Anecdotal BS

Considering the less than fun posts most recently found on this page, I thought that a Sunday Morning dose of humor would be genuinely appreciated by everyone. My personal sense of humor is quite spontaneous, often times dry and more zinger-like than substantive. I have the Chandler Bing thing going on. So for this morning's foray, I am going to share an anecdote or two.

B the P- This post's for you.

In far western Kentucky, there is a city that might as well be a part of Missouri or better still the Atlantis of the Mississippi River. And it's name is Paducah. It is named for a Chickasaw Indian Chief - Paduke. And it is the McCracken county seat; yes it was named after Big Ernie McCracken of bowling and comb-over haircut fame. It is also home to a nuclear power plant and one of the largest earthquake faults in the USA- the New Madrid Fault. (Way to go governmental planners!) But it's the phonetic description of the name that makes it the most laughed about metropolis in my little world.

Once upon a time a group of close friends used to set-up shop in the bedroom of a guy named Ace. There was up to 8 of us piled into his room playing video games, watching movies, etc at any given time. Well this night in 1996 was just like any other- the nomad, the pizza guy, B the P, Ace and me were all there. We were the core of the crew really. And what was going to happen next was best saved for only a chosen few.

We had probably indulged in a Papa John's pizza and a 12-pack of Killian's Irish Red just before embarking on what was sure to be a successful alternating of Play Station controllers for domination of whatever NBA game existed at the time. This was a common night for the fellas when there was no dating or whatever else to impede our caveman-like process.

Anyway we were going along with our usual banter, laughing away. Someone always had something to give the rest a good dose of laughter. In fact we took turns trying to one up each nother with our quick wit. But this night would be owned by B the P via one sentence.

I mentioned a trip that I would be taking to visit a friend in the Memphis area. That seems like nothing but the route designed by AAA is what was most funny to me. It was so out of the ordinary (in my eyes) that I wanted to share with the boys and see if they were just as perplexed. Memphis would traditionally involve a drive down Interstate-65 and then a sharp right turn toward the Tennessee-Mississippi border. However in this case the route took me through most of Western KY and then into TN using lesser known stretches of highway. The stretch would take me almost to Paducah. I am all but certain that I made a snide remark about my scenic trip to Memphis by way of Nuclear Atlantis.

B the P cut everyone off by thrusting his pelvis against the side of the bed and saying "Paducah is the sound a girl's head makes against the headboard. Pahhh-DUKE-ah, Pahhh-DUKE-ah, PAHHH-DUKE-AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Needless to say we all collapsed in laughter. And what's more we have all collapsed in laughter at least once during coitus courtesy of that little zinger.

Now you can too.... Cheers!