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Oops... hope you didn't think I was talking about THE Steve Perry. I actually had a friend named Steve Perry (which provided the source for much kidding), but his propensity to trickery finally drove a wedge between us.

We used to go on double dates, and he was one of these guys that always had mysteriously forgotten his wallet, so I had to pick up his tab. Then it was hell getting paid back. I'm pretty quick when it comes to these types of games, so I started making him show me his wallet before we'd go out. Then he resorted to what I call the "money swapping trick". I'm not exactly sure how it works, but basically, it's one of those deals where the waitress rings it all up on one check, and while you are trying to figure out who's stuff is what, he's going, "Umm.. ok, give me a $20, and then I'll give you this and that... no wait, give me this, and now I owe you that..." and before you know it, he's ended up with more money than he started with... But I recognized that crap right off and never fell for it. I started making sure the waitress brought us separate checks to avoid any more potential embarrassment.

This guy was the type of guy who had a perplexing self-destructive bent, always wrapped in a coating of humor... he'd take something perfectly good and just subconsciously screw it up, always landing himself into some hot water. I still remember the time he asked if he could rent my MR-2 Spyder for a date and offered me $150.00. My reply? "Hey, that's a great deal, Steve! So when you total my car, I get to keep the $150?"



Alas, our active friendship didn't survive much longer, because there's only so much one can take of feeling played. I don't think he was malicious at all -- just misguided, and that's just the only way he knew how to be. But he was also one of the FUNNIEST guys I'd ever met in my life. I still run into him every few years, and we crack up about the old days. I have so many hilarious stories about this dude....

You must've run into him recently????

Yeah, I've gone through this fucking shit with people before. First time it happened to me I was living in Japan. One day on my walk from the train station from my girl's house I ran into a fellow American that I was friends with. I was hungry and apparently so was he. So he talks me into buying him something to eat at Denny's because he has no money at all and no way to get any until his payday. So all I had on me was a few hundred yen and a credit card. So as we go in and sit down the fucker askes me what he could get. I told him to get something sort of like what I'm going to get, because I expressed to him that I was sort of low on funds myself. Hell, back in those days in order to fill up at McDonald's in Japan it would run you at least $15.00 in yen..... no bullshit! And that was over 20 years ago.

Denny's in Japan is pretty much the opposite of what Denny's is in America.

http://www.dennys.jp/dny/menu/dennys/meat/index.html

http://www.dennys.jp/dny/menu/index.html

So I order first, I get a modest array of about three side orders which included: misu soup, rice, a few piece of sushi and a large diet coke. So when it's time for that jackass to order, he's throwing out: T-bone steak, stir fry vegies, a baked fucking pototo and two imported beer beverages. The steak alone was about 40 dollars in yen! I was done with my food by the time his fucking medium rare steak, baked potato and steamed vegetables came and so I pretty much sat there watching him eat the shit. And what kept me from walking out without paying was the fucker promised to pay me back...I took his word on it. His meal alone was like 75 dollars in yen and in the end I never did seen a dime of it back from him.

That was the first and last time that ever happened to me, I won't let it happen again. However, I did fall for the group tab though. I walked in with a group of people I knew, I had $30.00 cash on me, I wanted to buy something after eating that was for $15.00 so I ordered accordingly...specifically not to order more then $15.00 worth of food. I in fact only ordered about $8.00 worth of shit. One of the other guys with us ordered all sorts of fucking shit, mind you he weighs over 250 pounds. When the check came, they did it the easy blue collar way, they just divided the total (including tip) by the number of people we had in our party. Fuck! I ended up eating like a god damn bird and paying pretty much all my fucking $30.00 out.

I went out with these fuckers only maybe two more times after that, each time when the waitress came to take my order, I specifically instructed her that mine is to go on a separate tab. The guys all look at me like I'm a fucking idiot and I flat out told them that yes, I was a fucking idiot the first time I paid to watch that lard ass stuff his face on my dime but not anymore. You can't believe how pissed off they get when you do that. Fuck that shit, they aren't my kids or wife, I'm not paying for them. I'll be more then happy to pay the bills if a friend of mine also sometimes pays my bills. That's not an issue. But these specific individuals have never once paid for me. Besides I don't freeload off anyone myself.

So I know exactly where your coming from Rip.

Rip Rokken wrote:Oops... hope you didn't think I was talking about THE Steve Perry. I actually had a friend named Steve Perry (which provided the source for much kidding), but his propensity to trickery finally drove a wedge between us.

We used to go on double dates, and he was one of these guys that always had mysteriously forgotten his wallet, so I had to pick up his tab. Then it was hell getting paid back. I'm pretty quick when it comes to these types of games, so I started making him show me his wallet before we'd go out. Then he resorted to what I call the "money swapping trick". I'm not exactly sure how it works, but basically, it's one of those deals where the waitress rings it all up on one check, and while you are trying to figure out who's stuff is what, he's going, "Umm.. ok, give me a $20, and then I'll give you this and that... no wait, give me this, and now I owe you that..." and before you know it, he's ended up with more money than he started with... But I recognized that crap right off and never fell for it. I started making sure the waitress brought us separate checks to avoid any more potential embarrassment.

