Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Fun?! Fair?!

Last night I was at the bar and Danny reminded me of something. Sometime last year, a bunch of us were in New Orleans. I don't know if it was a bachelor party or what. But I do remember a few interesting things that occured the morning after we'd all gotten shnockered and I wanted to put them down in words before the memory escaped me forever.
Me and Mac were walking from one of the other rooms towards the room Joe, Daniel, Danny, Brennan, and Matt were in. We were on about the 4th floor and the hotel we were in had an open air balcony patio thing, and the hotel wasn't very far from the Mississippi River. Somewhere on the river, there was a boat with a calliope playing this inane and incredibly irritating tuine. It just kept playing and playing, louder and louder. As we were walking, I looked at Mac and said, "This is the kind of music they play in hell"...
When we got to Joe's room, we walked in and if I remember correctly, the NCAA Basketball Tourney was on and Duke was playing. The only reason I remember that is that I knew LSU would be playing them soon, which is pretty much the only reason I would be paying attention to the NCAA Basketball Tourney. Everyone in the room was laying about and quietly watching it through swolen red eyes, scantly saying a word. Several pieces of hotel stationary were strewn about, and one of them had my name on it, followed by the "greater than or equal to" sign, and then the caricature of a penis to which I laughed hysterically at.
Eventually a commercial came on, and the topic of Fun Fair Park came up. Fun Fair Park was this broken down piece of crap amusement park on Florida Blvd in Baton Rouge, mostly known for the fact that one of their rides occasionally killed people. They also had a caged chimpanzee, which in retrospect I cannot fathom how this creature never ripped a child's fingers off but either way... We posed the question of what exactly what was fun about it, and what was fair about it.

If there was a Fun Fair Park...what would the Fun Un-Fair Park be?

Fun Un-Fair Park would probably have different prices for everyone walking in. One guy would get in for fifty cents, and the next guy would be charged fifty dollars. When they complained, they would be punched in the stomach.
People would be singled out, waiting in line for a ride and thrown out of the park for no reason. If they made it to the front of the line, some would be told they couldn't ride and they'd have to go wait in line again. I'm sure they'd ask "Well is there a height requirement" to which the ride operator would reply "No, but life isn't fair. Now get to the end of the line before I punch you in the face..."
There would be prizes like any carnival has, but they would range from cars to trinkets to random acts of violence. People would be excited that they won whatever game they were playing, but that excitement would turn to horror as the attendant assaulted them. Someone would say "This isn't fair" to which a carny would yell "Well, life isn't fair. Look at me! I've got an eternal tan and tattoos on my forearms created with coat hangers and indian ink!"

Ha ha... What's wrong with me?

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