Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Day CXCVIl


Da BBQ

     Maybe she found the stash, and wondered why he never told her. Instead of confronting him about it, as most women would, she started to rationalize, and then little by little it started to bug her. Possibly she felt he was saving to leave her, so she left him first…and took the dough. Things like this make us smoke all the more, we screw up, and nicotine is the key to inner peace. How bogus is that, uh?

     A short time after this, a couple we knew out on Long Island, invited us to a swell July fourth BBQ. They were really cool, and been married forever. On her side, they were all big time Yanks fans; on his side they were all even bigger Mets fans. I’ve been a Yanks fan for more than fifty years, and they knew it.

     The families had made a pact for the BBQ, a one time deal. Nobody could wear any kind of fan regalia. No Tees, no hats, no arm bands, no pins not anything. It was a really cool thing to avoid controversy, because they were always arguing about the Yanks and the Mets. It was going to be a large crowd, most of it being family, from both side of the tree. But they forgot to tell us about their little deal.

     They have a really huge back yard surrounded by beautiful trees about the fence, and in the northwest corner there is a hugemongous maple. There were several tables under open tents, (in case of rain, and for protection against the sun), scattered about, with family sitting, and enjoying a great afternoon. In the back was the pool, and a few yards away from it, the grill.

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