Fins to the Left, People!

Timmy and I went to a Jimmy Buffett concert last night. As everyone knows, the real attraction isn't Jimmy Buffett. It's the party in the parking lot before the concert. There were fat men wearing coconut bras and grass skirts. Skinny girls wearing not much of anything. There was a middle-aged man riding a Segway people mover around the parking lot. Everyone had shark fins strapped to the top of their cars and portable toilets in the back of their trucks. The louder your Hawaiian shirt, the better. And everyone, EVERYONE, was stinking drunk. Except me and Timmy. We may have been the only sober people at the show.

The show was great. I wouldn't say I'm a huge Jimmy Buffett fan. I only know 3 of his songs (Margaritaville, Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw, and Cheeseburger in Paradise). But he puts on a good performance. He comes out on the stage in a tshirt, shorts and no shoes. He doesn't try to get the crowd "pumped up" or going crazy. He just plays his songs and has fun. It's nice.

Back to the drunks. Most people had several drinks, went to the show, had a good time and went home. But there was also a disturbingly large amount of people who got so trashed that they were stumbling, puking, and in some cases, passed out before the show even started. Funny, stupid, and kind of sad. What is wrong with these people?

Now, where did I leave that shaker of salt?