To: Denice who wrote (48 ) 8/20/1998 11:55:00 AM From: R.E.B. Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 633
"Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want" Denice, not her real name, often frequented the singles scene - the bars, clubs, restaurants and trendy meeting places. She worked for an investment banking firm and avoided invitations from co-workers whose idea of a good time was two frozen margaritas and potato chips during happy hour. Denice was looking for more. "I'll never settle" she was heard to say over and over again. Denice never had trouble getting dates. She was average looking, average build, average weight, brown shoulder length hair and a dead ringer for Elaine from the T.V. show Sienfield - but there was something about Denice . Tom, her office mate, had been turned down for a date with Denice so many times that was nicknamed "Tom-Tom" becase he kept beating the same drum. Tom never got the hint! Denice lived near her office in a Townhome in an upper middle class neighborhood of Houston. She felt secure in the gated community but did not like looking over the busy sidewalk just outside her bedroom. "I'm tired of watching pedestrians die from the heat right under my bedroom, it destroys my view", Denice complained. Her neighbor, Nougie, suggested that she throw her emplty wine bottles out her window onto the sidewalk to deter the would-be "nap-takers" from destroying her view. "I'll seriously consider it, thanks Nougie, you're a special friend". Denice drank at least one bottle of wine per day. Nougie was a stock broker, alway had been and always would be. Nougie would rather be a beach bum on St. Thomas and figured he had everything he needed to accomplish his goal except money. Money was always a problem for Nougie - but there was something about Nougie. Nougie had no children from any of his 6 marriages. "Children and wives are just too expensive for the average guy", he was often heard saying. "But I'd really like to make a connection with my neighbor", he told his best friend Kirk. "What neighbor is that", Kirk responded. "That investment banker chick, Denice". "Do I know her, what's she like?", Kirk said. "You want to know her but you never will my friend, she's mine, and she's gonna make me a ton of money". "Just maybe I'll clue you in at the right time". Spurs Sports Bar always seems to have the stiffest drinks and the best food. As luck would have it, Denice was alone drinking Tequila shots, eating fat-free pretzels one muggy evening at Spurs when Nougie and Kirk walked in. "Hey Captain Jerk" one of the bartenders yelled. "Hey Captain Jerk-off" another bartender retorted. Kirk waived at everyone using only one finger and planted his large posterier on a bar stool closest to the ladies rest room. Nougie joined his friend, "no wonder I never meet any chicks here, it's because of you Kirk". "Hey Kirk, there's my neighbor Denice". "Where, where?", said Kirk. "Over there next to the Window. See the chick in the green blouse". "Yea, I'm on her" said Kirk, "man her boobs sure are small". "Never mind her boobs you boob head, its what's between her ears that I'm interested in". "Oh, so your interested in her mouth?", Kirk responded. "No", said Nougie, but you will find out soon enough. "HEY DENICE, COME JOIN US OVER HERE", Kirk yells across the bar and turns every head his way. "Man, you have no class Kirk", said Nougie. "Shut your trap Captain Jerk" yelled a bartender. "Hey Captain Jerk-Wad, why don't you beam yourself outside so we don't have to listen to you" said another bartender. End of Part I