Ripple
My good buddy Geoff North (and his lovely girlfriend Lindsay) just completed a 3 week tour of India. Now, I am incredibly envious of North's wandering spirit; he has made seeing the world a priority and goes out and makes it happen. The only problem I have with North's travels is his refusal to provide us with an accurate description of his adventures. For example, you can read his watered-down version of his trip right here to get a sense of what I mean. Fortunately for you North sent me running email updates of his trip and because I have no idea what "in confidence" means I am going to share that version of the trip with you. So here you go:Day 1: Flight to Delhi was smelly and loud but otherwise ok. The customs agent at the airport was a major jackass though. It took me like an hour to clear customs because this guy thought I looked like a sex tourist. He was on a total powertrip. We just got to our hotel and I need a drink after dealing with that asshole.
Day 2: Can't write long. Hotel bar, Kingfisher, super hungover; that shit is like Chestnut draft. I'm not drinking for the rest of this trip.
Day 3: Got drunk last night. Ate some curry that was way too hot so I had a couple of beer and, well, you know, 2 or 20 right. Two days and I'm already sick of Indian food and "hot dog platter" does not appear in my English-Hindi dictionary.
Day 4: Left Delhi today to travel a few hours south to Jaipur to see a show. Went to see this Indian guy who both Jerry and Trey mentioned in interviews. Here is the setlist: Indian song, slow Indian song>>fast Indian Song>>slow Indian song, Ripple (my request), long Indian song. I don't know the rest because we got kicked out because I kept yelling "Play your song". 2 or 20 right.
Day 5: Back on the road, well actually rails, today. Pretty uneventful trip except for this jackass from Newmarket who decided to sit beside us. We brought some beers on the train and when I gave him his first one I gave him the old line "You ever been to India?...well get'er India". Well he thought that was just about the funniest thing ever and proceeded to say it to every person in the car; which was about 400. I'm telling you, Americans have nothing on Upper Canadians when it comes to ignorant tourists.
Day 6: There's a fucking Chapter's in Bombay. I fucking hate Chapter's. I pissed on it...no one seemed to notice.
Day 7: An Indian guy approached us in a coffee shop today because he heard us speaking English. He thought I was from Texas and didn't believe I was from Canada until I told him I went to UNB. It turns out he went to Dal in the 90's. He said he heard a story about some guys from UNB who took a limo to Montreal for March Break and that he started his thriving limo business in Bombay because of it. I threw my beer in his face and looked for the camera. I never found it but man, good one, you really got me. Having said that, I really am pissed I missed that trip and because of it I'm ceasing my updates. I'll talk to you when I get back to Taiwan.
Day 21: At the airport heading home. Sorry I snapped at you. I'll give you a full update when I get back to Taiwan. I will tell you this much though; India has reinforced my fixation will all things bovine. Oh, and I learned to play that snakecharmer song on the bass; you should tell Normy to get a cobra. Talk to you soon, Clau.
Again, I can't explain to you how envious I am of North's travelling. I mean, how good would the Moosehead shirt look in front of the Taj Mahal? Damn...
Anyways I apologize if most of these jokes are decidedly inside but I assure you they are pure North. Here's some background if you want some context.
Here is the link to North's side of the story again - http://lindsayandgeoff.blogspot.com/.
Oh, and North just as an FYI, we played Trivial Pursuit a couple of weeks ago and this kid won. So if you've got the riggin' you know where to look if you want a shot at the title.
Y.A. Tittle
Labels: Ridicule
posted by Vitamin S @ 7:34 p.m.
3 Comments:
Si,
You pretty much have it down correctly (especially the massive consumption of Kingfisher) but for the show in Jaipur, Ripple went into a Dark Star tease and then back into a moderately paced Indian song (I could have sworn I heard an Uncle John's Band tease in there too but can't confirm it).
clau
P.S. I'm not even going to comment on your limo trip reference.
P.P.S. Shit, I just did comment on your limo trip reference.
Hey Simon,
Enjoy your posts and sense of humor. You sound like a cool dude.
I do worry a bit about you though. I mean on one post you talk about a buddy serving his country and defending freedom in Afghanistan, and now your a bit envious of your turbo friend North who got off the couch to travel the world, a noble pursuit for sure.
However, sandwiched between these posts has you writing to Brittney Spears? C'mon dude! I mean I know you must be going stir crazy in the never ending cold but don't sink to this level. It's time to get rid of that loser Normy and set some new goals. Best of Luck.
Tripp
Tripp,
I'll admit it...I'm just trying to take advantage of Britney during her vulnerable time. It was a moment of weakness. Keep me on my toes.
As for Normy, well, we're common law at this point so losing him might be an expensive proposition(What is half of f**k all anyways?). Besides, me without the roomies is like Hal Melvin without the Bluenotes...I'll never go platinum.
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