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I decided to guts it out, though. Bocce Balls it was.
And then something awful happened. Bocce Balls
started tasting bad to me .
By thi$ time, I was severely depressed. I happen to
enjoy bars; I go' to them a lot. Back when I was J8, 1
was excited by the very prospect of a lifetime spent
downing straight scotches at wood-paneled, manly bars.
Nbw, here I was. I couldn't even take a Bocce Ball any
more. I threw my self-esteem to the wind. One night I just
charged straight up to the bar, shouldered my way
between the businessmen and working women, and said
the dreadful words I never thought would pass my lips:
"Strawberry daiquiri,"
I felt I could go no lower. Imagine the scene. On my
left is a woman in a handsome suit, drinking a Cutty
Sark on the rocks. On my right is a woman in slacks and
a blouse, drinking a Jack Daniel's and water. I am trying
my best to smile a tough, sardonic smile and gaze into
the middle-distance, like men at bars are supposed to
do. It's a little hard to carry off, though, because
sitting in front of me, in a stemmed glass, is a frothy
pink concoction topped by a plump, fresh strawberry.
Invariably the bartender would solicitously inquire:
"Would you like a straw for that?"
Then one night last week, something terrifying
happened. The strawberry daiquiris stopped tasting
good to me.
I saw the bartender mixing something for some
body's maiden aunt who frad somehow wandered onto
the premises. He was putting the ingredients into a
blender.
"What is that?" I inquired.
You really don't want to know," he said.
"No, really," I said. "It looks pretty good."
"Why don't you just have another strawberry
daiquiri?" he said.
'1 want to know what you just made," I said.
, He sighed.
"It's an Amaretto and ice cream," he said.
You don't wantrto hear the rest of the story.
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