This guy was the type of guy who had a perplexing self-destructive bent, always wrapped in a coating of humor... he'd take something perfectly good and just subconsciously screw it up, always landing himself into some hot water. I still remember the time he asked if he could rent my MR-2 Spyder for a date and offered me $150.00. My reply? "Hey, that's a great deal, Steve! So when you total my car, I get to keep the $150?"



Alas, our active friendship didn't survive much longer, because there's only so much one can take of feeling played. I don't think he was malicious at all -- just misguided, and that's just the only way he knew how to be. But he was also one of the FUNNIEST guys I'd ever met in my life. I still run into him every few years, and we crack up about the old days. I have so many hilarious stories about this dude....

Great story bro. Thanks for sharing that.

I had a friend that was like your SP, only he wasn't a cheapo. He was the funniest person I've ever known, just on a practical joking or spontaneous level. He had some freak heart condition that claimed him in '02 at the age of 36, and I miss him to this day. He worked with me at DFW, and there's rarely a day that passes without his name being brought. He was also a homeboy from OK. Anyway, your story reminded me of him.

Rip Rokken wrote:Oops... hope you didn't think I was talking about THE Steve Perry.

It loses a little something when you announce in another thread that you're going to do it but still, well done!

Seriously, who 'forgets' their wallet? I've done that maybe... maybe 2 times in my whole life. You do that once, guaranteed the next time you leave the house, you check for it. My sympathies go to the girls he was dating. If I were one of them I'd have assessed the situation and tried to muscle in on your chick's action because at least you had bread.

Rip Rokken wrote:Oops... hope you didn't think I was talking about THE
We used to go on double dates, and he was one of these guys that always had mysteriously forgotten his wallet, so I had to pick up his tab. Then it was hell getting paid back. I'm pretty quick when it comes to these types of games, so I started making him show me his wallet before we'd go out.

That's too funny. Having to make break out the wallet before going out. I'd double check if it had some cash in there too.

Reminds if of a story from T-Bone if I remember correctly. He had/has a co-worker that buys everything in sight but never has cash for essentials.

The Sushi Hunter wrote:I know exactly where your coming from Rip.

LOL! Your stories are even better than mine... haha! Hey, tell me some more...

Rip Rokken wrote:

The Sushi Hunter wrote:I know exactly where your coming from Rip.

LOL! Your stories are even better than mine... haha! Hey, tell me some more...

Nice clam.

Seriously...how many Steve Perry threads can one board have without actually being about Steve Perry???

Rip Rokken wrote:

The Sushi Hunter wrote:I know exactly where your coming from Rip.

LOL! Your stories are even better than mine... haha! Hey, tell me some more...

That's the only one I got to match this specific topic. Though I did have something similar almost happen to me a few years back when I was out with this hot little Peruvian chick in a belly dancing establishment. But all I can say about that one is.....it didn't work out to her advantage. For those San Franciscans on this board, the establishment was the one on the South end of the Broadway tunnel, near the corner of Polk and Broadway.

Rick wrote:Nice clam.

Thanks, Rick... and I don't know why, but I just cracked up when I saw that picture. I like it so much, that I decided to turn it into a Sushi Hunter Commemorative Edition Smiley!



What do ya think?

Rip Rokken wrote:What do ya think?

I don't quite recognize it....can you turn it 90 degrees....and then I might.

The Sushi Hunter wrote:

Rip Rokken wrote:What do ya think?

I don't quite recognize it....can you turn it 90 degrees....and then I might.

Haha... perhaps it's The Hunter that needs to be turned 90 degrees? By the way, here's my sushi tip of the week: Be very careful with the squid -- it's tougher than it looks, and with all the tentacles can be hard to get rid of later.

Rip Rokken wrote:

Rick wrote:Nice clam.

Thanks, Rick... and I don't know why, but I just cracked up when I saw that picture. I like it so much, that I decided to turn it into a Sushi Hunter Commemorative Edition Smiley!



What do ya think?

Nice clam.

Rick wrote:Nice clam.

I passed by some rural restaurant recently -- may have been on my way to Louisiana, and the sign advertised an "All You Can Eat Clam Buffet"... I got a real laugh out of that.

The Sushi Hunter wrote:

Rip Rokken wrote:What do ya think?

I don't quite recognize it....can you turn it 90 degrees....and then I might.

Rip Rokken wrote:

The Sushi Hunter wrote:

Rip Rokken wrote:What do ya think?

I don't quite recognize it....can you turn it 90 degrees....and then I might.

Haha... perhaps it's The Hunter that needs to be turned 90 degrees? By the way, here's my sushi tip of the week: Be very careful with the squid -- it's tougher than it looks, and with all the tentacles can be hard to get rid of later.

Here's another tip for ya Rip. Stay away from clams during red tide. It may be a bit more juicy but you'll wake up looking more like the Joker in "Batman The Dark Knight" every time.

The Sushi Hunter wrote:Here's another tip for ya Rip. Stay away from clams during red tide. It may be a bit more juicy but you'll wake up looking more like the Joker in "Batman The Dark Knight" every time.

Great tip -- yikes!!!



And from the Rush song "Red Tide":

bless the sun, the rain no more
river running like an open sore
black wind falling to the ocean floor
and the red tide washes ashore