Rip Day

My buddy, Rip, gets a little confused on holidays. On Father's day one year, he got a boozed up and made me a card out of white cardboard and yarn, and said he wanted to "take me out on the town," which usually means a spot out around a short ridge, where there's a rock overhang and he hangs out naked under there for hours. I didn't have the heart to explain to him that he's a couple years older than me and that I'm not his dad. Plus, I've never been a fan of drunk, naked holiday hugs, so, I took him out for ice cream instead. It was a surprisingly good time for awhile, but alas, he eventually crapped, as he was slurping around in the bottom of his hot fudge sundae.