Thursday, June 18, 2009

SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE....

It's late night on Wednesday and I'm choosing to post this now so that I don't have to deal with it in the a.m. Currently we have a steady drizzle outside and by the time I wake up in the a.m., if the weather pundits are correct, we will be sitting in the middle of a crappy wet day. I'm not happy about that for a number of reasons. One, it's been raining off and on for about a week. Can we get a day without rain for a change? Second, it's the U.S. Open golf tournament, here in our backyard (Bethpage Black) and they way the weather is shaping up, we're going to have rain EVERY day until next Wednesday, so.... how will they get this tournament in? And finally, I'm scheduled to go to Chicago this weekend to see America's Team play the Cubbies at Wrigley Field. Will I get to fly out of this damn place or is this God's way of saying, "Swanfather, you may not leave, you are not worthy...". WTF?

This week's edition of PUB TRIVIA was a nice bounce back from last week; 17 teams signed up to play and the competition was pretty fierce. Of course you had the usual village idiot that thought it would be funny to shout out the answers (he got booed); But overall, everyone had a pretty good time. This week's team won a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions, taking place in early August. So if you and your friends think you have what it takes to make the cut, then bring your butts to the bar next Wednesday night and show us what you got. At the very least, you'll have a good time. You can check out the rest of the pics on our FACEBOOK page!

Speaking of Pub Trivia, what do you do when you come across "That Guy" who likes to hear himself talk? The guy who lets EVERYONE know what he does and what he has and who he knows? This type of person immediately grates on everyone's nerves, let alone mine. We've all come across that person once or twice and immediately you want to take your beer bottle and shove it in his mouth.

So tonight's edition (well really last night) of "That Guy" was a piece of work from Florida. I sat at the front of the bar right after the shift change, waiting for the Trivia Boys to arrive. Seeing that I had a free moment, I began jotting notes on things that I needed to get done before the big bash on Thursday. I hear this guy make a comment about being cold and I look up and there he was.... "That Guy". So I closed the windows to appease the guy and went back to doing my work. At that point, BABY GIRL, one of the bartenders for the evening came over to me and whispered something in my ear. A few minutes later, I asked her to grab me another pen. At that point, "That Guy" says out loud: "You must be the owner". I ignored him and he says it again. "You must be the owner!". Here we go.

I looked over to him and said that I wasn't the owner, but the manager. He gets up from his stool, waltzes over to me and began what turned into a ten-minute spiel about how he used to be in the club scene in NYC back in the day; how he had to "get out" and ended up moving to Florida where he now owns horses and is a polo player on the circuit. He's going on and on about this and that and the club scene and how he knows this person and that person. Quite frankly, I found myself eyes glazed over within minutes.

At this point, SILENT BOB waltzes in and pulls up a stool right next to him. While "That Guy" was going on and on, SILENT BOB looks at him then looks at me and gives me the "Is this guy nuts?" look. Finally after what seemed like forever, "That Guy" stops to go outside and take a phone call. SILENT BOB asked me who in the hell the guy was and I told him that I hadn't a clue. After a few minutes, the guy came back in and sat right next to SILENT BOB and as soon as he said something to SILENT BOB, I made a break for it and hi-tailed it out of there. "That Guy" ended up staying for a couple of hours, annoying everyone in the process before finally leaving after his newfound buddy SILENT BOB pulled an Irish exit while he was in the bathroom. Pretty smooth move, actually. Just as well. The poor guy doesn't know how close he was to getting the boot. Polo player my ass.

Don't forget about our 18th Anniversary Bash TONIGHT! We'll be toasting to old memories and forming new ones with great drink specials all night long (starting with $1.00 mugs at 5pm)! We will also have live music for the festivities and best of all, a chance to thank you, our favorite patrons, for 18 years of "good, pouring fun"! RAIN or SHINE, we'll be bringing our "A" game and hope that you will too!


Nuff Said