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I spent a getaway weekend with a couple of the fellas in Las Vegas...we were amazed at the number of Brits walking around town, until we figured out about the title fight scheduled for Saturday night.
We were playing poker at the MGM on Saturday, and got a chuckle out of the fact that the cocktail waitresses began serving all drinks in plastic cups in the middle of the afternoon. The apparent concern was that they wanted to avoid having glassware present when the inevitable violence ensued.
I'll be honest...given some of the large groups, the loud chanting, and the general level of drunkenness, I was expecting a bit of mayhem regardless of the outcome of the bout. You limeys do have a global reputation for boisterous shenanigans after sporting events...win or lose.
I was pleasantly surprised, though. All the Englishmen (and the odd Scotsman and Irishman) who sat at the tables were very controlled and mannered, if somewhat unintelligible depending upon his individual level of inebriation. And because of the relative strength of the pound sterling, most were quite cavalier with their money, too!
All I can say is...god DAMN, I love going to Las Vegas! :biggrin1:
We were playing poker at the MGM on Saturday, and got a chuckle out of the fact that the cocktail waitresses began serving all drinks in plastic cups in the middle of the afternoon. The apparent concern was that they wanted to avoid having glassware present when the inevitable violence ensued.
I'll be honest...given some of the large groups, the loud chanting, and the general level of drunkenness, I was expecting a bit of mayhem regardless of the outcome of the bout. You limeys do have a global reputation for boisterous shenanigans after sporting events...win or lose.
I was pleasantly surprised, though. All the Englishmen (and the odd Scotsman and Irishman) who sat at the tables were very controlled and mannered, if somewhat unintelligible depending upon his individual level of inebriation. And because of the relative strength of the pound sterling, most were quite cavalier with their money, too!
All I can say is...god DAMN, I love going to Las Vegas! :biggrin1: