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Shootin’ the Breeze 

August 2002

by Bummer

Email: bummer@abate.com

     

I dreamed last night of BikerTown.

     In BikerTown the streets are full of two wheeled chuggin’ machinery.  Cars ain’t permitted in BikerTown and trucks are used for delivery only.

     Loud pipes are encouraged in BikerTown, as is cruisin’ and stuttin’....Hole shots, wheelies and general foolishness are the orders of the day.

     In BikerTown there are no police because the people are righteous and don’t need ‘em.

     There are no limits in BikerTown.  No speed limits, no age limits and no time limits.

     The roads around BikerTown are twisty and the curves are banked.

     In BikerTown the bars are open all night and the ice cold beer is free, gushin’ from fountains.

     In BikerTown the nights are cool, the women are hot and the music is loud!

     I dreamed last night of BikerTown.

 

     I hate poetry, but sometimes I feel like a poet....and no, it don’t gotta rhyme!

 

     I was talkin’ to a buddy named Spanky the other day and we got to rememberin’ some stuff from our crazy days.

     Spanky has a sister named Nanette who was the most incredibly good lookin’ lady I ever had the pleasure to know.  Thing is, she was very yuppie and one warm summer night she felt like hangin’ with real people for a change.

     “Hey Bum?  Why don’t you take me for a ride tonight and we’ll paint the town?”

     ‘OH YES!’  I thought, so I rushed home to brush my teeth twice, put on some clean clothes and returned to load her onto my rear fender for a night of fun and frolic.

     When we came to the first stop she slowly climbed off and said, “Wow!  This is like, a real biker bar!  I’ve always been afraid to go in here!  Will there be a fight?”

     “Probably not.  The safest bar in town is usually the baddest bar in town.  Ya never know what’s gonna happen at those yuppie bars you hang out in, but most of the people in here know better than to start something.”   We grabbed a booth, then I went to the bar and ordered a few drinks [The Jug didn’t have table waitresses!].

 

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     Now, the next bar, “The Bloody Bucket” ain’t exactly the nicest place to take a lady, but she wanted the total “Biker Experience”.  I made extra sure my bike was locked up and we entered.  After we ordered a few drinks Nanette waltzed over to the jukebox and selected some tunes.

     Though it was dark I could see the place was almost empty and it wasn’t long before the music got her to dancin’ again.  Ain’t nothin’ like a lady putin’ on a show.  It wasn’t long before I couldn't take it anymore and we left for what I figured would be the most memorable night of my life.

     As we sped towards my place the front tire exploded and I almost dumped the scoot before I got her stopped.  It was gettin’ late and even if something was open, we were out in the middle of nowhere, so I left her with the bike and used a farmer’s phone to call a buddy with a truck.

     About 3:00 AM we unloaded the bike into my garage and when I turned to Nanette she asked if I could take her home in my car.  What a bummer!  [pun intended] The night was blown along with my damned tire!

     She said we’d do it again someday, but that day never came ‘cause she started dating some &%$#@* lawyer, married him, divorced him and moved to France of all places.

     Everybody hates lawyers.  Even lawyers hate lawyers, but I have more reason then most.

     If there’s any moral to this story I guess it’s just that you should never judge a person by  their lifestyle because everybody has a little biker in ‘em [I know Nanette almost had!  Yuk yuk].   The way that woman danced! God I love dancers.  I’ve often noticed that attitude always wins contests, if ya know what I mean, and that night she definitely had the right attitude.

     Also I learned one more reason to keep my tires in good shape.  

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     Pretty soon the place filled with leather and someone slid some money into the jukebox.  When the music started it was old Creedence and before the first verse of “Suzie Q” was finished Nanette was out of her seat and swayin’ to the music.....it was mesmerizing, like watching a snake charmer in action, and she was charmin’ some snakes!

     Pretty soon everyone in the bar was watchin’ Nanette dance except Crazy Eddie’s old lady Maggie, who was busy watchin’ Crazy Eddie and gettin’ madder every minute!  After a bit Maggie actually started snarlin’ and showin’ her teeth as she said to Eddie, “If you like her so much why dontcha go dance with her?”

     “Maybe I will!”  Then he proceeded to approach Nanette and I could see all all Hell was gonna break loose!  Nanette was just a smilin’ and a shakin’ it with Crazy Eddie when Maggie grabbed a pool stick and started to swing it at Nanette.

     ‘BAM!’

     ‘POW!’

     ‘CRACK!’

     ‘SPLAT!’

     Before I could break ‘em up Nanette was all frazzled but holdin’ her own against one really pissed off biker chick!

     Now, you men out there probably already know this but for you youngsters let me tell ya somethin’ I learned long  ago.....women are more viscious than men and twice as dangerous.  Maggie was usin’ every dirty trick in her bag of experience and Nanette was side steppin’ every one of ‘em.

     Everytime I tried to break it up the other customers would pull me out of it and insist on lettin’ ‘em go at it.  To them all the hair pullin’ and eye gougin’ was just the evenin’s entertainment, and after I realized that Nanette was kinda havin’ fun I started to enjoy the festivities  with everyone else.  Nothin’ like a really good cat fight!

     When Nanette grabbed a long neck Bud bottle and raised it back to smack Maggie on the noggin I figured it was gettin’ way too serious and broke ‘em up.  Crazy Eddie left with Maggie and I noticed they were gettin’ along pretty good.  In fact I think their twin boys were conceived that night.

     Nanette went to the bar, ordered a double Jack, slammed it down and turned to me with a big smile on her face.  “This is fun!  I’m havin’ a great time!  Now where ya gonna take me?”

     ‘And I thought this chick was gonna be too straight?’ I remember thinkin’ as we walked out to the bike.

     Soon we were on our way to another place when Nanette leaned forward and stuck her tongue in my ear as I almost wrecked the scoot!  When we reached our next destination I turned to her and said, “Ya know you really shouldn’t mess with me when I’m.......Whoa!  Put yer shirt back on!  Ya tryin’ to get us busted?”

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