The Black Hole Is Deeper Than I Thought .........

Posted over 4 years ago
While trying to decide what to write about tonite, I was thinking about my past.
Dig this then get back to me.

If I was going to identify with anyone in that skit, it would be the professor (Yes that's Tom Kenny, the voice of Spongebob Squarepants).Hindsight being 20/20, I love my past. Really it was the friends who made those memories great. Case in point. I was at a bar in Allentown with 2 buddies of mine. Satan (my wifes' nickname for him, It's Pete Fleming Jr.) and John Tunney (everyone but me and his parents called him JT, not Brother JT, but another one).Satan's girlfriend shows up at the bar.Before I forget, the bar was Cannon's (9th and Liberty St.) and we usually sat at the "Corner of Sarcasm". The "Corner" was at the end of the bar. Debates raged till all hours. Heavy topics like;What drug do all of the characters from Sesame Street portray?Oscar the Grouch = Heroin addict. He lives in a garbage can for Christ sake. Big Bird = LSD user. He was the only one who could see Mr. Snuffleupagus. Bonus points if you can tell me his first name. No cheating with Google now. Cookie Monster = Pot. Seriously, did you ever see how much he can eat? It's obscene.Grover = Coke. He can Fly. Nuff said. I guess the same could be said 'bout angel dust. So on and on went the debate.Satan's on again/ off again chicka was the daughter of a dentist. We referred to him as Dr. Dave. And the good Dr. liked the leaf, if you know what I mean. If you don't, listen to Black Sabbath's "Paranoia". The opening to "Sweet Leaf" says it all.Back in the those days I used to drive a VW Bus. Half a camper really, except I didn't have the pop top. That van has been to more place then me. Satan was always driving to one show or another. In return I got to drive his GTI. Fun car that one, but I digress. Eventually JT, Satan, Dr. Dave, his daughter, and I make our way to my van for a little tune up, before the heavy drinking commences.This is where I am going to stop. Just so you know, that Dr. Dave jumped out of the van shouting, "I am a dentist!", and the cops asked us to go back into the bar, instead of hanging out in my VW.Next time, if your lucky, I will tell you about the time me and an old Navy pal almost drowned a man.

Incidentally, Cannon's closed it's doors on my birthday (June 5) this year. Good times.

Comments (25)

  1. Lizziegreeneyes says You've killed my childhood - yup there it is... lying dead... it was bad enough when I heard Bert & "B"Ernie were gay... I accept alternative lifestyles - but this... this I can't even... ::runs off crying & looking for her next bottle of wine:: Prefer near-death experiences to the death of childhood !!!!
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  2. I am says We still have the Muppets, sort of. I'll bet you got a good story to tell .... come on.. I know ...... I meant to kill it and not leave it's corpse for you to look at. Sorry.
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  3. I am says Fair enough, Master.
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  4. Lizziegreeneyes says I keep hoping that Pushing Daisies pansy will get his arse over here & bring it back to life... yes... I have many stories grasshopper - but I also have to hit the hay... go - watch my birdie dance & we will talk again about the evils of drugs & kids programs !!!
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  5. Groon says Is that from Mr. Show? Gotta get my megaphone, it's time to croon!
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  6. I am says Whoa, cross comments. Oh no! It's happening again. Where are my socks?
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  7. Groon says Unintended, I know, but "cross" comments? ha ha!
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  8. I am says Groon, it is. I am convinced Mr. Show was the new Monty Python. There I said it.
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  9. Lizziegreeneyes says dang... I thought I was having a flashback - the colors were so vivid man ;P
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  10. Groon says That's a bold statement, my friend. And completely accurate.
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  11. Groon says And damn my southerness for not picking up on your subtle yet intended, um, intentions!
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  12. I am says Groon, Thanks for the support. It's the sketch that SNL lost 'bout 8 - 10 years ago. I love the fact they were on HBO.
    Permalink posted 10/18/2007
  13. deadmandeadman says hhhmmmm. I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoys dancing with the skeletons in my closet. You provide a nice sense of time n place.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  14. I am says Thanks Jeff, I feel that I leave out a lot of detail for the sake of good reading. Such as; Why the cops came. = Because our music was to loud. What song was playing. = Pink Floyd "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" Things like that. Details that really flesh out the story. I choose to be obtuse and rambling 'cause that's the way I am in really life.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  15. Cody B says You have to tuen up "Piper' pretty loud to have the cops come. Nice One.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  16. Dzendvokh says Obtuse and rambling, yet somehow, so lucid.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  17. I am says Oh yeah, Cody it was pretty loud. Did I mention JT was hitting the pipe when the cops opened the side door. Thanks Dzen, that's what I was going for.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  18. Dzendvokh says Ohh, that was a gut buster, good timez, good timez........
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  19. soulrocket says that video was hilarious, man. this is my story... i met a girl in a friend’s appartment years ago & we decide to go to his town to hang out for the day. we got really pissed with absinthe & smoke like a ton of pot before driving back home. when we were half way the police stopped the car. the girl suddenly says... oh, shit.. and drops on the car’s floor about 100 extasis pills. i had no idea she was a dealer & she carried them... i was so baked i started laughing & thinking...ok, now i am sure we go to jail. it was late by night & one of the cops started searching for "stuff" with his lantern... suddenly he said... ok, what is this?? i thought, ok, thats it... we are f***d. the cop showed a big bar about 500 grs of what it looked like hash... i thought... what??? it was getting surreal by then. then suddenly the girl (not bringing names here) says... hey, that is no hash... i am an artist & that is a clay bar to model. the cop looked at it and he believed her. returned the whole thing to the girl and let us go. they didnt find out about the pills & we were saved by a clay bar... and probably my angel made extra hours that day.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  20. deadmandeadman says A very long time ago, long before the stars were torn down, a newly minted civilian deadmandeadman roamed the country for two and a half years in a bus much like yours. The stories I could tell. (if I Could remember them lolol). From Nicaragua to Canada, I couldn't get lost 'cause I wasn't going anywhere in particular.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  21. meko says Iam is the green tree still having shows, I use to see the sharks there long ago i was good friends with sha he sent me a stoudio recording of him and jeffry hines and i dont know what hapened after that, Sam luger had a realy good voice, I think when steve zero left it started going down hill fast. To bad, they had a different sound.
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  22. I am says Well said Jeff. That is going in my list of stock phrases. Dan, why doesn't that story surprise me in the least. A bar of hash. I have never seen such a thing. meko, your going to have to clarify. I never heard of the Green Tree. Whereabouts are you talking?
    Permalink posted 10/19/2007
  23. meko says Allentown I forget the address but i saw the sharks there long ago.
    Permalink posted 10/20/2007
  24. I am says Green Pine Inn. Is that the one Meko?
    Permalink posted 10/22/2007
  25. meko says YES, I havent been to A town for a long time, i use to go to the A town block party they have every year but not latly, Thanx i am for the memories.
    Permalink posted 10/22/2007

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