The One With the Bar Fight...

October 24, 2009

       So as I am sure some of you have heard and others have not...yes I punched some asshole dude in a bar.

       We were at a bar near The Language House which we have named "The Stump bar"...I don't think it really has a name, but it has a very distinguishing feature- a stump, right in the middle of the crowded bar area, People gather around (usually 4-8people ) and you play the game....the game involves getting a nail for each player and one hammer for the game from the bartender...- are you intrigued yet>??? thought so! A note about the hammer- it is a regular hammer on one end and the end that usually has two thingys (very technical term) to pull nails out with has been fused together so it looks like a hatchet- even more deadly as a weapon, espeically when you are drunk...so whoever invented this is either  a genius or a complete and utter moron....
   Ok how to play: You hammer your nail partyl in with the regular end of the hammer, just enough so it stands on its own. then you take turns going around the stump and everyone gets one hit with the back end (hatchet end)  of the hammer to try and hit their nail...the game continues in a circle until the last person to get theirs in loses- that person then has to buy everyone involved in the game a shot or a beer...and let me tell you IT IS HARDDDD....doesnt matter how sober/drunk/cross eyed/ double visioned have to close one eye to see your hand in front of your face drunk you are.... it is very difficult, until you find your sweet spot-once I found mine I think I only missed 2 times the entire game, people we were playing with were chanting "PENNSYLVANIA" it was pretty funnyyyy...
  So back to tehe bar fight story... as we are playing I am standing closest to the bar and occassionally am being bumped into, understandably ( but never with a deadly weapon in my hand) but one time I feel a hand on my ass, then my lower back, so I turn around, and there is this shit faced guy standing there by himself waiting for a beer, so I say "Excuse me" and he smiles through his French speaking mouth and I don't smile back, but just turn around to ignore this obviously drunk guy in his late 20's. We continue playing the game, and hanging out in this bar, but I keep seeing this guy out of the corner of my eye, do the exact same thing to about 80% of the girls in the bar...So I said something to a guy friend I was with along the lines of , "that guy is an ass, he grabbed my ass and is now grabbing every girls ass in here..." He said " i know, I am seeing that, and trust me I was about to kick his ass when he was over here before, if he keeps bothering you (or (any other girls we were with) let me know..."
   So low and behold about 30 minutes goes by, the stump game has been paused due to too many shots of Jameson (good call by the way) and the guys"bumps" into me again, and tries to introduce himself, I show no interest and walk away- he follows...introduces himself and kisses , wait drools/slobbers on my arm, an attempts for some more ass grabbage etc. I push him away and he leaves...then I see him doing almost the exact same thing to my friend Kelly ...so I felt (in my Jameson induced moment) it was my duty to get her away from him, so I pushed him and said "you need to leave now, and leave her alone" he ( I cant believe I am writing this...) pushes me back on ym shoulder, pretty much everyone in the front of the bar sees this and are about to intervene when I (thank you Paul's boxing classes at ACAC) throw a mean right hook and nail him in the jaw, he stumbles back a little- my hand hurts, so I know it must have been at least a decent shot- especially for a girl, and people immediately have him pushed out the door, and are buying me shots and beers....crazy! Dad you should be proud, honestly, I got a few compliments on my skills that night.
   So after enjoying a round or two of "victory shots" and "apology shot" from his friends, the ass hole actually tries to come back into the bar, but this time the bartender spots him and immediately removes him and sends him home... we left a little while later, after another invigorating game of Stump,  another apology from his friends,  and another shot of Jameson .
 That guy probably woke up with a sore jaw the next morning.. I wonder if his friends told him it was from a girl? I wonder if he would even be sorry? Or if he thought it was "cool" that he did something to make a girl that upset, especially in front of his friends?
   I felt pretty good about that night, well my reaction to it anyway...why do guys think that is OK to do? Not even once is it ok, but to do it repeadetly? Doesn't matter how drunk/stoned/tripped out you are....it is not OK... Girls I think you should have your dads teach you how to throw a decent punch to defend yourself againest vermon like this....fight back, dont think it's "ok" or that it makes you "cute" when a guy unwantedly grabs your ass, or slobbers on you hand.... its sick. Now I am not saying we should start throwing punches in bars when a guy hits on you.... lets not get carried away, but when a guy gets carried away and takes it to far ( i think you all know when that is...well hopefully you do) then yeah, say something, dont act like it is OK,  and if you are feeling like it is OK for a guy to do that, and that I was out of line, than man, have a little more respect for yourself!
  Ok enough with the feminism stuff... I punched a dude, he deserved it, it felt good, end of story.