Party

My father calls them "Rudy Poots."

Will calls them whatever-the-ladies-refuse-to-drink-in-my-apartment-I'll-bring-and-serve-to-my-"friends."

If I had a name for it, I'd probably call it "garbage night." It's basically a party where everyone brings their left over alcohol.

I went to a birthday party Saturday night. This is what they served:

• a handle of spiced rum


• port (with a screw-on cap, not corked)


• three bottles of Arbor Mist courtesy of my "friend" Will.

This was the first party I had been to in awhile where I decided to not bring my own beer. Luckily, I had four Nattys stashed in my truck (hence the biting over the last one, perhaps my actions are a little more justified now?)

This is the question I have:

When throwing a party and selecting a bottle of liquor, what is the exact thought process someone has to make them select spiced rum? Typically, you stay with your clear liquors (vodka, rum, tequila) in case of party fouls. What is going through someone's mind to make them think spiced rum is a good idea? Moreover, spiced rum straight. There was no bottle of Coke, just 4 communal shot glasses.

Oh I still drank it, don't get me wrong, but I have never been to a party before where the only liquor offering is spiced rum.

Maybe this is why things got so very out of hand that night. With that, I provide you with drunken photos:

Sometimes spiced rum makes you want to get on the exercise bike and work out while at parties.








However, the combination of spiced rum and beer gives you super strength to really go at it. Here, Will pedals so fast that he blurs the whole photo. Go, Will, go!








Birthday boy showing some love to the spiced rum.