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23 October 2006

One time, there was this girl I worked with and she said, "I can just see you in ten years. You'll be in some bar, face down in your nachos, telling the bartender what a genius you are." She was wrong. I don't have any nachos.

post by: jonmc at: 09:37 | 26 comments

That's funny. Or sad. I'm not sure which.

posted by richat 23 October | 09:44

[buys jonmc some nachos]

posted by Orange Swan 23 October | 09:45

If you were face down in your nachos, the bartender wouldn't be able to understand what you're saying.

posted by JanetLand 23 October | 09:47

She had you pegged, huh. What else did she say? Tell us more, Uncle Jon.

posted by iconomy 23 October | 09:49

Actually, this chick was sort of a spoiled bitch most of the time, but, yeah, I'll admit she had me pegged. Besides, the best thing to do with potential is to squander it. Takes the pressure off.

posted by jonmc 23 October | 09:54

I would totally buy you some nachos anyday, jonmc.

posted by grouse 23 October | 09:54

that's nice, grouse. I prefer mine with chili, cheese and sour cream, maybe a little guac. After pips' uncle's funeral yesterday, we both took a day to catch up on stuff and while we do laundry, we'll probably stop in at my beloved Remote Sports Bar , which is kind of an 'end of the line,' type of joint, (Do not play 'Piano Man,' on the jukebox here unless you want to inspire some kind of urban mini-Jonestown situation, trust me). They don't have nachos either.

posted by jonmc 23 October | 10:03

You could be just a rich, drunk genius in ten years though...no?

posted by Joe Famous 23 October | 10:30

Come On now.
There's a name for that face-in-the-nachos-telling-the-barkeep-what-a-genius-you-are thing. Ermmm - what is it... Oh yes. It's called "being Human". I think it sadder that in the last ten years there is the potential that this poor girl has never been in the same or a similar situation.

posted by seanyboy 23 October | 10:53

Why would you be face down in your nachos? It's harder to drink your beer that way.

posted by gaspode 23 October | 10:56

Because then it sounds like he's saying "mime a genus".
i feel sorry for the bartender.

posted by ethylene 23 October | 11:14

I've seen some nacho plates that I'd glady bury my face in. Find those nachos, jon. Godspeed.

posted by pieisexactlythree 23 October | 11:19

Why would you be face down in your nachos?

well, then the spicy yellow cheese coats my beard giving me an emergency food supply if I find myself stranded later.

posted by jonmc 23 October | 11:22

Oh, this is the one where you're drunkenly telling the bartender about your ingenious but failed idea of Nacho-flavored beer, right? I for one thought you had something there.

posted by Hellbient 23 October | 11:57

To quote the great James Crumley via the great Milo Milodragovitch:

"Nobody has ever hit me that hard in my whole awful fucking life."

Here's to the losers, the boozers, the brusiers and Eddie and the Crusiers. A shite and a shower and half pint of Powers.

God bless us, everyone!

posted by Divine_Wino 23 October | 12:01

Here's to the losers, the boozers, the brusiers and Eddie and the Crusiers.

whaddabout the Hoosiers?

(the Wino is an eloquent fuck)

posted by jonmc 23 October | 12:03

If you were face down in your nachos, the bartender wouldn't be able to understand what you're saying.

"AHGM FUFFFCH AH CHFFFUFCHIKING FFFGENIUSSHH"

posted by matteo 23 October | 12:16

(and condolescenses to you and Pips for her uncle, giovanni)

posted by matteo 23 October | 12:17

(the Wino is an eloquent fuck)

Eloquent perhaps, but I'm not sure what brusiers are, maybe the guys who come after the sommelier and beat your kidneys with phone books until you pay for the bottle of Chateau Lafitte you just guzzled.

posted by Divine_Wino 23 October | 12:48

Lafitte, eh? Divine, indeed.

posted by Hugh Janus 23 October | 14:08

Lafitte, eh? Divine, indeed.

posted by Hugh Janus 23 October | 14:08

I hate when it makes me comment twicet.

posted by Hugh Janus 23 October | 14:09

(d_w, I've had one of your quotes on my fridge for a long time.)

posted by small_ruminant 23 October | 16:17

Kind of you to say small_ruminant, I stand by that statement to this day.

posted by Divine_Wino 23 October | 17:25

So, mecha is your bar and we are your nachos? Is that what you're trying to tell us? I feel filthy!

posted by appidydafoo 24 October | 08:48

I really, really want to get jonmc's post inscribed on a pint glass.

posted by Greg Nog 25 October | 15:20

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