He was hosing down the brick that functions as the floor of the outside cafe, getting rid of the previous night's spilled beer and little bits of discarded trash. His radio was playing "Eye of the Tiger."

...

If he's having a good day and he's had a few, he'll start saying things that he thinks are funny but they aren't. If you tell him he's not being funny, he takes offense. So, you can either let him go on saying things that aren't funny or you can kill his buzz.

I usually let him go on saying the unfunny things and then give him a hard time about it later.

"Was I really that drunk?" he'll ask.

"I don't know but you were saying a bunch of stupid things."

"Why didn't you stop me?"

"I was too busy making fun of you."