[Leica] What REAL MEN drink!

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca)]

While covering the PAN AMERICAN GAMES in Indianapolis 1987 a couple of the 
USA news photogs from the deep south had some moon shine..  "Hey Ted you 
ever have a taste of this good 'ol moonshine?" Said one of the lads with a 
very heavy accent of the south as he handed me a bottle of liquid.

In my innocents, after all they'd been knocking it back like it was water! I 
poured a big glass full and proceeded to drink it like they were doing.  How 
many more??? Do you really think I have any recollection of later? :-( Oh 
suffer!

The next morning as I tried to figure out whether I was alive and hurting? 
Or died and hadn't quite finished dying! :-)

I swore never ever ever again! Please let me live till noon and recovered 
and I'll never drink that stupid stuff again!

Now most of us, those who during their lifetime have fallen to the fun of 
the evening and imbibed slightly more than we thought we were doing. WHY??? 
OH MY GOD YOU DON'T REMEMBER EITHER? :-(

It's because we were all having such a good time, drinking was as simple as 
breathing, it came real easy! :-)
We lost count of how many glasses or bottles! "One more ain't goin' to 
hurt!" And we lose count! But truly it was a great evening.... I think ? 
Wasn't it?

As I vaguely recall the Moonshine wasn't as tasteful as it appeared for the 
southern lads. Me being a single malt Scotch drinker I assume that 
influenced my taste buds. But being a polite Canadian when asked... "How is 
it?" What else could I say but... "Hey that's very nice, how much did you 
guys bring with you?"  Not meaning to break out another bottle, only a 
rhetorical question being polite?

One guy reached under the table and pulled out a box with at least a dozen 
bottles in it! Me innocently offered. "Well that ought to do for tonight!" 
Damn I was joking! Do you know what it's like the next morning shooting a 
track event when your re-action time is so slow the winner has made two laps 
of the track with the winning flag before you realize the race even started! 
:-( Trust me that bad! Oh suffer suffer! NEVER AGAIN! And that night?

Well no need to go on, just go back to the beginning of this post and read 
it again! ;-) Photographers are actually simple minded fun creatures of 
life! :-)

cheers and slightly wiser! :-)
ted