When Legends Fade...

There are many legends of unbelievable drinking and drunkenness throughout every culture in history. And they come out in many folk songs.

Johnny Tarr is probably the most unbelievable "legend" but we may have lost a living legend this weekend.

Juan "Habanero" Diablo-Murphy, the ever fiesty, hard-drinking Irish-Mexican came with me out to Rapid City, SD this weekend to see some friends in RC and get out of Pierre during the Vietnam War Memorial dedication. I don't have anything against the dedication other than I want to avoid the crowds!

Well, a group of us ended up at the Valley Sports Bar, where I acted as the DD and enjoyed my favorite spectator sport ;) Well, early on the unconquerorable Juan kept giving the Lord of Beverages a hard time about being a light-weight drinker but towards the end of the night the Lord of Beverages was still able to have a semi-intelligent conversation while Juan was completely wasted after four beers.

Well, Juan needed my help to even enter the house we were staying at and immediately crashed in front of the "porcelain god". Later on in the wee hours of the morning he got up and we tried to get him to sleep on a futon and in the process he puked on the couch.

Obviously, since I am posting this as a humerous post, he did turn out alright. But as the Lord of Beverages said, "Seeing Juan wasted after four beers was like findinag out that Santa was not real... a legend has died."


Well, as with all legends and tales the facts can become blurred. The four beers were larger than normal beers, but worst of all... Juan made the mistake of not eating anything while out drinking so he was affect greater than he should have been.

Also, as with most tales, the names have been changed to protect the guilty ;)