Dangerboy and I went on a trip last week. I knew it was off to a good start when we were at the airport and overheard a business man’s cell phone conversation:
“He’s an asshole, he’s an asshole. I know he’s my brother, Dad, but he’s still an asshole.”
Other highlights include…
- Getting drunk with a Portland friend before lunch… okay, maybe before breakfast
- Hearing the phrase “shut the front door” for the first time (Nice way to say STFU)
- Staying on our friends’ sailboat in Seattle
- Drunken dinghy rides (Not that kind of dingy… get your minds out of the gutter)
- Finding a place with old school peep show booths in Seattle
- Staying in a corner penthouse suite in downtown Vancouver
- Fireworks in Vancouver just because
- Beautiful 70 degree weather
The only negative was that I couldn’t tell the difference between the hippies and the homeless in Portland. I didn’t know who needed my spare change the most. All in all, it was a great trip, and I’m sure Dangerboy will have some of the pics up on his site soon.
That was my week/weekend… how was yours?
Sadly no where near as good as your week/ weekend. You can tell the hippies from the homeless by their signs. The homeless have better signs. Oh, and the hippies have puffy eyes and smell like patchouli.
Good to know that other people use the phrase “Shut the Front Door!!”. I use this phrase all of the time although I am not sure how I picked it up (only that it was during a phase of trying to cut back on cursing). Everyone looks at me like I have just spouted something in a alien language when I use it. It is also refreshing to hear that someone else getting drunk before lunch/breakfast too! Keep on Rockin it!!
That sounds like a pretty cool weekend. I need to go there……no visits to local libraries???
I did what many Golden Ghetto people do on summer weekends…..went to the Lake of Ozarks. That is interesting in its own way if you don’t see it often. A place where rednecks and rich people get together and act stupid……together.
I’d like to hear more about the peep show booths. Saying “shut the front door” is a good one I’ve been using for about a year now……sounds nice and EVERYONE knows exactly what you mean.
WTF “shut the front door”? does it go together with “dang”, and “oh,fudge” or “dagnabbit”. people just murder the language
Pardon my ignorance, but are you talking about a friend from Portland Maine here, or Portland Somewhere Else? It’s just that if it’s the Maine one, it’s possible I might have walked down a street where he/she also once walked down, therefore introducing an even closer connection between you and I. Well come on! First Bettie Page, then This Is Spinal Tap, and now we may have a Portland bond. I think that maybe we were meant to be together. I’ll break it to my wife gently. Unless it was Portland Somewhere else…