Cow Tippers

[Gilberto]

Friends of the Show: Sean here. While some of you may wonder what it is Greg's doing while the rest of us are recording the show, I offer the following transcript of a conversation he and Brooks had online LITERALLY while Andrew and I were recording the upcoming Elysium episode. It also immediately followed a complaint from Greg that we were recording without him.

These are just the excerpts. I have removed the other participants for the sake of their privacy. I offer no such quarter to Brooks and Greg.

I invite you to read the whole thing. It turns into quite a comedy show of its own:

9:30pm Greg
Who's in town this weekend? I was thinking about making reservations at a restaurant somewhere downtown on Saturday night.

4 MINUTES OF AFFIRMATIONS FROM VARIOUS FRIENDS.

9:34pm
Greg
Awesome! A good crowd already. Any preferences about the kind of food?

FOUR MINUTES OF DEBATE PUNCTUATED BY EMOTICONS AND SHARK PICTURES.

9:38pm
Brooks
so we're eating sharks? I'm confused.

9:39pm
Greg
Damn, earliest reservation I can get anywhere near the hotels is 9:45. Is that too late for everyone.

4 MINUTES OF RESTAURANT SUGGESTIONS AND SHARK TALK.

9:43pm
Brooks
serve us to the sharks? oh, well that doesnt sound appetizing at all

9:43pm
Greg
Earliest reservation is 10pm, but hey, it's DragonCon right?

9:44pm
Brooks
so we need something in walking distance, right?

9:44pm
Greg
That's what I'm looking for now, but if that doesn't work we could take transit to Buckhead or something.

9:45pm
Brooks
we can transport two people in our action mobile

9:45pm
Greg
Widening the search pattern, Captain....
I think Sean's skinny now....

3 MINUTES of INCREDULOUS SILENCE FOLLOWS THIS STATEMENT.

9:48pm
Greg
Hold up...I thinking I'm searching today. No wonder the earliest reservation is 10 pm.

4 MINUTES OF SUGGESTING KID-FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS. THE VORTEX IS MENTIONED.

9:52pm
Greg
Isn't that where we ate with Chris? Do you think they can handle a crowd this big?

9:53pm
Brooks
the one in little five?

9:54pm
Brooks
i've been to the one in little 5 and the one in edgewood (??). BW played there. I'm not sure how the food is, or if they serve sharks

3 MINUTES OF DISCUSSING RESTAURANT CHOICES AND NEW PEOPLE JOINING THE CONVERSATION.

9:57pm
Greg
Holy crap...we've all multiplied.

9:57pm
Brooks
are you sure??

9:57pm
Greg
I need a head count now. Please tell me how many people are in your party.

2 MINUTES OF PEOPLE MAKING FUN OF GREG FOR DEMANDING A HEAD COUNT.

9:59pm
Brooks
he is a star trek fan, the highest level of nerd

9:59pm
Greg
What's the latest time that you old farts can handle?

9:59pm

Brooks
so early bird specials are off the table?

10:00pm
Greg
Maybe not. That might be the best way to do it.

4 MINUTES OF PEOPLE TAKING UMBRAGE AT BEING CALLED OLD FARTS, THEN TALKING ABOUT WANGS AND BOOBS.

10:04pm
Greg
Hot damn....

10:04pm
Greg
Opening at 5 pm for 20 people.

A MINUTE OF DERISION FOLLOWS GREG'S SUGGESTION OF GOING TO A STEAK HOUSE NAMED COW TIPPERS.

10:05pm
Brooks
mel doesnt eat meat, is there a salad there?

10:06pm
Greg
I think they have salad...meat salad.....

10:07pm
Brooks
and drink your meat shake

10:08pm
Greg
OK, I'm booking it.

10:09pm
Brooks
i don't know that I want my bazoo stuffed...

2 MINUTES OF MAKING FUN OF THE ONLINE MENU CHOICES.

10:11pm
Greg
Okay. We're booked. This is going to be fun!

10:12pm
Greg
I feel like I forgot to include someone on this list.

8 FULL MINUTES OF DISCUSSING ANYONE WHO WAS LEFT OUT OR MAYBE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

10:20pm
Greg
Alrighty then, we're set for Cowtippers @ 5 p.m. on Saturday. Be there with your boots on!

2 MINUTES OF RANDOM TALK

10:22pm
Greg
It's gonna be sweeter than sasperilla on a Sunday mornin'

10:22pm
Brooks
like playin cards with my sisters kids

10:22pm
Greg
You aggravatin' sons of bitches....

A MINUTE OF OBJECTION REGARDING NAKED COWBOYS ON THE WEB SITE AND THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE VENUE FOR KIDS.

10:23pm
Greg
Since when has naked people been a problem for teenagers? Didn't you watch the VMA's last night?

4 MINUTES OF DISCUSSION FOLLOWING THE REVELATION THAT COW TIPPERS IS, IN FACT, A DRAG QUEEN BAR. GREG'S ACTUAL RESPONSE WHEN LEARNING THAT HE'S MADE

RESERVATIONS AT A GAY BAR IS TO SAY "DID I DO THIS AGAIN?" A CURIOUS REACTION.

10:27pm
Greg
He's only there on Monday nights. I think it's just a normal place any other time.

10:27pm
Brooks
it's like you're drawn to it greg, by some universal force...

10:28pm
Brooks
they have rainbow cakes greg
RAINBOW CAKES!

10:28pm
Greg
>

THERE IS 1 MINUTE OF MEAT JOKES FOLLOWING THE REVELATION THAT COW TIPPERS WOULD SEEM TO BE A GAY COWBOY BAR.

10:29pm
Greg
I don't have a problem with it if no one else does.

10:30pm
Brooks
from their site: On any given day you may find a rugby team washing cars in the parking lot, a hula hoop contest on the deck

10:30pm
Greg
I now see all the messages people were sending me on the side....geez.

10:31pm
Brooks
i'm down

10:31pm
Brooks
let's nerd that place up FIERCE

3 MINUTES OF BANTER

10:35pm
Greg
This is gonna be awesome! See you on Saturday!

23 MINUTES OF GOOD NIGHTS

10:58pm
Greg
Here's an alternative I just discovered if anybody is interested. (GREG UNSUCCESSFULLY SUGGESTS AN ALTERNATIVE VENUE) It's only 1.6 miles away from the hotel

and we can get in at 6 p.m.

11:34pm
Brooks
No way man, i want steaks now!

[malus]

LOL!!!

The first thing I rushed to do was post a Picard Face-Palm, but then it hit me, what a genuinely AWESOME group of friends you have!!! <3

As a silly aside, what could possibly go wrong at 5pm on a Saturday at a Gay Cowboy Steakhouse called COWTIPPERS, within walking distance of the ultimate geekdom ubercon while surrounded by a city full of sexually frustrated Larpers, Furries, and Bronies? I say, TAKE THE KIDS!

And don’t forget your towel! <3

[Gilberto]

Should be interesting.

That bronie thing bears further discussion. I only recently learned of bronies and am utterly fascinated by them as a cultural niche.