Last night was Girls Night Out. With friends back for the Thanksgiving holiday we were able to gather the old crew for some dinner and alcoholic beverages.

After dinner we headed to a new club in town. This club had live music every weekend night. Last night it was really, really loud rock music. You know that saying “if it’s too loud, you’re too old?” Well last night we determined, I’m too old.

After a while we left and ended up at a piano lounge. Other than the outrageous price they were asking for one freaking martini, this bar was more our pace. They had dueling pianists who were not only very talented on the piano, but also hilarious. They had their own lyrics for many of our favorite songs. They brought a whole new twist to Jessie’s Girl.

There was a request for the Iowa Fight Song along with a $5 tip so one of the guys started playing it. The other guy announced we could stop the Iowa Fight Song and get him to play the Iowa State Fight Song for just $6. It went back and forth a couple of times until they were up to $50 for the Iowa Fight Song. Apparently all of those ISU fans are cheap because none of them were willing to go over $50.

Later in the night, they had a couple celebrating their 2 MONTH wedding anniversary come up on stage. Yes, you read that right. They were celebrating their TWO MONTH anniversary. You know you’re newlyweds when you are celebrating month anniversaries. So the pianists played a little game with them. It was a Battle of the Sexes game. The pianists played a song and whoever did the hand gestures first won.

The first verse was “the wheels on the bus go round and round.” The girl got it first.

The second verse was “the wipers on the bus go swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.” The guy got that one with a very seductive one finger wiper near his you know what.

Then it started to get interesting.

In the next verse the girl played the mommy and the guy played the baby. The verse was “the mommy on the bus spanked her baby, spanked her baby, spanked her baby.”

The final verse involved a chair. The guy sat in the chair. The verse was “the stripper on the bus gave Ed a lap dance, gave Ed a lap dance, gave Ed a lap dance.” The audience roared while the girl straddled her new husband for a [fully clothed] lap dance. That’ll teach them to celebrate their anniversaries in months.

After that they called another man to the stage. This guy was home from Iraq to spend the holiday with his parents and fiancée. They sang Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA while the audience stood and sang along. Many went up to shake this young man’s hand. It was a very touching moment.

So Girls Night Out was a huge success. We all had a great time. We laughed a lot. We drank too much. It was exactly what a Girls Night Out is supposed to be. And hopefully it got my friend’s mind off her father’s battle with cancer because that was our goal. It’s nice to have these nights to remember how important our friends are.

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