Traedogg Down Under

Rumor had it Monday nights were “Crab Racing” nights at a bar downtown called “Scubar,” so naturally, with no class the next day and no internship yet, the roomates and I decide to go check it out. We get there at 8:00, (when they advertised the races were going to start) and are told the races don’t begin until 9:30. Luckily $6.90 pitchers of beer were able to distract us for the next hour and a half. When we arrived at 8:00, we were one of about 20 people in the bar, but when 9:30 rolled around, (on a Monday night keep in mind), nearly 200 were there–the excitment was mounting;)

The MC finally kicks off “The races” by asking for a female volunteer. At this point, we are pushed SO far back from the “racing table” that we wouldn’t even be able to see the races, so my roomate Bree (who like me had only one drink in her at the time) shoots her hand up to volunteer. She is selected and quickly is brought up to stand on the “crab racing table.” The MC tells her her first job as volunteer is to rile up the crowed for the races (this involves dancing on the table top in front of 200 peopel by herself!) Bree was SUCH A SPORT and got up and shook her stuff;) Immediately, the MC asks…. “Have you ever heard of the Scubar Challenge?” and as she says no… the male portion of the crowed lets out this HUGE roar! Bree soon finds out that the “Scubar Challenge” involves taking off two items of clothes from her top half for a free teeshirt and free drinks. (At this point I was DYING for her.. i never would have gotten up there) She had a jacket on, so that was one item, and then my roomates and I get this great idea to tell her to take off her bra, instead of her shirt! (Sorry boys!) So, poor bree plays along and in front of all these people, earns her free shirt and drinks! (Although her and I weren’t really drinking.. so she gave the free pitcher to my other roomates!)

After all this initial excitment, we finally work our way up to the very front row for “the races.” What crab racing is, is literally a bowl of crabs that have numbers on their back, and people in the crowed get to sign up for a number. Then, the crabs are released in the center of the table, and the first three crabs that make it to the outside of the table win, and whoever signed up for those crabs get prizes. So after three rounds of these races (they do one race ever 45 min or so) we ended up with a few free teeshirts and hats. (some were given to my roomates by guys who won them!) Of course I didn’t win, but Britt’s crab “Poop” came in second place! (pictures of the night out can be found on www.snapfish.com user name: tlswartz@wisc.edu password: missyou)

It was definitely an interesting night–not your typical night out at a bar, but we ended up having a really good time! Even poor Bree survived the “Scubar Challenge…” (next time she’ll know better not to volunteer!).. .oh well.. YOU LIVE AND LEARN!

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