Yesterday I met about 20 or my brother's friends at a nearby lake, and about 40 people I didn't know. We were having a good time, just lounging around, doing a little wrestling now and then... when some complete stranger got smart with me.

Now I weigh on a good day 115 lbs, and this guy was aboutt six years older than me and 40-50 lbs heavier. But I smart***ed a reply and left it at that. Well, about 2 hours later, I'm in a playful mood, and this guy's acting stupid- he's drunk. The gist of the action was a good deal of obscene body motions and "You want some of THIS!" followed by drunken laughter.

Being the idiot that I am, I sidle on up to him and say, "Listen, man, I uh, don't mean to jump in your conversation, but how about some of this!" I threw my hand out, feinted a slap, and stopped a few inches from his face. This drunk went ballistic. I backed off, told him it was all in good fun, gave my name, offered a hand. He stands- I say "ah, . Look, it's just a joke, man."

My brother defuses the situation and tells me, "Look, this dude's nothing to fool around with. He's a complete pain in the behind. If you think he wouldn't have killed you five minutes ago, think again. He wouldn't have stopped beating you until I jumped in with either the .357 or something else."

Lesson learned- don't jump into conversations like that if you don't know the guy you're messing with.

yeah, silence is of gold remember?

Boy, I found that one out- for about 5 minutes I was in total fear of my life. Don't talk to strangers- especially the ones that give you flak in the first five seconds of a relationship.

Maybe its not the fact that you jumped into his conversation, but the way you did it

heh, well good to see you back in one piece that is

Originally Posted by FutureDevilDog

Maybe its not the fact that you jumped into his conversation, but the way you did it

ah, what can I say- with regards to complete strangers, treat me nicely and don't get in my business- at all.

you know what? sometimes to learn, you need to get your a*s kicked

and I agree with you totally. Just not by that dude. We had a 4 person wresetling match going on for a while. I got kneed in the face and oen guy bit my hand, but we had a lot of fun. We stopped after a while, but then when I was just minding my own business, WHAM! My brother comes out of nowhere and full-body tackles me. I think it's becoming a habit of his on the water.

you know? kings usually sit and view the wrestlers wrestle 8)

but most times it's more fun to be in the thick of it.