A Night @ The Elks
My wife, Lori and I picked Big Jack up a couple of months ago to meet a few friends for a Birthday dinner at the Elks Lodge in Ashland, Ky. There were 10 people at our table and about 10 others scattered around the dinning room eating. I'm sure most of you know what the Psychological Setup is. Anyway, it is where you tell someone that you can psyche them out to where they cannot possibly complete one sit-up with their eyes closed. And for those in the loop, the words you long to hear are "I can do that"!
On my left side at the table was an old fraternity brother that we called Dreers. He got that name because in 1973 he was the first person many of us had actually seen who wore boxers. To my right was a friend (Tommy) of 28 years that I'd worked with almost every day @ CSX. My wife and Big Jack were sitting across the table from me. I decided that Tommy would be my target.
After about 10 minutes of conversation about the difficulty of performing this incredibly difficult sit-up between three of us, we heard the words you long for (in two part harmony), "I can do that." Now I was in a quandary here because I really wanted to get Tommy but Dreers was so insistent. The decision was made for me when Dreers said, "Let me get in the floor here and do a practice sit-up to make sure that I'm doing it right." The game was on!
After I assured Dreers that he had done the perfect practice sit-up, I excused myself and spoke to the waitress and cook to see if they would be offended if I carried out the plan. I was given the green light. We moved the tables around and grabbed a tablecloth. Dreers laid down and Lori and Big Jack held the tablecloth at his waist while I explained that he must keep his eyes shut and touch his nose to the sheet when I counted to three. I promised to buy him a double shot of Wild Turkey if he could complete the task.
I rubbed his temples while the others kept saying "You cannot do this". Then, I got up and walked to the other side of the blanket to prepare things on my end. I counted to three and the blanket fell to the ground while Dreers sat up and buried his face into my naked butt. He shook his head and bumped into me again before he opened his eyes. The entire dinning room busted out laughing, as we had gathered quite a large crowd during this process. I then looked over at Tommy and said "NEXT". Dreers was a great sport about the whole ordeal so I bought him two doubles.
On my left side at the table was an old fraternity brother that we called Dreers. He got that name because in 1973 he was the first person many of us had actually seen who wore boxers. To my right was a friend (Tommy) of 28 years that I'd worked with almost every day @ CSX. My wife and Big Jack were sitting across the table from me. I decided that Tommy would be my target.
After about 10 minutes of conversation about the difficulty of performing this incredibly difficult sit-up between three of us, we heard the words you long for (in two part harmony), "I can do that." Now I was in a quandary here because I really wanted to get Tommy but Dreers was so insistent. The decision was made for me when Dreers said, "Let me get in the floor here and do a practice sit-up to make sure that I'm doing it right." The game was on!
After I assured Dreers that he had done the perfect practice sit-up, I excused myself and spoke to the waitress and cook to see if they would be offended if I carried out the plan. I was given the green light. We moved the tables around and grabbed a tablecloth. Dreers laid down and Lori and Big Jack held the tablecloth at his waist while I explained that he must keep his eyes shut and touch his nose to the sheet when I counted to three. I promised to buy him a double shot of Wild Turkey if he could complete the task.
I rubbed his temples while the others kept saying "You cannot do this". Then, I got up and walked to the other side of the blanket to prepare things on my end. I counted to three and the blanket fell to the ground while Dreers sat up and buried his face into my naked butt. He shook his head and bumped into me again before he opened his eyes. The entire dinning room busted out laughing, as we had gathered quite a large crowd during this process. I then looked over at Tommy and said "NEXT". Dreers was a great sport about the whole ordeal so I bought him two doubles.