Saturday, July 18, 2009

P365 Day 8: Don't let the sun go down on me



After spending most of the day at the university, Paul and I drove to Tunica tonight to have dinner with his parents at the Fitz. (Was Fitzgerald's so difficult to remember that the casino had to rebrand itself to just Fitz?)

As usual, we kept our cash reserves low — $20 each — and stuck to the small change machines. (My theory is that if you lose all $20, but you do it at penny slots, you've maximized your dollar-to-fun ratio.) And as usual, I came out a little ahead ($5) and Paul came out a little behind (-$17.50).

After we left Fitz(gerald's), we drove to the Tunica RiverPark for some not-quite-sunset photos, then listened to The Who on our hour-long drive home. Considering the net loss was $12.50 and half a tank of gas but the gain was spending all day with Paul, I'd say I won big.

---
Now, without further ado, this note goes out to the woman who was in the bathroom stall next to mine tonight:
Here are some common rules of etiquette you – and those around you — would appreciate you follow:
  • Lock the stall door.
  • Heck, even close the stall door. Okay, that's a start. Now a little more. ... A little more. Okay, that'll do.
  • Don't grunt and strain quite so loud.
  • Don't answer your phone while you're grunting and straining.
  • Don't yell in your phone to cover the sound of you grunting. (HelloooOOOOOO!!!!!)
  • Don't yammer about your sex life. (Don't want to picture it. Please don't make me picture it.)
  • Could you at least flush? No??
  • How about wash your hands? No to that too??
I felt dirty by proxy, considering the only thing keeping me safe was the one-inch divider between our stalls.
Oh, look, there I went and ruined a perfectly good picture of sunset on the Mississippi. But, come on, I had to share my grody moment with everyone.

3 Comments:

Blogger StargazerGirl said...

I was going to comment on how beautiful the sunset was or how sweet your comment about spending all day with Paul was, but the woman in the bathroom stall scenario sorta threw me off, uggh.

11:46 PM  
Anonymous Paul said...

LOLOL - oh looky at the pretty sunset *POOOOOOOOOP* Plop Plop splash GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT. ahhhh.

>_<

Also - i am hilariously bad at casinos. As kenny rogers once said - know when to hold em, know when to fold em. Unfortunately, i just spend em.

11:51 PM  
Blogger smacky said...

Penny slots RULE! Most of the wins I blogged about in Vegas and Atlantic City were on penny slots. $191 win on a penny slot!

4:26 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home


Click here for more info on Kate.


"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." - T.S. Eliot



    P365 Day 7: We Are the Champions
    P365 Day 6: Necessity is the mother of pudding rec...
    P365 Day 5: In Bloom
    P365 Day 4: Duckin' out (plus a job update)
    P365 Day 4: '40s beauty queen
    P365 Day 3: Jammin' out
    P365 Day 2: About to pounce
    P365 Day 1: Fred's pearly whites
    Because I'm too lazy to get a tattoo ...
    P365 Day 0: The view from my bed