So yesterday, the League of Ordinary Gentlemen hosted it’s 2nd Annual Kentucky Derby Party. The idea was that the women would come wearing fancy derby hats as is the custom in Kentucky. The men would wear bowlers. As people arrived at the party they picked a horse’s name out of a hat and learned all they could about their horse online. The hosts, Ken and Dr. Jenny, served mint juleps and southern iced tea in silver cups, again, as is the custom on derby day. There was a BBQ with yumm food and lots of noise.
Now, here’s the fun part, whoever picked the horses that came in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or last, won prizes. The prize for 1st place, a gourmet chocolate cake from a fancy bakery. For 2nd place, a bouquet of roses. For third place, 2 movie tickets and a box of junior mints. For last place, a $10 gift card to Starbucks and a bottle of glue.
I picked a horse named ‘Keyed Entry’. When the race started, this guy TOOK OFF and was in the lead for about half the race, needless to say, the chocolate cake was on my mind and I was very excited. But then my stupid horse got tired and fell back. Anyway, NBC didn’t post the final placing of all the horses for a while, they kept talking about the horses that came in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, they would not talk about last. Finally, after 20 minutes, they showed the official results, my idiot horse came in LAST. HE WENT FROM FIRST TO LAST! My buddy Chris pointed out that my damn horse and his jockey watched EVERYONE pass him. Oh well, at least I won Starbucks and glue.
Anyway, it was a GREAT time, looking forward to it next year. Ken, the host, drew a horse named ‘Deputy Glitter’ and we kept making fun of his horse for being gay and that he wasn’t running during the race, but prancing. HAHAHAHA, stupid Deputy Glitter. Here are some pictures.
don’t mix coffee with the glue now…