Fish Stories and Funny Ladies

Melinite...this post contains fish references. Be warned.

So my friend Muck-Muck turned 40 years old, and to celebrate we headed off to the local Dead Slobster for the seafood lover in us. (I had a gift card to burn, so I thought I'd treat he and Muckster # 2 Ry-Gonn to some birthday Omega-3 goodness. I'll be honest, it isn't my first choice for seafood, but it beat the hell out of choice number 1: BW3's for bar trivia and wings. Yeaaaaah.) I avoided the $10 slushie that passed for a Margarita after learning that the faux Mardi beads with the jingly lobster accoutrement is no longer being offered, instead opting to hop toward the back page in search of "lighter fare". And w/o a hint of irony? The lighter fare menu had some top-shelf tattie choices- I opted for freshwater fish: The rainbow trout, slightly blackened. It was so. Good. It was either that, the tilapia, or flounder (Flounder, RSvp, which I haven't had since 1981...I had to explain the entire Matagorda TX experience to these guys, including the oyster hunting boat trip. And could you believe those two chicken shits wanted the fried bacon wrapped calamari in lieu of a dozen raw oysters in a half shell? Insanity, I tell you.)

So the 40 year virgin birthday boy (Well he should be with some of the dumba$$ shit he says sometimes) Tells us: "I met a celebrity!"/"WHO?"/"You know David Pirner of Soul Asylum?"/"No shit, you met David Pir-"/"I met his brother..." Then he starts nodding... all "knowingly prideful". After we roll our eyes, he starts in on how Pirner the younger is in some cool indie band...but the damage is already irreversible.

Muck Muck then tells us about a couple of hilarious birthday messages from some very funny ladies: Blog lurker Sketchy Moll called him from the caves and sang happy birthday. (MS- When Brett did his impersonation of your birthday song, it was hilarious.) And apparently his sister also called and said "Hello, B? Thees ees Forty callllleeeng. Jus' checkeeeng eeeen."

When he called her back and said, "Nice message" she said "I never called you. That was Forty."

Too, funny.

Wow. This nice weather has got me all sorts of feisty. Maybe it's b/c of the weekend- (Please, nice weather, hold out so that I can go for an outdoor run) Working out, then Midnight Bowling tonight for Shel's b-day. Dinner at an Indian restaurant for Nixie and MA where I'm gonna finally see twocherries for the 1st time in ages.

Sunday, maybe I'll get around to doing those nefarious taxes. Maybe.

Have a good weekend everybody. I'll post something pithy, should pithiness strike.

*Let's also all take a second to welcome Tech and Portana to the great state of MN! (Portana-dana send a Hi-larious texty when she passed through Medorable ND...Yee to the Haw)