The Erin Express is much the Buddhist fable of the 4 blind men and
the elephant. No two people will attempt to describe it the same way. So,
rather than just hear one person's tale, here are some thoughts from our merry
revelers.
"One story: Outside the second bar, before the caravan to Roosevelt’s.
Myself and a few others wandered down the alley to relieve ourselves. We begin
draining the lizards, when a woman pops out and goes insane. Yelling get away,
what are you doing (like she couldn’t see what we were doing) mid piss
everyone bolts. On my departure I yell, “sorry lady” she responds
“no you’re not” I quickly respond “you’re right…peace”
as I turn the corner and join the mass of green shirts." -Bang
"I saw Porter at Bonners. He was all about drinking pitchers with me.
I think he bought me one from that pickoff thing we did during the season.
Bonners is where my blur began. I have had at least 5 people tell me they
were at Blarney Stone with me and I have no recollection. I didnt think I
was blacked out but obviously I was a little. This picture is great. Everyone
was outside Bonner's and noone felt like waiting anymore. I think JJ and I
led the crowd to roosevelts. " -Lou
"Actually, I have to clarify Lou’s statement about when we
all left Bonner’s because it was the most amazing thing I’ve
seen since Moses parted the Red Sea…basically there are 200 people
outside Bonner’s waiting for the bus to take us to the next bar(see
Lou’s picture)…we were waiting a good 30 minutes… I
was out of beer and ready to start walking, but no one could be persuaded
to move, so I go inside, see Mike, tell him we are leaving. He then walks
outside and I persuade him to just start walking to the next bar, a second
later I turn around and I sh!t you not, that entire crowd just lined up
and followed him like he was David Coresh. He didn’t know where
he was going, he was just walking and everyone just followed him…I
had no idea the man had such powers!" -Pat
"I got my first boot from the Eagle for executing a air-bridge powergrind
between the window sill and the bar." -Heif
"We lost alot of good men at the Eagle Saturday night. Upon leaving
Erin told me anyone wearing green next Saturday may not be admitted.
To describe the crowd at the Eagle Saturday would give it no justice.
There was a total bar full and it was obvious people had been drinking
for 12-15 hours. Darrell was the first to get booted when he went outside
and started puking and tried to come back in. Dave was flagged at least
4 times yet everytime I looked over at him he was doing another shot of
straight whiskey. It eventually caught up when he passed out on the bar.
Scotty came over to wake him up and Dave shook his hands like they were
best friends. However this flagging was permanent and he was kicked out.
Nick Johnson was the next to go when after doing several rounds of shots
and car bombs he was literally carried out of the bar. Finally Heif was
sent on his way after completing what he mentioned." -Lou
"Mike owes Erin 20 bucks for a new case of pint glasses. He dropped
two of them and after dropping the second one (this one shattering all over
the ground) He just looked at her and said I think its time for me to go.
Erin just nodded her head in agreement as she cleaned up his mess. That was
probably the best move of the night though as we went to Santucci brothers
for a pie loaded with onions. You could smell the onions for a half a block
behind Mike." -Thew
"There were some great quotes from Saturday...I wish I remembered them
all. At the Eagle a girl asked Tommy, Heif's brother, to move his a$$ so she
could get a beer, he looked back at her and said "move your clit."
When Emily's friend Mercedes came into my bedroom at like 4, lorenz who was
on the floor sleeping tells her to "Take off your clothes and lets party,
it would be a great time." When Tim Main came into the eagle he screams
out "Car Bombs for us(he buys 6-7) and no bitching while Uncle Timmy
is here." No clue what that means but it sounded so perverted."
-Lou
"How about our raucous rendition of Piano Man at Bonner's. I went up
to the DJ and told him if you want to get us going play Piano Man. He obliged
and set off a near riot." -Lou
"Little story. We're on that long bus trip from hellfrom Callahan's
to the blarney stone. the one were we had to go around the entire loop to
get there. a few people get off at Kellianne's to use the bathroom. I admonish
them and tell them, "I'll show you how it's done." I then proceed
to yell to Heif to close all the wondows behind mine, put my right foot on
my seat, my left on the back of the seat in front of me, and trhow my dong
out the window and try to piss. Unfortunately, at this very moment everyone
saw what I was up to and began cheering me on. this caused to me to become
gunshy, Try as I might, an I tried for about 3 blocks, I could not piss. gave
a nice show to every passer by on those 3 blocks though." -Mike
"This is completely accurate. The bus was going maybe 20mph about
20 feet from passerbys on the sidewalk and Mike had his bird out the window.
It was funny to the point where everyone on the bus immediately became
friends because no one could breathe we were all laughing so hard. "
-Heif
"When we got on the bus after Mace's I pissed all over the
back seat. Max initially worried was put to rest when the seat cover
held up and didnt get him wet. The dude Dylan next to me who had pissed
on the bar at Mace's, a slick move I might add, then stuck his raw
ass again the window and mooned everyone behind the bus for a solid
10 minutes on our way to Bonner's" -Lou
"Sun is setting, I'm waiting in the line for the porta-potty at Blarney
Stone. Next thing I see is Darrel push a bouncer out of the way at the back
door, stumble to the fence, and shove his finger down his throat. This leads
to my leading the chant "One more time" with all the regalers in
the bathroom line. I'm standing next to Darrel, throwing my Irish fist high
into the brisk air, slowly getting puke splatter all over my shoes. I take
Darrel back in and order him a beer. " -Dave
"Oh and how is this for a first time Erin Express. Chewey gave his
ID to a girl he talked to for five minutes so she could get her brother into
a bar. This girl gives her a cell phone in exchange. She proceeds to take
off never to be seen again. He then loses his coat at Callahans with previously
mentioned phone in the coat. On the walk/run home from the Eagle (He left
by himself after Heif got tossed) Chewey gets lost trying to find Mike's house.
He was like I knew it was up the hill somewhere. He said it took a good half
hour of Running to find Mikes " -Thew
"I don’t remember much after Bonner’s…my partial
blackout went to a full fledged blackout on the “bus ride from hell”…I
do know that I peed on the bus twice(once in a bud light bottle provided by
Heiff and the other in the trashcan on the bus) and must have fallen somewhere
too cause I had a hole in my jeans and some dried up blood on Sunday morning.…my
next memory was being woken up by the cab driver yelling at me in his Jamaican
accent, “ Where ya going maaan?” I didn’t even know how
to respond to the poor guy" -Pat