June 28, 2005
HEADBUTTING
Have you ever seen the National Geographic, or Animal Planet videos of long horned rams butting heads? These bastards will square off at about twenty paces, and charge each other. The results are painful to watch, worse to hear. What are these idiots thinking? Two racks colliding is totally fucking insane. And yet there they go, and not a female in sight to fight over.
My father apparently had those residual genes, because he loved to butt heads. He would get a head full of Windsor Canadian, and look for a worthy adversary. I only butted with him oncet. Well, maybe twicet.
He knocked me silly. He had a cranium of titanium. The deal was, you would square off at about four inches, and butt heads. Like bulls. Man, that hurt.
He knocked me into the next century. I said no mas.
My little brother loved it, though. I would watch these two butt heads four, five, six times.
Brain damage. Had to be. Although my brother seems none the worse for the wear.
I swear, though, that was The Senator's version of Nyquil.
Just for the hell of it I offered to headbutt Skeeter tonight. She politely declined. She a good girl. Discriminating, too.
Goddamm, but watching those goats butt heads makes me laugh. I visited two miniature goats a few months ago -- their horns had been "cut off" as they were pets -- but you know they would rise up and bonk each other on the head. Loved doing it. I laughed like a madman.
Posted by: david at June 28, 2005 10:48 PMDid you build a story around the phrase "cranium of titanium"?!
Posted by: Amy at June 29, 2005 8:57 AMNo, Amy, that actually came to me in the middle of the post. Swear.
Posted by: Velociman at June 29, 2005 6:59 PMMy dad and I used to butt heads, too. He always won, no wonder since his nickname was Ironhead. He had a hard head and was stubborn. Coincidentally, I've been called Little Ironhead from time to time.
Posted by: tina at June 29, 2005 11:52 PM