Have you ever gone out on a blind date? Neither had I, until I decided to try the newspaper singles ads to meet a gal. I selected a few to write to (no email in those days, boys), sent a photo, and waited for responses. I got the little widow woman.
She was a good looking gal, in her mid 30s, no kids, no pets, no hang-ups, ready to recover from the loss of her husband, a young man who died on a construction job. She had been without a man for nearly nine months. A sure thing, I would say!
So we met for coffee one Sunday afternoon. I was at the end of a great bachelor weekend: partying, junk food, tacos, beans, beer and scrambled eggs for breakfast. We talked for a while. She explained she was ready to break out of her depression and meet a man. This time she wanted to meet a rough tough guy with an "I don't give a shit" attitude -- her words, not mine!
And that's me. I was a cowboy type, ready to show the little lady the good time she desperately needed. After some more small talk, we went for a short drive, and then to her place -- a nice little apartment, upstairs, fireplace and cable TV! BONUS!!
As we sat on her couch and chatted, she started to warm up, smiling, purring, cooing like a kitten. I was feeling pretty macho, so I really turned on the "I don't give a shit" attitude she was looking for. We had just begun to kiss when it hit.
My stomach rolled over with one intense gurgle. You know the type -- painful cramping, hot acidic liquid instantly pressurized at the back door; your anus puckered shut for fear of releasing even the slightest bit of pressure; your anatomy working in tandem with your adrenaline, knowing that one slight slip would cause an explosion of lethal high-pressure stink...
Unbeknownst to my little lover, I had a gutbuster building.
We were on the couch in the living room of her cute little apartment. The only bathroom was just five steps away. If I went for it, I might make it before I shit all the carpet and the floor, but she would hear my moans and the belching spray from my ass, and she would smell my stench. And then what would happen to my "I don't give a shit" image?
I didn't have a second to spare. In the heat of the moment, in the throes of passion, my new friend, my wannabe lover, my poor deprived little widow woman must have been very confused, embarrassed and bewildered when I suddenly came up from a kiss and announced "I have to go home now!!!"
This cocky "I don't give shit" cowboy, who moments before was going to ride in on his stallion and rescue this depressed little widow, ran full speed for the door. I knew it was a five-mile drive home, but if the gods were on my side, I could make it.
They weren't.
I squirmed, I screamed, I ground my ass into the seat, I twisted and turned, I moaned, I groaned, my guts were churning like an outboard motor in a mud pit... I had to take a shit and I had to take one NOW!!!
At 60 MPH, I slammed on the brakes and pulled to the shoulder of a fairly well traveled two-lane road. I jumped out and ran to the side of my truck, unfastening my pants as I went. I grabbed the sidepanel, shoved my pants down as far as they would go, bent over, hung my ass as far away from myself as I could aim it, and let loose a spray of golden hot butterscotch-colored cream of chicken soup that burned of taco sauce and turpentine. It was an ejection of one full gallon of burning spraying shit, and it was instant relief. So much so that I felt weak in the knees.
My pants and underwear were firmly pushed down to my ankles and wrapped around the exposed tops of my cowboy boots. Traffic was light, but cars were honking, presumably at me. The golden spray had missed most of my clothing and had chaotically spewed in the drainage ditch. My bare ass quivered in its effort to keep my butt cheeks from touching or closing in on themselves, trying to prevent the greasy overspray from contaminating my butt skin.
Now it was time to consider my next move. Unfortunately, I had just cleaned out my truck in anticipation of my hot date... what was I going to wipe with? With no other choice, I dug my pockerknife out of my pants, cut my underwear off, wiped my slimy ass, and tossed the stained garment onto the fallout zone. I pulled up my pants, buckled my belt, walked to the driver's side of my truck, waved to a passing minivan full of kids, got in, gave myself a good hard chuckle, and drove home to a hot shower.
And yes, I reprised my role as cowboy hero later that week. I was just more careful of what I ate first.
-- Gutbuster