4OJ party 2008

Sight of the famous Edward 40 hands challenge and just general weekend of awesomeness. This year the record for fastest finish was shattered. The new time to beat is 14min held by myself. Down form the previous 2007 time of 20 min. Which was set by B-wack who also had biked out to Lance & Laura's from my crib just before the game began, talk about thirsty. We also had our first female challenger my wife who did finish between the 3 contestants of 2008. Ryno was also a contender however he came up with a handmade 40oz beer bong which only pushed me to a 14min finish. Justin who is pictured being handed a beer managed to get himself the " U Got Served" award for the third year running. The trophy is an old 40 bottle from the first year we came up with this event. The Old English bottle is missing parts of its label with a half a swallow left at the bottom, a bottle cap in it and a couple of smokes were put out in it as well. He and I were contenders for the prize this year. Late the first evening we spilled our dinner so to speak. It was a toss up (Pun intended) for the award and it was decided the next day when Phee was in much worst shape than I the next morning. I made it up with the first wave of folks form the tent city down by the lake. My fathers recipe for Bloody Mary's even went down with no trouble at all that morning.
The next day was spent as most are that weekend. Lance and I made it out on the lake in "The domestic dispute" which is the name of Lance's sunfish sailboat. I was wondering why he named his boat this knowing that our group does come up with some good ones? Once we made it back to shore another couple came aboard for a try. Since it was their first time in a sailboat Lance and I said we would accompany them in Lance's vintage fiberglass kayak. What a Classic!!! we tow them out away from the dock and with in minutes the Dispute had a very good grasp on it's victims and the couples voices got louder and soon turned to yelling. names where called and another domestic at sea was had. The odd thing about it is Lance and I were about 30 feet away from the may lay, Award. All I said to Lance was "jeez" and he replies with "see what I mean".
The typical conversations flowed thou the rest of the weekend. Either in the shop, on the lake or around the fire. We had a poll one night over who would win this years Presidential election with 21 people voting a few didn't place the baled and we had one person who burned theirs. Our group is much like your average block on any street in America. Our friends have polarizing differences about each other and that doesn't change when we are talking politics. The poll was a indicator over the 2008 election and Obama had a 1 vote victory between all who participated.
The group always has a time at the 4OJ party and I know we all thank Lance & Laura for the opportunity and hospitality. Next year will more than likely be a shadow of it's former self with more and more children being added to the weekend none the let it will be a different kind of enjoyment.

"U Got Served"

Fireside