Star Member MaggieD (4,241 posts)
Overheard at the bar
(Aka as a "pub", but for folks that can't afford 10 bucks for a beer)
"I ain't voting for no socialist"
Rest of bar patrons: "Me neither"
Oh, Maggie, bless your heart, you should include at least some hallmarks of a good bouncy:
So, I was at the bar the other night minding my own business. There were two guys on their 5th or 6th beer sitting just a few stools down from me talking about the election. They were obviously uneducated racist rednecks cuz this was their conversation (I remember the whole thing verbatim because that's another hallmark of a good bouncy):
Joe-Bob: Who you voting for, Cletus?
Cletus: I was think about that Trump guy. He's gonna kick out all them illegals and send those refugees packing, too. We're being invaded.
Joe-Bob: And he won't let A-ran get a nuke! I kinda like the black guy but we have one of those for president now and he's made a mess of this country. He hates Christians and wants to bring in as many Muslims as he can.
Cletus: Now you know they ain't all alike, Joe-Bob.
Joe-Bob (he practically shouts at the top of his lungs): I'll tell you one thing, I ain't voting for no socialist!
A few of the people said "me neither" but most just looked disgusted. I couldn't take any of their racism anymore and told them their words were racist and offensive. I said, "No one is illegal. Many of them have children & grandchildren who were born here. It's not very Christian to split up families. And those refugees are escaping a war zone. How would you like it if you had to live with that kind of fear everyday?"
Joe-Bob: Them illegals have no respect for our laws. They can take their families back with them.
Cletus: And them refugees, I've seen pictures on Fox News. Most of 'em are military age men and everyone knows they want to blow us up!
I tried to remind them they should have compassion for their fellow man and that they shouldn't watch Faux Snooze all the time, that maybe those military aged men are peaceful Muslims who don't want to be forced to fight for ISIS. I told them racism has no place in our world today and shame on them. Well, about that time Joe-Bob leaps off his stool and starts coming at me while Cletus is in the background shouting "Git him, Joe-Bob!" The other patrons were appalled at these drunk rednecks.
Luckily, at that moment a cop jumps out from behind a potted plant next to the men's room and escorts them out. Everyone at the bar cheered and wanted to buy me a drink for how much knowledge I had and how I put them in their place.
See, Maggie, it's in the details. If you don't have a good enough imagination to embellish a situation, or make it up completely, then you really shouldn't try. It reflects poorly on the rest of DU and is disrespectful of Bouncy Ball's legacy.
Cindie