A Sobering Perspective
by Mike "Rag Man" Bates


Yes it was Cheers Again, again! Another great dart event.

A Saturday night, 38 shooters, lots of fun � who could ask for more? Maybe an Old Milwaukee Light; that would make it perfect.

Tournaments following banquets are always fun � yeah right. It is so weird when you walk in and everyone has been drinking all day except you. They are loud, want to hug you, and everyone has a problem with something that has already happened that day. The league sucks, money wasn�t good enough, no drink specials, we are too high to play next season, etc.

You get the picture. To make a long story short, I am sober and they are not. So, rather than put up with this, I immediately dove in for a couple of quick drinks.

Didn�t help, needed more � you know how it is. Everyone is having fun being stupid, except you. It stinks. Plus, they are all playing darts good because they don�t know that they are really not that good, because the alcohol has made them not think. We have 2.5 shooters complaining about 5 marks. It took a couple of hours, but I was soon up to speed and it was a full moon, so I became A-Hole Man.

Yes, I was a Penis Head. I finally broke and was one of the crowd, doing the same thing everyone else was doing to me earlier. Only I am better at being an A-hole when I want to be, because I become Rag Man also.

But it is fun, that is until someone gets an eye poked out. Well that didn�t happen, thank goodness, and I think most folks had fun despite my efforts.

The tournament went on and it was a long hard fought battle, but in the end, Rag Man and Little Ted pummeled Jay (not in drag this time) Moredock and Tim Price for the Championship.

We not only beat them four straight in the finals, I ragged them into submission. In the end we were all friends, no feelings hurt and we all probably had tabs bigger than what we won. But hey, we ain�t never had too much fun. See ya again at Cheers Again.