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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Tiger Wench on December 17, 2009, 03:12:54 PM
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Carl & I went to a Christmas party last night at a local steakhouse. We were kind of late for cocktails and were seated right before appetizers were served, so we knew none of the people at the table with us. I was so tired from a long day at work that I was feeling decidedly unsociable, and was really not in the mood for idle chit chat with total strangers. However, after a few minutes of awkward silence, I mentally sighed, gave in and introduced myself to the (rather handsome) man sitting across from me.
Turns out he is British, been in the US for 18 years, and is an executive chef at one of the ultra-exclusive country clubs here in Houston. He was just at the party because his wife was invited.
I apologized for my lack of conversation, and babbled something about being tired, trying to get everything done before our long trip home to visit my family in Alabama.
Him: Alabama? My daughter lives in Alabama.
Me: Really? What took her from Texas to Alabama?
Him: She goes to Auburn.
Carl just rolled his eyes and asked the waiter for another beer.
It was on.
Once I told him I was an Auburn woman, he just started waxing eloquent about how beautiful it was and how glad he was that she was in school there, how perfect it was for her, and on and on.
Then he told me that he had been at the Iron Bowl this year with his daughter, sitting in the student section, and what an incredible experience it had been for him. He told us that he had been to sporting events all over the world – Wimbledon, the Masters, World Cup soccer, etc. – but that NOTHING he had ever experienced was anything like the intensity of the game this year, even though Auburn did not win. He said you could feel the hate and the rivalry, and the passion, and it made him all goosebumpy. The tailgating, the multi-generational families in Auburn gear, the entire experience was incredible. He obviously has gotten into SEC football – they lived in ATL for a while, and that helped with her decision to go to Auburn - and he talked a lot about Coach Chizik and how impressed he was with the turn around from last year’s team to this one.
I just sat there and smiled and nodded and interjected a few times, but it was so amazing to hear this man from England go on and on about how awesome Auburn is and how awesome SEC football is in general and Auburn football in particular, and how he wished he could have gone to a university and had that kind of experience as a young person. It didn’t hurt that even as he has embraced all things Auburn, he has also embraced hatred for Saban and all things crimson. He said he was booing as loud as anyone when Satan walked on the field that day. He called a few friends from the stands and held up his phone so they could hear how loud it was after that first touchdown. He said it was a surreal experience.
We wound up talking all night. The ice was broken, conversation and good red wine flowed freely and Carl even joined in. We parted with a handshake and a War Eagle.
What a great party.
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Ok.
This just made my afternoon.
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My day doesn't seem so bad after all. :)
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Ok.
This just made my afternoon.
Totally erases my experience this morning. I smiled the whole time I read this.
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It was TRULY random chance - and it made my night. I was so tired. It was one of those obligatory kind of parties, you know? It helped that it was at Kirby's, which is a great steakhouse, but I was ready to just show up, shake hands and leave.
It was also funny that when he said his daughter went to Auburn, Carl may or may not have muttered under his breath "Aww, shit, here we go..."
What a great party. :)
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How could he hate Saban?
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Good stuff!
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How could he hate Saban?
It doesnt take long, thats all I have to say about that.
signed,
Forrest Gump
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Turns out he is British, been in the US for 18 years, and is an executive chef at one of the ultra-exclusive country clubs here in Houston.
OK. Gotta call BS on this one. I have never had anything food-wise British that I would call edible enough to be able to call the cook a chef. :poke:
But other than that, a great story.
Now invite him to the gun range and watch him beam from ear to ear. Every time I have a visitor from the UK come here, I take them shooting. It opens their eyes to a whole new world. And it is such a simple and cheap thing to do.
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Well that story didn't end like I thought it would.
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It doesnt take long, thats all I have to say about that.
signed,
Forrest Gump
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Great story TW...I love coming across Auburn people outside of the southeast. I got two War Eagles at Schlitterbahn the other night (world's best water park that does a Christmas park set up in December).
Also, I was at the gym here in New Braunfels one night working out. Had on a "High Five - Low Tide" tee-shirt with the scores from the previous 5 Iron Bowls. A guy about 70-75 says War Eagle to me and starts chatting. He actually went to Emory in Atlanta, but told me his dad was class of 1926 at Auburn and that he had been an Auburn fan his whole life. Talk about a guy who had stories from ever era of football...it was one of those things that made a "no motivation to be here" night end on cloud nine.
