PICKS YOUR FIGHTS CAREFULLY
Added on: 24th Sep 2016
AT THE LOCAL MACHINE SHOP,
JIM WAS A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE
WHO TOOK A NEW KID UNDER HIS WING.
RYAN, THE NEW HIRE,
WAS 20 YEARS YOUNGER THAN JIM.
HE APPRECIATED JIM'S HELP IN
TEACHING HIM THE INS AND OUTS
OF WORKING IN A MACHINE SHOP.
THEY BECAME FAST FRIENDS
AND AFTER A FEW DAYS DECIDED
TO HIT THE LOCAL PUB TOGETHER
FOR LUNCH.
THEY PICKED A TABLE NEAR THE BAR
AND WHILE THEY WERE WAITING
FOR THEIR DRINKS,
RYAN NOTICED AN ORNERY
LOOKING GUY AT THE END OF
THE BAR STARING AT HIM.
"WONDER WHAT THAT GUYS PROBLEM IS,
RYAN SAID TO JIM.
"HIS NAME IS VIC.
A MEAN SON OF A GUN
IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ONE.
HE'S ABOUT YOUR AGE
AND I'VE KNOWN HIM PRETTY
MUCH HIS WHOLE LIFE.
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE."
SENSING THAT THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT HIM,
VIC CALLED OVER TO RYAN,
"YOU TALKING TO ME?"
RYAN SAID TO JIM,
"I THINK HE'S LOOKING FOR A FIGHT.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?"
"WELL," SAID JIM,
"WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE,
I WAS ABOUT YOUR SIZE.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
I COULD'VE WHOOPED HIM."
"IF YOU SAY SO!"
RYAN GETS UP AND WALKS TOWARD VIC.
AS HE APPROACHED HIM,
VIC HAULS OFF AND BAM!
VIC KNOCKED RYAN OUT COLD.
AS VIC WAS BEING ESCORTED
OUT OF THE BAR BY BOUNCERS,
RYAN WAS COMING TO AT THE TABLE
WHERE JIM WAS APPLYING A
COLD COMPRESS TO HIS JAW.
"I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME
20 YEARS AGO YOU
COULD'VE WHOOPED HIM,
RYAN SAID.
"I SURE COULD HAVE,"
BILL REPLIED.
"BUT 20 YEARS AGO,
VIC WOULD HAVE BEEN 10!"
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