The Lad and I

[menke]

Subtitled: It's Not About the Wherewithal, It's About the Fortitude!

I recently got the call about a special quart. Road trip!!1!

It started at dawn's first light.

I knew it was going to be a long day when the mapquest put me South on I-81 for exactly 299.9 miles. Oof. Breakfast time!

At least it's a pretty drive:

Getting the cash on short notice was an issue. I ended up getting a cash advance at a bank; I knew I was in the Real Virginia when the teller gave me her best Delta Burke. Thenkh Ewwwww....

I endured the long drive, thunderstorms, redneck cars ditching all over the mountain, police nailing a guy for drive-off gasoline in the car next to me. My nerves were jangled a bit through all this, and then it all came together.

I was united with The Lad, and immediately took him to lunch:


We got acquainted in a whirlwind romance through the day. I showed him the sights, including kudzu on the mountain:

He reciprocated by picking up the tab for a tank of gas:

Partway home I took The Lad to my old stomping ground, the Texas Tavern in Roanoke for a Texas Red Hot and Grape Nehi.

Finally, it came time to consummate the quartship. After a 950 mile drive and getting home after midnight, I was going to get some for sure...

This image has been pixellated to avoid incriminating or skeeving any potential employers, or any D.A. out to prosecute anyone in the Man-Can Love Association. I'll leave the rest to your imagination...

[ronsmall]

Cool can, what's the bottle cap look like?

[fiat128]

Nice can! (the quart, not your pixelated photo)

[menke]

It's a generic VA tax crown, the offgrade red Yuengling that came with it also had one. Both are presumed original, cans were untouched and sat 60+ years in an attic.

[potters66]

AHHH...now I know who outbid me I think??? I almost had this one but then a better offer came in.

Steve

[ANGRY GARY]

lee county? you went geoghraphically as far away as possible in virginia! nice can and i love the story book telling of your ventures.

AG

[GLUEKHEAD]

Had to call my wife in to view this,Matt.Thank you for letting me road trip vicariously with you and the Lad.I'll take the high road and steer clear of the easy punchlines like...well,(CENSORED BY ADMINISTRATOR)

[ThreeRing]

A man
A plan
A can
English Lad.
Way to go Matt.

[galambam]

Too funny Matt! Your pictorial had me laughing out loud. Congrats on landing a really cool quart.

[Leon]

How'd you do it with the cap on

[crowntainer]

How'd you do it with the cap on

You could get it in with the cap off?

All kidding aside I would walk 950 miles round trip to bring that lad home. That is a serously sweet can! Congrats on the score Matt!

[Conehead]

Matt, you are one sick dude!!! But I do love that can. Nice score!!!!

[Leon]

How'd you do it with the cap on

You could get it in with the cap off?

All kidding aside I would walk 950 miles round trip to bring that lad home. That is a serously sweet can! Congrats on the score Matt!

NO, I couldn't but Matt could

[John H.]

Damn, and I thought hanging around Curious George was funny. I may have to spend more time in your room at BG, just for the entertainment value. Great pickup, I'm still waiting for my first Lad.

John H.

[Senator Seebs]

Taking a Lad over state lines - tsk tsk.

Great story, well done.

[Onefineday]

[BrianS]

talk about "can porn"!

[Candog]

Hilarious Matt, What a great story and way of presenting it. You have not set the standard for lewd, crude, and rude story telling!

[Beverlx]

Better get that can some penicillin.

[menke]

My tetanus is up to date; never leave home without it. And all you guys who can only imagine using the spout are being close-minded. Durtbagg certainly found a way around that. No lawsuits, the evidence is easily cleaned up, no unwanted results...

I don't know if I was in Lee County when I actually took possession. It was somewhere ~30 miles west of that point.

For whatever reason, some of these really odd chicago cans show up in SW VA. I wonder if that's what the trucks brought down before refilling with moonshine for the drive back to Chicago? There still are occasional busts of moonshine trucks, loaded down with gallon milk jugs full of it, headed up 95 to Baltimore and Philadelphia. It must have gone everywhere back in the day and most places still. Franklin County a bit east of there is still supposedly the shine capital of the country.

Anyway, I'm glad to keep you all entertained. Barry, what was your easy punch line?

[GLUEKHEAD]

Cap Sealed-protecting the both of us from further embarrassment.

A Lad in the sack is worth two in the bush.

Keglined for your pleasure.

Capone was crazy from syphilis,me...tetanus.

Me,driving it home.Literally.

As Pat Benatar would sing "just another notch in my wood beer (lipstick) case"

Almost as scary as the horse Jack Woltz found in HIS bed.(Godfather)

Some collectors identify their cans through distinctive scratches or rust,others,through distinctive DNA.

NAMBLA member (man-BEER love,that is!)

Some like their beer cold.Me?...sweaty hot.

Its not the size of the can,its the magic within.

Lonely? Call an "esquart" service.I did. (groan )

and who could forget the signature line:


Why drive a thousand miles to get lucky? Because of this can!

[Rockbobford]

Whens the big day Matt? BTW, will you have a bunch of 12ozers in 9 months? English Monkey Ales??

Awesome can!

[Clarkston1]

Great story!
Gotta love places like the Texas Tavern.

[Mike S]

Matt great story, great can and you need help!

mike

[Rusty Jonesin]

Hilarious!!!

When I first read the title I thought; this should be a nice father and son story.

Sweet pickup! No rust crumbs on the sheets with that one.

[crowntainer]

I kept thinking something looked different about that lad and realized the "Ale" at the bottom is in a different font than either quart in the book or that I remember seeing for that matter. It's like the high profile 12oz cone. Probably a stupid question and an over-sight on my part, but is this a previoulsy know variation?

[Leon]

This variation is Pictured in the BCU book. LEON.

[MarkB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rynxm_GQEsI

[crowntainer]

This variation is Pictured in the BCU book. LEON.

Thanks Leon! I should have never let go of my old BCU when the USBC came out.

On the bright side now when I see cans that did not make the new book, they are new cans to me again.

[THE EX MAN]

MATT ,,,, THAT IS ONE NICE CAN ...GREAT SCORE ...EX