Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for February 13, 2023

A wake to end all wakes…..

Address?

Last orders.

Andy Capp will be there.

And when Roz passes away, will she get a 21-bite salute, no doubt fatal to her remaining surviving customers.

Burt was very popular.

Is that Shoe smiling?

with out old Burt there’s just no color to Treetops

Had a roommate sophomore year who celebrated his 21st BD by drinking 21 cans of beer. This was back when the pull tabs came off, so he stuck them on a finger. Ended up in the ER to get them removed.

I’ll bet they water down the drinks.

Back in my Boston bar crawling days we had Bobby Daigle a very popular [he tended to over pour] bartender who retired after hitting the lottery big twice. The party at his last [the fourth] establishment was a night to remember.

After 21 shots, the patrons will be joining him…

Strictly for medicinal purposes, of course.

Where?

Good ole Burt…soon to be ’canon’ized in the anals of Treetops.

When I pass, hope my friends and family will gather and do the same! Better to celebrate life than mourn death.

Single malt?

Did he have a big family? He might have been a 21 son galoot…

It’ll be the biggest party since the Old Dun Cow Caught Fire..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWft1OsrY8Y