Oh my MMS, these were wild times down in the south.
Okay, I have a small story, nothing nearly as exciting as
MMS' adventures, but it came the closest to the ya-ya sisterhood experience. It goes back quite a few years, aehm, lots of years actually.
My friend Candice, always liked to go fishing, and once she talked 10 of us girlfriends into it too. She wanted us to take one of these deep-sea fishing excursions at night which they call the "Twilight trip". We were able to rent fishing rods, hooks and all that other equipment needed there, and we even got some Dramamine.
Candice explained to us that these commercial fishing boats have full service galleys, and serve everything except alcohol. We weren't allowed to bring any either. So, she
instructed each one of us to bring a coffee thermos bottle filled with booze. I had mine filled with red wine, and the other girls filled theirs with beer, wine, and some indefinable, but highly potent firewater. We were set !!!
Now picture a group of 11 girls clenching to their fishing rods, ready to embark into the sea, and bring home the bacon, aah...fish. The ship's crew (4 guys) and some of the fishermen on board were completely stunned when they
saw us coming down the ramp. They thought we took a wrong turn somewhere. One of them even said that the party liners were docking somewhere else. "No, no, we want to go fishing" was our synchronous answer.
After we got situated on the ship and drove a few miles out
to the ocean, the boat stopped at a supposedly good fishing location. The crew showed us where to get the bait, and when we saw the other fishermen grabbing live Anchovies and hooking them for bait, some of us nearly fainted. That's
when the first thermos made the rounds. Unfortunately it
was my good red wine which was empty in no time. Still,
we weren't able to touch the Anchovy, so the second thermos was opened and made the rounds. This time, we
got a pineapple-rum mix that almost knocked our socks off,
and we slowly became more daring, and silly as well.
Well, my first Anchovy bait died already before it hit the
water, and after a few more unsuccessful try-outs, I opted for a piece of dead fish as bait instead. Most of the other girls did the same. Candice showed us then how to throw
the line out and reel it in again. Some of our motor skills
were already disfunct and the lines got all tangled up and
created a huge mess. It was almost time to give up.
The other fishermen were still eyeballing us in disbelief,
and some of the girls got already too tipsy and couldn't stop giggling. After the 5th thermos was empty, we started dancing flamenco and were stomping through the entire
ship singing, laughing and being utterly silly.
The crew captain, or whatever he's called, got very
angry with us when he realized we were drinking booze.
He turned around and brought us back two hours
early so he can throw us off the ship. By then, some of us had gotten already sick, and we all were glad to have
solid grounds under our feet again.
By the way, the other fishermen got a free pass for another day.