Redneck Bar & Grill

On Friday, I attended a birthday party for my Facebook friend Kelly.  She turned a quarter century and felt a powerful urge to celebrate.  A vast contingent of her friends and family all gathered at "The Cow & Canary Pub" and had a true shindig.  The main entertainment was karaoke, which always makes for an..interesting evening.  Some people’s singing is bearable (at least as good as The Village People), but other people really shouldn’t be allowed to torture innocent bystanders (like the way Nickelback does).  I just tried to tune out the bad and only pay attention to the good not bad.

I wanted to buy Kelly a couple of Blue Beaver Beers but, unbelievably, this pub didn’t serve Blue Beaver.  Obviously, it is a low class establishment.  I was forced to settle for Cricket Ale. 

Partway through the evening, I found the opportunity to sit down with Kelly’s boyfriend, Kevin.  Since he is a professional philosopher and I fancy myself something of an armchair philosopher, we had a fascinating conversation.  As with any really good philosophical debate, we didn’t allow facts to get in the way of our conclusions.

Apparently though, philosophy is frowned upon at this particular establishment.  At 2 a.m., when we were just getting to the point where we could draw a conclusive decision about whether it would be Superman or The Hulk who would win in a fight, the staff turned on their "get-the-hell-out lights" and we were forced to leave.  Fortunately, Kevin’s house was just a short distance away and we were able to continue the party discussion there.  Shortly after we arrived , we put in the movie "The Omega Man" starring the great Charlton Heston.  This brought on an entirely new debate regarding who kicked a$$ harder, Charlton Heston or Kurt Russel’s character in "Escape From New York", Snake Plisken. 

After many more (good natured) arguments we were all feeling rather tired, so Kelly suggested we adjourn until a later date.  All in all it was one of the most enjoyable 25th birthday/philosophy parties I have ever attended, despite the lack of Blue Beaver Beer.

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