The pizza must be too spicy dad….
posted by Beerslinger
The pizza must be too spicy dad….
Tonight a father and son sat at my bar. The boy was only sixteen but I made an exception, it was late and there was almost no one else in the place. They placed their orders Bud light and root beer, and I went back to stocking the beer cooler. When my back was turned they commenced with the usual small talk, how’s school, how’s work, etc. Their pizza came and this must have been the fathers queue to launch into the more serious part of the conversation.
” Son, your mother and I are going to get a divorce”. I’ve heard a lot of things said at my bar, but this was a first. Out of respect, I did my best to look like I was ignoring the whole thing. ” It’s for the best. We don’t love each other and never really have, or at least not that I can remember. But hell, life goes on, right?” I took this opportunity to glance at the boy, and he was crying, not making a sound, just tears on his cheeks and a sick look on his face. The man flagged me down and I dutifully came over with more drinks.
The father looked over at his son and noticed that he didn’t look to well. “What’s wrong son?” ” I don’t know dad, they must have just put too many peppers on my pizza. ” They finished eating in silence and I brought them their bill. It was settled and just as I was about to leave, the father asked me “So that waitresses over there, the blond, is she single? ” I think that’s what really drove it home for the boy. It made it all real, his whole world as he knew it was just taken from him. The tears started again and the two walked out of my bar.
Nuclear Meltdown
3/4 oz. tequila
1/2 oz. cognac
1/2 oz. passion fruit syrup
Shack well with ice and strain into a shot glass.
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