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Arriving several hours later, the brothers
gambled, drank, ate and had joyous celebrations all the night
long. As is his usual custom, Russ lost every cent he carried
and began pestering his brothers for a loan. Being used to this
pattern of behavior from Russ, the brothers lent him some more
money and they continued their fun through the next morning.
After
Russ had lost all of the money that the brothers had loaned
him, he became increasingly more drunken and belligerent. Soon,
he was begging to go visit a local strip club that they had
passed on the way to the casino. After a few hours of his incessant
whining the now fairly exhausted brothers relented and agreed
to take Russ where he so annoyingly begged to go.
The
three disheveled travelers arrived at the strip club and before
going in, reminded Russ that he was broke and drinks were very
expensive in this establishment. Russ deviously assured the
brothers that all he needed was one drink and few dollar bills
to strategically place upon the poor innocent strippers in the
hopes of persuading one to like him.
They
entered the establishment and like all strip clubs it was dimly
lit, smoky and expensive. Russ ran up to the stage and joyfully
began harassing and ogling the dancers as the two brothers sipped
their $10 drinks at a table in the back. Embarrassed by their
Russ and his actions the brothers decided to leave as soon as
Russ went broke for the third time.
As
they waited, an off-duty dancer who was completely nude came
up to their table and asked them how they were doing. Though
slightly awkward at first, the conversation began to pick up
when the girl realized that these men were of high moral character
and upstanding individuals. She and the brothers laughed and
talked for a few minutes and all was well.
It
was at that moment that Russ came over to the table. As Russ
approached the table and observed the naked female seated with
the brothers his eye sockets bulged and he began to creepingly
leer at the nice girl and make everyone at the table very uncomfortable.
At
this point the brothers excused themselves from the table and
told Russ that they were leaving. Russ vehemently protested
this development and asked the stripper to help him make his
case. The surprised girl courteously told Russ that she would
remain out of the argument and needed to get back to work. Somehow
Russ took this statement to mean that the dancer loved him eternally.
As
the brothers left the building and walked across the parking
lot, Russ stumbled out after them and informed them that he
was staying at the strip club and then going home with the naked
dancer when she ended her shift that day. The patient brothers
tried to convince Russ otherwise but failed in their efforts.
Finally, they agreed to leave him there but told him that they
would be back to get him in a few hours. Russ rudely admonished
them and told them that he would marry the stripper and that
the brothers would see that she was the true love of his life.
Shaking
their heads, the brothers left and went back to the casino.
Several hours later, they drove back to the strip club. As they
expected, a dejected and forlorn Russ sat outside the building.
The brothers graciously offered Russ a ride back home which
he grudgingly accepted.
Since
he was dirty, grimy and smelling pretty bad at that point, it
was decided that since the weather (in Reno) was fairly warm
that Russ would ride in the back of the truck. Russ crawled
in and the tired trio of travelers started the long journey
home.
About
an hour outside Reno, the brothers heard a tapping at the back
window. Russ was trying to communicate but frankly, the brothers
had heard enough of his whining and sniveling and were grateful
they didn’t have to endure more on the way home. So they
smiled and waved at Russ and continued their journey.
As
the temperature dropped in the mountains, Russ curled up into
a fetal position for warmth and tried to survive. Meanwhile,
the unsuspecting brothers looked back to check on Russ and assumed
he had passed out due to ingesting al of that alcohol. So they
continued their trek through the icy mountains. Several times,
on a sharp curve they would hear and feel the thump of a rolling
Russ body in the truck bed but they forged ahead knowing that
home was only another hour or so away…
Arriving
at his house the brother who was driving got out and immediately
noticed something strange when he checked on the still comatose
Russ. His normally paste white skin was now a strange shade
of blue. It appeared that Russ had been flash frozen!
Fortunately,
there were several caring females in the house that upon hearing
that Russ needed resuscitation, went outside to his frozen body
and began to rub it vigorously. Thanks to their heroic efforts,
within a few minutes Russ began to breathe and exhibit signs
of life. Later, after he had fully regained consciousness Russ
was quite pleased to discover that he had been rubbed back to
life by the caring females…
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