bottles 1-5 or what is fighting cock summer?

fighting cock summer is an experiment. it’s a test of will. a big fuck you to cirrhosis of the liver. a celebration of humility and self loathing, of good times and bad. it is all these things and more, but ultimately it is pact between friends.

between now until the end of summer (around september 22nd) several of us have agreed to enter in to the fighting cock summer. the rules are simple. any time any of us buy liquor to drink we will buy fighting cock whiskey. we are allowed to continue to buy beer of our choice as an alternative but if it’s liquor it has to be fighting cock (the beer clause is for personal health and finance reasons only).

the only other exceptions are:
a) if the bar we are at does not serve fighting cock
b) if traveling and it can not be found at any local package stores or
c) if someone else brings a bottle of whiskey around that is not fighting cock.

sadly bottles one through five are gone without any documentation. a tragic loss in the progress of mankind indeed. each was pretty hazy. i’m sure there were lessons but we’re hard pressed to remember them. one had to do with putting cigarettes out on your arm. it is better to learn in hindsight that we need to keep track of this for scientific and social purposes than to not realize it at all.

let’s all see where this is heading.