So I went out tonight with no particular agenda in mind, and found an open barstool at Big Foot Lodge.<\/p>\n
I couldn’t resist a 34 oz. Big Foot Beer. And after that, I couldn’t resist a second one.<\/p>\n
So as I was almost done with the second one and about to leave, the owner comes up and tells the bartender, “Top that off for him.” At that point I had maybe 3 oz. left. But what was I going to do, say, no, I don’t want more beer?<\/p>\n
So I sat there and continued to drink and watched their 6 TVs. And one of them was tuned to ESPN Classic and was showing footage of Nadia Comaneci scoring the first-ever perfect 10 in gymnastics.<\/p>\n
Nadia Comaneci was from Romania.<\/p>\n
And it reminded me of the evening of July 29, 2005. I was at the Saucer, throwing darts with my friend Ira. A new waitress, with an Eastern European accent, came up and asked if we needed drinks. And I asked her a question. I said, “Are you from Tennessee? Because you’re the only 10 I see”<\/p>\n
She said, “No. I am not from Tennessee. I am from Romania”<\/p>\n
Kinda funny, dontcha think, given Romania’s history of 10s?<\/p>\n
~ drunk post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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