So, listening to country and drinking beer just really aren't my thing. That is really hard because all of my family on mine and my wife's side do it on a regular basis. So, last weekend we went to my Cousin's birthday at a place called Papa's Ice House. I must say that I have never seen anything so ridiculous in my life. People get there hours early so that they can sign up to sing karaoke later that night after they have downed about 8 or 9 beers. Then, they get up there and make a fool out of themselves in front of everyone but it is okay because everybody else is doing it too. Here are a few highlights of the night that made me realize that I never, ever want to go there again.

1) After I had been there about 15 minutes someone howled like a wolf during the middle of a song. At that point, the entire audience (of around 300) began doing it too. It was just a bunch of people howling for no reason for about 5 minutes. That is when I knew it would be a long night.

2)This guy (who looked exactly like the guitar player for white snake) got up there with his girlfriend and sang there own version of the Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock song. The fact that every single person in the audience new the rewritten words made me realize that these people come here way to often and that the people listening like the song to much.

3)We were there past 12:00 (it was torturous, absolutely torturous) and then two 11 year old kids got up and sang a Hank Williams Jr. song (that was not really appropriate for 11 year olds to be singing). That is when I new it was time to leave.

Now, I am not saying there is anything wrong with this. My family loves doing it and a lot of my friends love doing it. I just want to make sure that I never participate in it ever again.