And I thought I'd seen it all

[Endlessseason]

No offense to electric-boogie-trance-dancing maggot cowboys, but I have never before witnessed what I did last night in a little Wyoming town.

The two highways out of town closed on me with the expectation they wouldn't be open for at least 24 hours. I quickly called around and found a place with a karaoke night, which is my next favorite out-of-town thing to do to do if when I can't find a place with night skiing, but, I digress.

So anyways, I was sitting in a hole-in-the-wall bar in the middle of nowhere in Wyoming, minding my own karaoke business, while I waited for my turn to come around again. Cowboy hats and boots were as numerous in the establishment as missing teeth.
All of the sudden, in the midst of all the endless western ditties, I heard what sounded to be a techno/pop/break-dancin'/futuristic piece which I later found out is called "Get Your Freak On."

As the tune cranked, all the cowboys, who were just seconds earlier singing and line dancing, instantly transformed into breaking, popping, gyrating robots, as if resonding to some cosmic C&W cosmic cue.

There they were, earnestly following some apparently well-practiced Mr. Roboto moves to the tip and turn of their cowboy hats. Big buckles, canted heels, beer bellies, and plaid--in a twisting rhythmic, Michael Jackson/contortionist/Western/electric boogie/MC Hammer-ish rendition of this tune---so out of context from my paradigm that it was all I could do to not laugh out loud.

Stifling my amusement, I quickly discarded the picture in my head of cowpokes practicing these moves at home in front of a full-length mirror, rocking the double-wide. It was not a good picture. (I'm not normally given to stereotypes, but the acres of mobile homes next door seemed more than mere coincidence).

Maybe it's a more common sight than I realize, but like I said, it was a new and highly humorous experience for me and I'll be back.

[teleee]

Endlsessseason,
As a Wyoming native, and the proud owner of more than one cowboy hat, I do have to sadly inform you that it is not an uncommon sight to see. Although it is highly entertaining. I must worn you though, that out loud, blatant laughing at break dancing cowboys can be hazardous to your health. I have been used as a punching bag for doing it, so I know for a fact.
What hole in the wall town were you at?

[Castro's]

That is an awful awful song. And that would have been a hilarious site to see!

[snowsprite]

Castros, that is one whacked avatar!
lol...
Sprite

[altagirl]

I like it. "When gingerbread men fight back..."

[altagirl]

Originally posted by Endlessseason
Maybe it's a more common sight than I realize, but like I said, it was a new and highly humorous experience for me and I'll be back.

Random thought - but I'm guessing the phenomenon happens more often where there are fewer bars for variety of music. I had plenty of friends drag me off to C&W bars when I was in college, but they definitely stuck to their theme throughout the night. But that's probably because there were 20 other bars within walking distance if you wanted to change the music...

[Castro's]

Originally posted by snowsprite
Castros, that is one whacked avatar!
lol...
Sprite

lol, we can thank Owens for that one

[PlayHarder]

That image came to me too easily, small town Alberta is pretty similar. I'm torn over which is funnier: Cowboys groovin' to 50 cent or the "gangsta's" in baggy jeans and fubu two-steppin' to Garth Brooks.

Thanks for the daily chuckle, Endless

[crstlextrm]

driving through central wyoming on some back highway was one of the scarier experiences of my life.

[DINMS]

...picturing you...in a bar...waiting for karaoke watching cowboys break dance... just...lol man.

[splat]

Sheeeeat, that woulda been fun, Endless.
Musta been right after you called to tell me it was snowing like a mad dog. But, really, I would have relished that. I once hitched a ride across Wyoming with a bunch of New York hippies in a van and we almost got killed at every truck stop we hit trying to get gas. Them break dancing slowpokes used to love to gang up on counterculturalists and cut ponytails back in the day.

(I heard they had to rope and hogtie you to get the mic back...)

[Endlessseason]

Telee and Mountainman-
It was Lander. A town with a population slightly higher than it's elevation: 6500 vs. 5500.

[Endlessseason]

This seems as good a place as any to post those Utah Halloween pics I was talking about:

A large rooftop spiderweb can barely be seen at the top left-
http://endlessseason.com/2003/oct/ut_halloween1.jpg

This one's quite popular in our neighborhood-http://endlessseason.com/2003/oct/ut_halloween2.jpg

So's this one. Look at the little kiddies lined up-http://endlessseason.com/2003/oct/ut_halloween3.jpg

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"They used to burn people for this."

[snowfire]

Originally posted by PlayHarder
That image came to me too easily, small town Alberta is pretty similar. I'm torn over which is funnier: Cowboys groovin' to 50 cent or the "gangsta's" in baggy jeans and fubu two-steppin' to Garth Brooks.

Thanks for the daily chuckle, Endless

hahahaha!!! Last year some girls and I went out to the Sundance saloon in FC for some beers and to meet one of the girl's new boyfriend... I was on the top deck, having a beer with a guy I met and half-assedly checking out the dance floor below- when I noticed an entire posse of guys in baggy jeans complete with chains hanging out, not to mention their asscracks, big ol' chunky necklaces and sideways baseball caps, straight from the wanna-be ghetto, and they were trying to line dance to "Chattahoochee." (sp?) OH MY LORD, was that funny. I thought I might fall off the balcony. It made my night.

[fiddler]

Endless, you do know how to find a good time!!!!

[Endlessseason]

I would hate to see a thread like this get deleted just because it's something like 240+ days old. There has got to be a way to archive stuff that's untouched for more than 300 days, or maybe a year. Don't delete the old stuff, just archive it and leave it searchable.