This thread Will never die!

Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you're going to get.

I always keep my chocolate in the frig.

No problem getting into last years swim trunks, that is what draw strings are for. I must be getting old, I actually lost 2" over the winter. Either that or....

 

Another reason I love being a Parrothead......


A LEO from South Carolina on my board that attended this weekend's show....lol!!




Off-duty: My secret life as a Jimmy Buffett parrothead

6:32 pm May 24, 2010, by Steve Rose

We headed to Dallas, Texas, to make the annual trip for Jimmy Buffett.

We like Dallas because it’s a family visit as well. Detective Sandy’s brother Martin and wife Pam are big-time parrotheads.

Another reason is the venue. Pizza Hut Stadium in nearby Frisco is a great tailgating spot because it has acres of paved parking area. That’s important because the drunken parrotheads seem to navigate the golf carts with fewer problems.

If you have never been to a Buffett concert, you should go for several reasons. Among them:

1. It’s a great opportunity to show your friends you aren’t afraid to spend too much money on something that on the surface seems to revolve around a two-hour concert, but in fact revolves around an all-day tailgating extravaganza and fashion-stomping exhibition of grass skirts, coconut bikini tops and makeup — and those are the guys.

2. It is probably the biggest collection of baby-boomers acting at such a level of immaturity that if the aliens ever landed and landed at a Buffett tailgating session, they would immediately report back that Earth is there for the taking because we are still in the savage stage of evolution. Easy pickings.

3. It’s a collection of expensive motor homes owned by older men, surrounded by younger women — surrounded by younger men who are ignored by the younger women who look a sight better in grass skirts and coconut bikini tops than the men do in theirs. (If you’ve been, you know what I’m talking about.)

4. It’s a great time for Capt. Jack Sparrow lookalikes.

5. It’s a human zoo and just plain mindless fun.

6. The tailgating starts about Thursday for the hardcore parrotheads, which I am not. I’m the 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. variety and that seems to work for me. There is just so many times I want to use the Jiffy-Johnny or available tree to take care of business. I’m spoiled that way.

I enjoy our annual Buffett trip.

My wife is obsessed by it.

It is her thing. She makes the arrangements and I keep quiet. She has Jimmy Buffet CDs, a Margaritaville tote bag for the lake, shirts, hats, parrothead Glock holster, handcuffs that play “Cheeseburger in Paradise” when you open them up and just about everything else. As we passed the souvenir tent, the line was 20-deep for the $35 dollar T-shirts and $11 margaritas. She saw the traditional leis and shouted “I want a lei!”
Five guys rushed over.
After correcting the misunderstanding, we settled in and watched the show.

If you go to Buffett, you’re going to hear the same songs you heard last year, with two or three new ones thrown in. For the parrotheads, introducing a lot of new songs would be a disaster and who needs all those drunken guys in coconut bikini tops and grass skirts miffed?

One thing I have not had success with is my wife’s Holy Grail of an obsession of meeting Jimmy. Countless letters and endless e-mails get me nowhere with it — still. She tried the direct approach, but it seems the backstage security guys run pretty fast.

If you want to go next year, start saving now! If you’ve never been, go. It’s better than any trip to the zoo you’ve ever taken. The worst part is explaining the coconut bikini top in your baggage when you come through airport security.

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Those are the only people that can afford to live the lifestyle, and follow Jimmy around anymore....At around $150 - $186 for tickets??? Um, yeah....it's hard to go to shows these days.....I go just for the tailgate now. [batteye]

 

Cool thread,lol! Time is another dimension and it is shrinking.. Sometimes I feel I'm in college and I keep bumping into these grade schoolers walking down the hall while I'm trying to get to my next course. Sometimes I feel that the roles are reversed.
I flunked my last life and now I have to do it over again,( not succeeding very well). Trying to walk in a straight line but I was born buzzed.
Too many egos trying to stuff themselves in the same shoe.
I have a role in life but can't remember my lines.......
Enough babbling my random thoughts.

 

You can never get where your going if you don't know where you've been.

 

ok this works. I want to get my 5th post over with to get off the forums probation period. Thanks

 

I hate down hills theres a uphill at the bottom of evrey one of them.

 

now there's a scary thought.....

 

Went to the local hardware store, (small) to pick up some stuff for a home project. Wife wanted to ride along. While there she asked me if onion sets will last over winter. I thought, Ok, what's she up to now? The lady in the store wanted to get rid of about 20-25 lbs of sets, since no one is buying them now. Anyway, my wife ended up with all of them for free. Glad I like onions, probably be eating them for a while.