Tuesday, May 4, 2010

SONS

My younger brother and some of my friends are in a band. They're a Christian band comparable to Sleeping Giant or For today. They're a really blessing and I really believe the favor of the Lord is on their band. They don't suck either, they're legit and as soon as the new website is up and running I'll post the link.


My younger brother Billy is the vocalist for the band and the rest of the members are close friends of mine. They are adamant about sharing the Gospel at all of their shows so naturally I want to support this. This means I load/unload up all their equipment, set up and run sound (when necessary), and I usually try to set up and work their lights. After their set I had loaded everything up in the van and was looking for a container to put our extension cables in and such. I walked outside to the parking lot to check the van. While walking outside a car pulled and up and 2 guys I know named Ryan & Steven got out. Ryan was waving a yellow piece of paper. It looked like a ticket or warning of some sort. He was smiling, ear to ear, and said "Man, haha! Have I got a story for you!" He then proceeded to tell me the following story:


The address for the show was 1100 7th Street, Columbia, MO however Ryan typed 107 7th Street into his GPS. This led him to the other side of town. The show was supposed to be at a recreational building behind an Assemblies of God church. Ryan & Steven pulled over and parked somewhere and started walking down the (wrong) street looking for the church but all they saw were a bunch of houses. Steven spoke up and said, "Man, I really need to pee." However, there was nowhere with a public restroom. While walking a car pulled up next to them and the people inside rolled down the window and asked the boys, "You guys want to take a picture of some tits?" The 2 guys looked at each other and replied, "Uh...no thanks, we're good." After continuing to heckle them for a while the car eventually drove off. Being creeped out they got back into their car and drove further up the road. The 2 of them eventually found a police station and went inside to ask for directions. After getting directions they left the police station and knowing Steven still had to pee Ryan smiled and said, "I dare you to pee on a cop car." After thinking about it...Steven did it. He stood urinating on the police car when an officer walked out. Steven shook and zipped as quickly as he could and they both hopped in their car and drove off. They didn't get maybe a block or two before a police car drove up behind them with its lights on. Somehow in the midst of trying to pull over Ryan was at an intersection and couldn't stop so he ended up driving through a red-light before pulling over...Once they had stopped the police car pulled over behind them. A woman cop got out of the car and walked up to their window. Ryan rolled the window down  and the police officer asked him, "Do you know why I pulled you over?" to which Ryan replied, "Uh...no?" even though he knew full well. The officer then stated, "Your brake lights are out." Steven immediately blurted out, "Is that all?!" to which Ryan jabbed him with his elbow.


Essentially, amidst their jackassery these 2 guys got out with nothing more than a warning for brake lights and ended up a little late for the show.


To me it seems like a missing clip from Dumb & Dumber.


Verse of the Day: Philemon 6 - "and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ."
Quote of the Day: "How many feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Trick question, feminists don't change anything." - Men
Word of the Day: Exascerbate - To increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of
Male Name of the Day: Fred
Female Name of the Day: Wilma

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