FEDCON, Dallas, TX (June 13-15, 2008)

[Elessar]

^ Don't they use like a special marker when they sign like t-shirts and stuff so it's like safe to wash? Or if they don't have that kinda markers there I guess you could bring one and ask them to use it for the shirt instead oh well I don't see the point in getting a shirt you wouldn't be able to use afterwards like ever so I vote for the photo store

I made myself a t-shirt once... I still have it...

It says "21" upside down and backwards... Anyone care to ask why? Seriously, I'll be impressed if anyone can figure this out.

[TPoptarts]

^ Cuz you forgot to flip the image before you printed it

[Elessar]

^ Cuz you forgot to flip the image before you printed it

lol, no, because it was my 21st birthday and I was intoxicated and I wrote the "21" myself with black marker AS I WAS WEARING the shirt

[enterprikayak]

[Elessar]

For posterity, for awhile I was still saving the ratty little yellow pocket notepad page that said "John's Shots" and had tick marks up to 21.

And yes, I actually made it to 21 without dying of alcohol poisoning. Only took from noon to 2 AM, 2 big cheeseburgers and a bunch of cereal.

[TPoptarts]

Ewww.

[Distracted]

21 shots? Jeese, Elessar. That could've been fatal!

[TPoptarts]

^ Maybe he's secretly part of the Secret Order of the Zoomates. They're drinking machines. They thrive on alcohol in quantities that would probably kill a normal person.

Ugh dude please don't tell me you're one of my zoomates though. I hate them

[Elessar]

21 shots? Jeese, Elessar. That could've been fatal!

I know. That's what my sister siad, she got really pissed. I told her I spaced it out and ate in between and she lightened up a little. She thought I went and did it in like a few hours at the bars. It really didn't seem like that many until like 15.

^ Maybe he's secretly part of the Secret Order of the Zoomates. They're drinking machines. They thrive on alcohol in quantities that would probably kill a normal person.

Ugh dude please don't tell me you're one of my zoomates though. I hate them

No? lol. Never heard of them. But I did know a chinese girl who was one of those that lacks the protein to digest alcohol, so she was tossed in like 2 beers.

I don't really rejoice in the whole "I DRANK A WHOLE BOTTLE OF WHISKEY BY MYSELF AND I WASN'T PHASED!" kind of thing, but my friends like to tell this story that Mike, Corey, Dickie and Steve were at some park camp grounds and they were extremely intoxicated, and I CAN at least attest that in my experience, Dickie can drink like nobody I've ever seen, primarily beer. So the park ranger arrives and gives them all a breathalizer and Dickie blows some obscenely high number like .28 or .30 or something and the park ranger's like "You should be dead." and gives em ticket for somethin, either public drunkenness of noise violations or something. It's possible the number was exaggerated (the observers all being drunk) but I'm pretty sure it was really high. But yeah... he'll need a new liver at 30.

A friend of mine was at a party (don't ask why he was there) with a bunch of high school teenagers and he claims he saw a 16 yr old girl up-end a fifth of vodka and chug like a quarter of the bottle. My friend corey did that but he puked it up about 15 seconds later. I did the same thing with a bottle of peppermint schnopps at a party in senior yr of highschool, right after graduation, and it's the single worst drinking experience I've ever had. I actually blacked out. There was a girl involved. Yeah, I later learned about telling people to F off when they say "HURRY UP, YOU HAVE TO CATCH UP TO US!" lol.

I know, I know, stupid, stupid college hijinks.

[CX]

The traditional 21 shots thing is supposed to take place between midnight and when the bar closes on your 21st Birthday. Which is why most people tend to die from it and some states have enacted laws to keep bars from serving someone who's just turned 21 until a later hour that morning or noon on their birthday.

[Elessar]

The traditional 21 shots thing is supposed to take place between midnight and when the bar closes on your 21st Birthday. Which is why most people tend to die from it and some states have enacted laws to keep bars from serving someone who's just turned 21 until a later hour that morning or noon on their birthday.

That's a stupid rule, bars close at 1 here, 1:30 some places, I think 2:00 in Vegas and Atlantic City. Or are they open 24/7 in Vegas? I can't remember.

[Alelou]

Back in ancient times when I worked under the table in an English pub on campus for spending money, all pubs closed at 11pm. That was so civilized. Sometimes I got to ring the bell and say, "Time, gentlemen!"

Then we cleaned up quickly, had a drink together, and headed back home, and I could still get up for a 9am seminar without being in pain. It was lovely.

[Elessar]

Back in ancient times when I worked under the table in an English pub on campus for spending money, all pubs closed at 11pm. That was so civilized. Sometimes I got to ring the bell and say, "Time, gentlemen!"

Then we cleaned up quickly, had a drink together, and headed back home, and I could still get up for a 9am seminar without being in pain. It was lovely.

Did everybody know your name? And was everybody glad you came?

Now you can get to the 9 AM seminar by the time you leave the bar

[Alelou]

Ha. They were glad I came if I got their order right. And in Norwich, every female is "Luv."

Single most common phrase I heard in 1980-1981: "Are you all right, luv?" They say that instead of hello! Took me a few days to realize they weren't actually concerned.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Like the "how do you do?" phrase. You're not supposed to tell how you're actually doing but reply with the same phrase.