Wednesday, July 4, 2012

yahoo bull riding

Both definitions of the word 'yahoo' apply.
  1. 'Yahoos'--- Drunk fake cowboys attending the bull riding contest held at the Ranchmans' saloon parking lot behind their building which to our good fortune adjoins our office building. Dangling from the structure of the bleachers, rowdy enebriated office drones leered at the women and roared at the bulls and drank way too much beer. We watched the event from our rooftop. I could only stand so much before I left.
  2. 'Yahoo'--The only word that doesn't sound slurred when the speaker is drunk.
Serious cowboys. The winners of this event will go to Las Vegas  for the National Bull Riders events after the Stampede.


This is the 100th year of the Calgary Stampede. My family have been going to it for over 90 of those years according to my aunt. Not consecutively but on and off since it began. Both for entertainment and for agricultural shows.

The best score I heard before I left was 84.5

They cynched this bull too tight and his front ankles buckled. They took the ropes off and fooled around with him but he was taking the night off. Eventually the gate was opened and he watched the event for a while lying down and when his friend bucked off a rider, Animal or lazy bones got up and sauntered out with him.


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