One day in Aruba I went snorkeling. I was a little hesitant, as some of you know, I don’t swim well. For $40 I got a catamaran ride out to two awesome dive sites and an open bar the whole time. On a side note, drinking while swimming in the open ocean is a GREAT idea! My fear quickly turned to excitement as we set anchor at the first site which is the largest shipwreck in the Caribbean. How the Antilles actually “wrecked” is debated by the locals but it goes something like this. It is a German freighter that was docked at Aruba during WWII. When Germany invaded Holland, message was sent to Aruba to capture the freighter which was believed to be supplying U-boats. Rather than surrender the boat, the Germans blew a huge hole in it, and it sank and became home to millions of ocean creatures. The boat rests on its side, and is HUGE! Even from the surface it is easy to see tons of amazing fish, which up to this point I thought only naturally existed in dentist office aquariums. (Why do dentists always have aquariums?) In some places the ship is so close to the surface you can touch it. I saw fish of all types. Blue ones, red ones, stripped ones, fat ones, long ones, some even wearing hats. I even had a close call with the vicious Moray Eel! I could have stayed there all day, but we moved on closer to the beach to check out a large coral reef. Lots more fish here, and some sea snakes, which we stayed away from. The fish would eat bread right out of my hand. Once a fish confused my finger for bread and took a strong nibble. I survived the attack, but barely.
Later that night I found myself in the casino at the Hyatt. I am not much of a gambler, I was mostly just exploring. I decided to play a little roulette. Slot machines are very boring, and card games are intimidating. I bought $20 worth of chips and vowed to not give them any more money once it was gone. On my second game I bet a few chips on 27, in honor of my recent birthday. (Yes I am 27, I know, I know, I better start taking centum silver) Well I got lucky and WON! My $20 had become $150! I played a few more dollars and then cashed out and left. That’s how you stick it to the man! What did I do with my winnings you might ask…? I opened the islands first fish taco stand! Again, sticking it to the man!
Later that night I found myself in the casino at the Hyatt. I am not much of a gambler, I was mostly just exploring. I decided to play a little roulette. Slot machines are very boring, and card games are intimidating. I bought $20 worth of chips and vowed to not give them any more money once it was gone. On my second game I bet a few chips on 27, in honor of my recent birthday. (Yes I am 27, I know, I know, I better start taking centum silver) Well I got lucky and WON! My $20 had become $150! I played a few more dollars and then cashed out and left. That’s how you stick it to the man! What did I do with my winnings you might ask…? I opened the islands first fish taco stand! Again, sticking it to the man!
5 comments:
You're lucky you didn't come down with stickitathemonemonia while on VayCay there buddy! You can't even get a fish taco in Boston, fish and chips, fish chowda, grilled fish, fish flambe, fish stuffed with lobster, broiled fish, fish of all kinds...business idea...fish tacos and brewing equipment...
How about you create the first ever, fish beer. Beer made from fermenting fish... On second thought maybe you should stick to the fish tacos.
Thanks for the hilarious comments boys! I might look into the fish beer kev.
Why would you want to combine two horrible tasting items into one!?!
Beer tastes bad as does fish. Combining the tow could only make matters worse. But serving fish tacos at a brewery could pan out for ya
Dentists have aquariums because it is "calming"... That's so cool that you won!! And I can't believe your 27 now!
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