Meeting StripperLover one recent evening......
Met up with The Wise Realist a week ago or so. We had planned to go for a drink somewhere. Had a drink at my saloon, then we headed to another saloon called Wanda's. SL & I hung out around the bar area, and not sooner than said did a brunette approach me. She wasn't really my type and i actually instantly considered her to be somewhat annoying. A hot-looking young blond then came over and started talking to me. The brunette then began chatting it up with SL. The hot-looking blond then suggested that we go and sit down at a table. SL reluctantly agreed by he and the brunette joined us anyway. Bought myself and the girl a Heineken....first time i see a girl drinking a Heineken. She said she preferred beer over other drinks. Cool! However, what wasn't cool and i did mention it was the fact that each Heineken cost $9!!!!
The blond and I chatted it up a bit. She mentionned that i reminded her a lot of a former Habs player. Later, as she was dancing for me, i whispered in her ear: "Remember the Habs player you mentionned i look like? I'm him!" We both had a good laugh.
SL was busy talking with the strange brunette, while i kept on yacking it up with the hot young blond. We talked about the former dancer friend i used to come and visit regularly, who has been out of the biz for several years now. Last saw her at a Phil Collins' concert last year. She hadn't changed a bit. Now that i think of it, she also reminds me a lot of one of my favorite Mtl lady friends. Anyways, the hot young blond suggested we order a shot-drink containing Sambuca. Next thing you know, the friendly american waitress has my whole table on fire!! The hot blond stripper and I toast one another and we gulp it down. Not sure by then what SL and the strange brunette are talking about, but it seems intense at times. I see a connection between the two, but then again, anyone who has met The Wise Realist knows that certain discussions with him can get pretty heated at times.
SL then says: "Doc, we should go soon." The doc wasn't really ready to go...he was having a great time and the fact the young lady next to him knew his ol' friend "J" from a few years ago also made it interesting. He told her some of his old Wanda's stories from the ol' days, including the George Clooney one. Great times were to be had at this place back then. It used to be much more lively than it was on that particular night. Even last year, when he visited the place with his buddy SK, Doc had the pleasure of meeting a young lady who only worked once every 2 months or so and they had hit it off....she even had danced for him for free!! He had promised to come back and see her in a couple of weeks, but as soon as he had walked out of the place (staggered, actually), he had forgot her name! Darn!!!
Again, he was interrupted by SL: "Doc, we really should be going soon." Well, even though the doc wasn't ready to go...he hadn't spent much, he figured. Only 3 dances and a couple of drinks for him and the lady. So why not stay? "Okay, we have to leave, but i promise i'll be back in a few weeks", he told his new friend. As they both got up and put their jackets on, SL asked Doc: "How long were we here for? An hour?" The doc wasn't sure why his friend had asked him this. "Yeah, about an hour", he replied. SL then asked the strange brunette if $100 was okay. She said it was. Surprised at hearing this, the doc asked the hot blond next to him how much he owed her: "just $100", she said. "Just $100???? Holy crap!!! The meter was running all along!!", he exclaimed to himself. He searched his pockets for some much needed $20 bills, and only two showed up. He looked at SL and asked: "Ol' buddy....would you have some money to lend this poor cowboy? I don't feel like getting bounced around tonight." SL then handed him some $$ and the doc's butt was saved for the night. Whew!! He then reluctantly kissed the blond goodbye, and made a false promise that he'd come by and see her the next time he'd be in town. In his own mind, he felt he had been hoodwinked by the lady-in-question and he swore never again to go into that place for a hell of a long time. Outside, SL was making fun of the doc: "Why do you think that i kept telling you that we should leave? Why did you agree to go and sit at a table with her in the first place? I thought you knew better!" Well, the doc shook his head and in defense said: "But...but....i had a girl dance for me for free the last time i was here!! Plus, you seemed to be having a nice time with your brunette...i'm surprised you wanted to leave!" SL, upon hearing this, laughed and said: "Are you kidding? I found her f#*#ing annoying! I couldn't stand her!!" SL seemed to find the whole thing amusing. The doc didn't. He never liked going to stripclubs very much, and this particular evening seemed like the worse of them all.
As he dropped him off at his saloon, SL kept on making fun of the doc. The doc replied: "Geez!! I"m being once again a good cowboy on this trip....haven't spent a single penny on sps.....it's my last night in Dodge City, and i wind up blowing more money on some lousy ballet dancer whom i haven't even been able to touch once! It sucks!!" For the following days, SL would contact the doc and joke: "Hey, your gf says hello!"
On that particular evening at Wanda's, the doc was indeed THE NAIVE IDEALIST. And was he ever......