250lb pigs, I love it. Still lol'ing all over the place.
The fight that never was:
Now, I'm not a big guy, by football linemen standards, and those are the guys that I could have been up against.
It's funny, you can say the darndest things when you think that you're right.
My finacee and I were taking a short walk around the grounds of her new apartment, after we had had a wonderful, private engagement dinner. I had taken off my dinner jacket...yes we were being somewhat formal with each other... but Ranata looked just as good as always in some knock out dress. Anyway, right in the middle of our walk, the manager, as I later found out who she was, came sauntering up to us with two of the hugest goons I had ever seen, asking us what the hell we thought we were doing, walking on private property.
Can you imagine that she used such language, not even knowing who we were? I mean, I was 25 and Ranata was 23, we were not teenagers, carrying bottles and making a nuisance of ourselves.
Well, she triggered something in me I haven't seen too much of since, but I came out with,
"Listen sweetheart, this is my fiancee and she lives here and we've just had a beautiful engagement dinner and you're not going to ruin it by coming out here like some kind of Gestapo chief. I want the owner's name and number, NOW."
Of course, when I used the word, "sweetheart," I cranked in as much sarcasm as I could muster. You wouldn't have believed how quickly those two goons...I swear to God they were both over 300lbs...pulled her away and back on her heels. By this time, we could smell the beer on her breath...she definitely had had too much to drink. I think one of the guys said something like, "have a nice night, sorry to have bothered you."
I still can't believe that I cast care to the wind like that. I think that Ranata thought that she was getting the right man. Silly girl, I think that she still thinks so.
David