{"id":242,"date":"2009-08-27T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/?p=242"},"modified":"2013-05-04T01:31:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T01:31:56","slug":"a-bar-game-for-the-solitary-drinker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/a-bar-game-for-the-solitary-drinker\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bar Game For The Solitary Drinker"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I don’t really go to the bars that much. It’s great that people don’t smoke in them in Illinois any more, but I still don’t like them. I don’t really drink alcohol too much either (cakey chocolate treats are my primary vice), just the occasional beer now and then.<\/p>\n

However, every once in a while I can go for a beer. I went out for a walk a few nights ago and decided to have a beer in the middle of it. There’s a bar about a mile from my house, which makes it a nice halfway point (Irish Times<\/a>, if you must know).<\/p>\n

Anyways, the few times I have popped in for a midwalk beer, I have had a relatively good time. I’ve heard some nice music, struck up a conversation with someone sitting next to me, etc.<\/p>\n

This last time I was relaxing for a few minutes at Irish Times. I was witness to a conversation where this girl would not stop talking. It was amazing to me that so many words could be strung together that say so little. I do know this:<\/p>\n

A) She is moving
B) She’s tough, and wouldn’t ask a guy to help her move, unless there was a couch involved
C) She has a rainbow comforter
D) She has a lot of body pillows on her bed (whatever those are)<\/p>\n

So, I focused my attention elsewhere, well, ANYWHERE but the rainbow comforter woman.<\/p>\n

To pass the time, I looked at the bottles sitting behind the bar and reversed their names (in my head, though my lips *might* have been silently moving). <\/p>\n

If you’re a little bored at a bar, you may find yourself amused by this stupid little game.<\/p>\n

Reversing the name can potentially change the contents of a bottle.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/p>\n

Chopin [vodka] turns into Nipohc. Hmm, sounds Japanese. A label of sake?<\/p>\n

Red Stag reverses into the very satisfying Gats Der. I don’t know what that is, but I would like a cup.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, not all liquors survive the reversal in a happy state.<\/p>\n

I don’t know that Yabmob Nigyrd is going to be on a shelf any time soon.<\/p>\n

(Previously<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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