Roseville fireworks, 06-25-2005

[EvoGLH]

Anyone else going? Has been a decent show last few years.

I'm only a short walk away from the city park where this is gonna be, and should be able to park 4-5 cars in my driveway - right off the 696 service drive.

If anyone wants to go & wants a place to park, lemme know by PM.

[MitsuJoe]

How were they, any pictures?

[EvoGLH]

Nah, no pics - Hands were too full (snuggle with wife, baby & 10 yr-old to watch, keep our dogs from licking everybody to death, etc...) Decent show though.


I've just gotta share the really good laugh that the neighbors & I had after the show:

We'd all watched from a nearby empty field instead of walking the couple blocks to the city park. After the show, we're all walking back up to my house - only to find a couple of low life drunken asswipes making themselves at home on my front porch (lawn chairs, coolers, bottles & cigarette butts everywhere, etc.)

Something about these creeps just said 'Trouble', so I asked a couple of the neighbor guys to hang back & tell the wife to take the kids into the house via our side door. then I walk up to MY front steps & start a conversation that went something like this:
Me: "Excuse me, do you know who lives here?"
Asswipe #1: "Uh... no."
Me: "Do you have permission to be there?"
Asswipe #2: "Uh... no. What of it!"
Me: "Hmm. Well, I do know the owners. I think they'd appreciate it if you clean up after yourselves - might be a good idea to get permission next time too."
Asswipe #2 [stands up, puffs chest, arrogant tone]: "So what! Piss off!!"
* At this point, wife opens the front door, and says, "Hon, you want me to let the dogs out?"
Asswipe #1: "This your house?"
Me: "Uh huh. Now would you please clean up your stuff up & leave."
Asswipe #2 [makes fists, flexes muscles]: "Or what? Gonna sic your dogs on me or sometin'? Fuck you!!!"
Asswipe #1 [looking at door behind him & frantically tugging on asswipe #2's sleeve]: "What kinda dogs are those?"
Me [non-chalant]: "Pit Bulls."
Asswipe #2 [looks down -suddenly realizes that I've got a loosely-leashed dog on each arm- big open mouths & lots of big pointy teeth]: "and what're those?"
Me [proudly]: "Pits."

The two jackasses went pale, then damn-near trampled each other to death trying to be the first one over the side rails of my porch - a 6-ft jump to the ground! Impressive speed for 2 inebriated jackasses - don't think the Evo has better 0-60 ft times!

Neighbors & I all laughed our asses off for an hour - none of my dogs is the slightest bit mean/aggressive. None of 'em would ever hurt a fly!

The Police (they got a good laugh out of this too) weren't able to find the guys, and no-one came back for any belongings, so this afternoon I donated the (now empty) cooler & lawn chairs to St. Vincent De Paul Society.

[MitsuJoe]

Way to go. I can't believe this. So what free beer did you get to confinscate?

I have a new respect for pitbulls! :oops:

[Ryan]

bob I love your approach to these kinds of situations... you play dumb but then end up making the other guy feel like a dumbass 8)

[EvoGLH]

I got 27 free bottles of very nicely chilled Molsen Ice beer out of this. I'm not much of a drinker, so after having a 2nd bottle, I let the neighbors take home the rest of the plunder & all the empties.

I've been in the Automotive industry Quality Assurance field for many, many years: the attitude that I've learned to use for this particular kind of moron seems to work pretty well the vast majority of the time.

[MitsuJoe]

Kind of like that meeting someone on the other side of their doubts...and you had it just right. :P