Bread and Circuses

Players facts:

• The reservable room seats 50 people, with additional standing room.
• The room has its own bar/bartender.
• There is no cost to rent the room, IF our group drinks/eats $800 worth of stuff.
• If we fail to reach $800, we would owe 1/2 of the difference.

Now, you might be saying, "Hey, Dan - who do you think I am, Bill Freaking Pickett? What the hell are you talking about? What's with those crazy numbers? I mean, do I have to call up Mr. Demars to translate your jibber jabber?"

To that, I would say, "If our group only orders $600 worth of food and drink, we would owe Players half of $200, which equals $100. $100 is commonly referred to as a 'Benjamin' in the hip-hop community."


Further considerations:

• I don't love Players, but I like the idea of having the reunion at a public place. I believe the turnout will be higher at a well-known establishment. No one has shouted down Players. Yet.

• I like the fact we wouldn't have to set up or clean anything.

• Some may balk at the $800 caveat, but consider this: that's only 80 orders of chicken tenders. It's only 160 Jagerbombs. And if you wash down your chicken tenders with a Jagerbomb, the $800 goal will be reached pretty easily.

So there you have it. Please sound off in the comments.

Oh, and one more thing. Robert believes that the request for new 97kix drama was justified, so here goes:

Hey Rob! How's the Virginia suburbs? Why don't you grow a pair and move into the big city? Are you too scared? Are you scared of the big bad District of Columbia? Waaah! Waaah! I'm Robert, and I'm afraid to walk down to Ben's Chili Bowl, because I'm white and I'm a racist and my wife keeps my balls in her purse!