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Great story TW...I love coming across Auburn people outside of the southeast. I got two War Eagles at Schlitterbahn the other night (world's best water park that does a Christmas park set up in December).
Also, I was at the gym here in New Braunfels one night working out. Had on a "High Five - Low Tide" tee-shirt with the scores from the previous 5 Iron Bowls. A guy about 70-75 says War Eagle to me and starts chatting. He actually went to Emory in Atlanta, but told me his dad was class of 1926 at Auburn and that he had been an Auburn fan his whole life. Talk about a guy who had stories from ever era of football...it was one of those things that made a "no motivation to be here" night end on cloud nine.
Yeah, I grunt when I workout. Everyone knows I'm getting my swole on.
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Totally erases my experience this morning. I smiled the whole time I read this.
Me too.
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Well that story didn't end like I thought it would.
Same here. A quick and dirty romp in the shitter stall would have made for a perfect ending.
Good story though.
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It was TRULY random chance - and it made my night. I was so tired. It was one of those obligatory kind of parties, you know? It helped that it was at Kirby's, which is a great steakhouse, but I was ready to just show up, shake hands and leave.
It was also funny that when he said his daughter went to Auburn, Carl may or may not have muttered under his breath "Aww, shit, here we go..."
What a great party. :)
HAHAHA...my girl friend does the exact same thing. If someone tells me "War Eagle" I pretty much always stop and at least talk a bit. It drives her crazy and she hates it. She is a big LSU fan and doesn't understand how it is almost like "family" to say War Eagle.
I loved the story. Thanks for sharing!
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She is a big LSU fan and doesn't understand....
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Same here. A quick and dirty romp in the shitter stall would have made for a perfect ending.
Good story though.
:thumbsup:
My thoughts exactly.
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:thumbsup:
My thoughts exactly.
You guys have no imagination.
A trip for four to a nearby motel room and a bell. That's a happy ending.
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You guys have no imagination.
A trip for four to a nearby motel room and a bell. That's a happy ending.
...and then we all switch places when I ring the bell.
I chill at White Castle cuz it's the best
But I'm fly at Fat Burger when I'm way out west.
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...and then we all switch places when I ring the bell.
I chill at White Castle cuz it's the best
But I'm fly at Fat Burger when I'm way out west.
so, my Beastie was showing?
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so, my Beastie was showing?
If that's what you're calling it these days.
Kind of like calling a fat guy "Slim".
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A quick and dirty romp in the shitter stall would have made for a perfect ending.
Because I thought about this, and cringed....I want to know how many of you have actually convinced a woman to have sex in the "shitter stall."
Do I have to add In Real Life, or is it understood?
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Because I thought about this, and cringed....I want to know how many of you have actually convinced a woman to have sex in the "shitter stall."
Do I have to add In Real Life, or is it understood?
Not yet. I'm still working on my British accent.
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Because I thought about this, and cringed....I want to know how many of you have actually convinced a woman to have sex in the "shitter stall."
Do I have to add In Real Life, or is it understood?
Probably best that you clarified the "IRL" part.
That is too disgusting to even contemplate. I won't even have sex in MY bathroom, much less a public one.
And to you disappointed pervs, not ALL of my stories are in the same genre.
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Probably best that you clarified the "IRL" part.
That is too disgusting to even contemplate. I won't even have sex in MY bathroom, much less a public one.
And to you disappointed pervs, not ALL of my stories are in the same genre.
Just because I wanted you to get gangbanged by the waitstaff while you husband beat off to it under the table, does NOT make me a disappointed perve.
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Just because I wanted you to get gangbanged by the waitstaff while you husband beat off to it under the table, does NOT make me a disappointed perve.
I bet you have a gnarly mustache...
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Because I thought about this, and cringed....I want to know how many of you have actually convinced a woman to have sex in the "shitter stall."
Do I have to add In Real Life, or is it understood?
http://deadspin.com/5370499/couple-christens-dallas-cowboys-stadiums-new-bathroom-stalls (http://deadspin.com/5370499/couple-christens-dallas-cowboys-stadiums-new-bathroom-stalls)