Growing up, I thought my Uncle Ned was the coolest guy in the world. He was funny, smart, well-traveled, and always had a memorable story to share. When I was a kid my dad would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I would tell him this.."I want to play professional basketball. Be the next Larry Bird! If that doesn't work out? I want to be like Uncle Ned." Long before Austin Powers came into play, Ned Perry was the original 'International Man of Mystery', to me anyways. He was schooled abroad and spent many of his younger years living in Europe. Long story short. He was the Fonz of the Astle clan, and whenever he was around? I was happy..
"Uncle Ned, tell me another story about Europe. Did you see any nice women over there?" Ned was back in Kansas after a two month stint in Europe. "Now listen up Robo, I met this girl in Belgium, and I'm here to tell you that she was the most beautiful women I have ever seen." Ned would always brag about all of his girlfriends, but to this day? I have never seen any of them. Anyways, I had to press him for more details.."Where did you meet her at Ned?" I still remember his response to my question like it was yesterday. "Robo I met her in a house of ill repute." At the time he told me this, I was a young lad. I had no idea what he was talking about or what a house of ill repute was.."What's a house of ill a boot?" My uncle Ned starting laughing at my response.."It's repute knuckle head, and it's a place you go to when you want to take the guess work out of chasing a women." Being a kid in Kansas at the time I was still confused about what he was saying.."I don't get it Uncle Ned. What guess work?"
Ned looked at me and started shaking his head.."I'm talking about a whore house dummy. It's a place you go to and pay women to be your girlfriend for a while." Growing up in small town Kansas, I was unfamiliar with the fact that places like that actually existed, so I had to find out more.."What do you do? Do you just walk in and pick one out?" I could tell Ned was getting tired of my questions and he wanted to change the conversation to something more G-rated. So he answered me like this.."Yep, pretty much. You walk in and find one you like. Figure out the cost, and then do the deed and leave. What about that Larry Bird? He's the greatest of all-time!"
I like to end every post of mine with a thought I'm having..Call it the village idiot thought of the day.."I've read numerous articles and stories about how people refer to Las Vegas as the 'Amersterdam in the desert', or the 'World's Whorehouse', it's got that kind of reputation..I'm here to say, their are plenty of other things as well..I like to think of Las Vegas as the a modern day 'Wild, Wild, West' without all the gunfire."
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