Driving to Half-Price Books last night to offload what amounted to $42 worth of merchandise (for which I paid easily ten times that, damned consumer I), I was treated to a magnificent conversation with MHG.

The traffic was piled high, and I remembered vaguely that MHG had mentioned the Brewer game happening. If, in fact, it was happening then I remained unaware; I could only assume that it was teh cause*. Growing ever more irritated, I eventually hollered** , “You can get drunk cheaper at home, and you’ll get a better view of the game!” then added, “And if you must do it in front of people, there are sports bars for that kind of thing!”

MHG giggled quietly, then inquired, “But what if they want all that, but they also want to be outside?”

“Then, they can sit on the outdoor patio of the sports bar.”

“Ah, but then they probably cannot see the game on the TVs inside. They need to make a bar with an outdoor patio where the TVs are sheltered from weather, maybe stadium seating. It could be called Screw the Game.”

* – This was a typo that made me laugh. Do you suppose the 3|337 h@XX0r5 out there refer to their ideals as “teh cause?”

** – That’s right. Hollered. It prompted some frat/fanboys of the Brewers in the car next to me to applaud loudly and yell “Go Brewers!” which confirmed that there was a game, and revealed that they must have thought I was excited at the prospect and not, instead, criticizing it.