Friday, 25 Nov 2005
I rarely blog about my personal life, but the combination of boredom and horrible weather we are enjoying in Madison today compels me to do so. I’m from a very small town in Wisconsin, and headed home for the Thanksgiving holiday. The purpose of this post is to give you some idea of what you can find in small town Wisconsin on any given night.
I’m not sure if it’s a Thanksgiving tradition or just an annual outing, but my friends and I make the 15 mile trip into the middle of nowhere to a bar that boasts a wide variety of taxidermied (I know this isn’t a word, but it works) animals and great prices on booze.
On the drive to the aforementioned bar, I was sure that it being the middle of hunting season the place would be packed with crazy hunter patrons drinking until the morning called them back to the hunt, I was wrong. It ended up only being a group of about 10 of us, but we had a great time. See for yourself.
A fawn on display.
My friend Alex displays the 7 beers he bought for $12.
Playing a game of “flip cup”
Doing an audition for the Arcade Fire in the basemet as a deer looks on.
November 25th, 2005 at 9:33 pm
What bar is that? Rockton? I don’t even recognize it.
November 26th, 2005 at 10:53 am
Dude, where’s the Nascar paraphanalia? You know it ain’t a Wisconsin bar without some Nascar.
November 26th, 2005 at 10:54 am
Dude, where’s the Nascar stuff? You know it’s not a Wisconsin bar without some Naaascar.
November 26th, 2005 at 6:58 pm
Where I’m from 12 dollars will buy you a beating…because everyone here has had seven beers.
November 27th, 2005 at 4:01 am
$12 in AK will buy you almost 2 shots. I don’t know how many beers it will get you cause I’m hardcore, shots are my game. But, at Dan & Nancy’s in the ‘Boro you can get shots for $2, here they are $6.50. I guess that’s why I got so utterly trashed last time I was back home, I must have been thinking about how much I was spending, not how much I was drinking!
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Who’s the guy in the black shirt with white stripes in the picture with Alex, should I know him? I know who everyone else is, but he’s stumping me…..