\u201cThirty.\u201d James said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCoolidge.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNotable points?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReally.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cStock market crash.\u201d David suggested.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could say that.\u00a0 It happened during idiot Hoover\u2019s admin, though.\u00a0 We can\u2019t get too technical with the causes and history and so on.\u00a0 The stock market crashed with Hoover, and so that\u2019s a Hoover drink.\u00a0 Coolidge was a Carter president.\u00a0 Useless, pointless, stopgap backlash after a scandal.\u201d That was hard to say.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we can stay here?\u201d\u00a0 We were still at the Quarry House, now actively working through the beer menu.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did give the indians citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell.\u201d\u00a0 David said, \u201cThat was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut only if they left the reservation and acted like white people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh.\u201d<\/p>\n
James grabbed the beer menu, \u201cWe\u2019re drinking this Dutch shit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIsn\u2019t that, like, 10%?\u201d David asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre we men or mice, Davey?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m\u2026Oh, okay.\u201d<\/p>\n
The waitress had stopped talking to us, except to take our order.\u00a0 She also avoided eye contact.\u00a0 She took our order for three Dutch shits and then scurried off.<\/p>\n
\u201cFuck Coolidge, then\u201d James said.\u00a0 \u201cHoover\u2019s next.\u00a0 Nacho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI suggest we ride out Prohibition right here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI always associated the Depression with Prohibition\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n
I shook my head, \u201cOh, no.\u00a0 Think about it.\u00a0 Booze was needed during the Depression.\u00a0 Can you imagine Depression and Prohibition together?\u00a0 We\u2019d be flying the hammer and sickle right now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, okay\u2026 Forget it.\u00a0 What are we at?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty-two.\u00a0 FDR.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo we have an FDR drive?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a road for everything and everyone in the capitol of this grand nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut\u2026\u201d David leaned towards me, \u201cThere isn\u2019t, is there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot that I know of.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d\u00a0 David stood up,\u00a0 \u201cHere we go:\u00a0 FDR Drive, right? Manhattan skyline.\u00a0 Right?\u00a0 So\u2026we go to New York Avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot at night, David.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe could order three Brooklyn Lagers.\u201d James muttered.<\/p>\n
\u201cJames!\u00a0 Really.\u00a0 FDR.\u00a0 The most important president of the 20th Century.\u00a0 And you want to crap out?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to make it.\u201d<\/p>\n
David was shocked, \u201cDude.\u00a0 We\u2019re almost there.\u00a0 Thirty-two, man!\u201d<\/p>\n
James started rocking back and forth.\u00a0 \u201cNo way out.\u00a0 No way out.\u00a0 No way out\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped him on a forward arc and pressed him back against the booth seat, \u201cBrooklyn Lagers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty-three.\u201d David said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTruman.\u201d<\/p>\n
James stood up, nearly knocking over the table, and screamed:\u00a0 \u201cAtomic!\u201d<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s how we got kicked out of the Quarry House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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