magic ways this deed goes down:
1. The Couch Classic . Snuggling up under the blankets, youâre warm and cozy in a dark basement in front of a flickering screen. Itâs late, itâs quiet, and suddenly your sister or boyfriend behind you starts softly rubbing your neck and shoulders. All the aches in the world disappear into the abyss as you sigh softly and melt deeper and deeper into the comfy confines of the couch.
2. The Scalper . This oneâs a bit rare since it requires sitting in a chair in front of somebody standing up. But occasionally thatâs exactly the scene when that somebody starts randomly rubbing your head. Now your achy breaky brain is loving the head circulation from that ten-finger rubdown.
3. The Foot Surprise . Some people say feet are disgusting. These people are not me. No, I say feet are our bodyâs most loyal soldiers who take a beating and deserve to be treated right. Unfortunately, itâs tricky massaging your own feet, and asking someone to do it can be a bit off-limits. (âHey, Thompson, when youâre done with that drywall, can I ask you a huge favor?â) Thatâs why itâs so special when someone starts giving you a secret foot rub. Thanks for doing what we were all afraid to ask for.
Yes, you were just sitting there a sore ball of knots until you started getting a friendly massage and instantly melted into a soft blissed-out puddle of
AWESOME!
Walking around naked when youâre home alone
You are charged with one count of checking yourself out in the mirror, two counts of irresponsible couch usage , four counts of shower-to-bedroom carpet drippage, and seventeen counts of temporary nudity of the first degree.
How do you plead?
AWESOME!
Anything on tap
Once upon a time my friend Chad went to college.
Now, Chad likes to tell people what made him decide to go to school and the reasons why he traded in a job at Best Buy for a few hard years of hitting the books.
See, on a whim one weekend Chad packed his trunk and cruised down the highway to visit our friend Mike who was away at school. They didnât have any plans but spent a couple days going out for drinks and eating meals at the residence dining hall.
And it was in that dining hall that Chad first came face-to-face with a big beautiful stainless steel object of his desire. Yes, he glanced up slowly and realized in a stunning moment that he was staring straight at chocolate milk on tap.
His jaw dropped and his eyeballs flashed fireworks as he immediately filled three glasses with the sweet-flowing brown gold and let his brain reel with infinite possibilities.
âItâs like neverending chocolate milk,â he started, his head bobbing in quick nods excitedly. And then a second later: âI gotta go to college!â
This is actually a true story. Chocolate milk on tap convinced Chad to ditch his job and head down the highway the following year. Chocolate milk on tap changed his life because anything on tap is great. Letâs count down some killer classics:
⢠Slurpees. Flip the switch sideways and let the crystal cola slide smoothly into your cup like a snake. For bonus points, mix and match flavors until your drink looks like the surface of Jupiter.
⢠Brown soda aka Swamp Water . Did you ever get behind an open bar at a wedding when you were a kid? If you remember mixing tall glasses of fountain Coke, Sprite, and root beer into a delightfully tangy swill, then you had a great childhood.
⢠Beer at a keg party . Forget the bottles and cans for a night. Now itâs time for some foamy pumping. If youâre the one guy who actually knows how to tap the keg, then youâre the official dude responsible for keeping everyone elseâs red plastic cup full.
⢠Maple syrup. Just toss on your hiking boots in the dead of winter, walk silently to the middle of the forest, and tap that tree to get it done, son. Itâs time to get sticky. (Note: May
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