn't get to help cuz I had a family emergency.  Not being in the best of moods, I needed a beer or 2 and just chill so after I was done, I gave them a call.  They were all still there and they decided to wait for me even though I was on the opposite side of the city.

  
  

  I get there and they were playing pool on a bar table.  Looked harmless enough, just a bunch of trash talking here and there.  Soon enough we were playing pairs:  Ben and I vs Rudy and Cao.  Then things started to get interesting.

  
  

  More trash talking that led to betting.  Not for money... worse... it was for pride!

  
  

  First Game: 
  Stakes - Losers do 50 pushups
  Results - Ben and I did 50 pushups (dammit I ran the table out and left one ball for my partner - we still lost)
  
  Not being too happy with the first game results, and letting our egos do the talking - the second game became more interesting.

  
  

  Second Game:
  Stakes - Losers do 50 pushups, last pushup requires a clap, AND have their pictures taken and posted on the net!
  Results - Not much different from the first game... I'm beginning to think that I need a new partner!

  
  

  

  
  

  This being our second set of 50 pushups - yes, we were struggling!  I initially tried to hide my shame by trying to hide underneath the bar table to do my pushups but the bar table was too low to get any of them done.

  
  

  

  
  

  Of course, our opponents were not satisfied with humiliating us... they had to add to the pain!  They seem to associate pain (for us) with pleasure (for them).  In the background you can see one of the sadists kicking my partner in the ass... if only you could hear their evil laughter (see next pic).

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  The 3rd game was up but I began to lose confidence with my partner's pool abilities and my own ability to do another set of pushups so we dropped the stakes a little.

  
  

  Third Game:
  Stakes - Losers do 30 pushups AND have their pictures taken and posted on the net!
  Results - This time we won and how sweet it was!

  
  

  

  
  

  That's right suckas count it out LOUD!

  
  

  Fourth Game:
  Stakes - Losers do 10 single-handed pushups AND have their pictures taken and posted on the net!
  Results - Let's just let the pictures do the talking!

  
  

  

  
  

  By this time, their wicked nature has corrupted me and I too was laughing at their misery!  But they are so sick that they are even laughing at their own misery!

  
  

  So now it's tied:  2 wins each!  The tie breaker had to top the others!  What could be more embarrassing and funnier than doing pushups in public; but not against the law to do in public?  After an exchange of ideas, we came to a group decision!

  
  

   

  
  

  Fifth Game:
  Stakes - Losers do 20 synchronized JUMPING JACKS outside the bar - in front of the windows - facing the bar - and have their pictures taken and posted on the net!
  Results - My partner missed and scratched on the 8 ball (the only ball left on the table)!

  
  

   

  
  

  

  
  

  Ben suggested we wait til some of the people outside passed us up so we could maintain some sort of dignity.  I replied, "We lost our dignity, when we lost that game!"

  
  

  

  
  

  We each had our own window so we didn't have to "share" the embarrassment!  You can't see but the waitress and bartender were watching and laughing along with our ex-friends.

  
  

  

  
  

  Was I bitter?  No!  Those aren't my middle fingers I'm throwing up at them! *cough*

  
  

   

  
  

  Nonetheless, we will have our revenge!  Next time losers will be in the middle of the street doing the macarena - pictures taken and posted on the net!  Look forward to it!

  
  

   

  
  

  These pics were taken Sunday 04/10/05 at some bar @ Damen/Roscoe.

  
  

   

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