Originally Posted on March 16, 2012
(Coach Steve awakens in the glass house of April to the sound of someone knocking on his bedroom door. "Come in," mutters Coach Steve as he wipes the sleep from his eyes and leans up on his pillow. Cbird opens the door and walks in.)
Cbird: Rise and shine sleepy head. Looks like I missed the party last night
Coach Steve: Yeah man, it was crazy down at the June 12 house last night
Cbird: Yeah I heard about that SWJ dude posting a day 1. Did you guys happen to see Otter around last night?
Coach Steve: Naw, I haven't seen that dude around in a few days. But I also visited the live chat house last night so I didn't get home until late
Cbird: You guys have a good time?
Coach Steve: You know it. Vadge was off work, PTW, Rated, Auburn and Tstahr were also there from April. I was kicking back beers with Tex and Bruce and it got later than I thought
Cbird: Well, you'd better hop out of bed and head downstairs
Coach Steve: What happened?
Cbird: Just go look
(Coach Steve brushes his teeth and plods down the stairs to find Moondawggy, BBM, Crockett and IRISH gathered in the corner of the living room. As he approaches the group he notices a large sign posted in the front hallway that read "Have you seen this Quitter?" Above the sign was a picture of an Otter)
Moon: Coach is going to be so mad
Coach Steve: Mad about what?
Crockett: Oh shit, what up Coach, didn't know you were up
Coach Steve: Yeah Cbird woke me up, told me something was up
BBM: Perhaps I should be the one to tell him?
Moon: No I think I should be the one to do it
Coach Steve: Look, just tell me, I promise not to get mad
Moon: Like you promise for reals?
Coach Steve: Dammit, just fucking tell me
Crockett: These fuckers broke your soapbox last night Coach
Moon: [looking at Crockett] What do you mean "these fuckers?" You had something to do with it too you piece of sh.....
BBM: [interrupting] Alright, that's enough. Tell him the truth
Moon: Ok. I borrowed your soapbox and took it to SWJ's intro thread tent party last night.
Coach Steve: You took the soapbox out of the April house?
Moon: [slumping his shoulders]Yes, but Coach I wanted everyone to hear what I had to say
Coach Steve: Just stop right there. How did it break?
Moon: Well when I got done using it at SWJ's tent party, IRISH wanted to use it
IRISH: That's true, sorry Coach
Coach Steve: So how did it break?
Moon: Well a bunch of people wanted to use it after IRISH. Souliman hopped up there along with Grizzly25 and Zam
Coach Steve: You didn't stop them?
Moon: Coach, you gotta understand, it was crowded and there were too many of them
Coach Steve: So did someone else break it?
Moon: Not really, it wasn't broken when we brought it back to the house, just loose
Coach Steve: So then how'd it break?
Crockett: Well when he got back, I wanted to use it too
Coach Steve: For what?
Crockett: This one quitter got pissed about my list and I lost it
Coach Steve: Who was it? Did he post it on the main board?
Crockett: Naw man. He told someone else in private and that person let me know
Coach Steve: I see. So did you break it?
Crockett: Well, kinda...
Coach Steve: What do you mean kinda?
BBM: So Coach, here's the deal. I came in last night and Crockett was up on the wobbly soapbox yelling about how dudes are supposed to be tough and not have any feelings and stuff like that
Coach Steve: And?
BBM: So when he was done, I jumped right up there too. You know, cause dudes do have feelings and stuff
Coach Steve: Did it break then?
BBM: Not exactly right then. When I was done, Moon wanted to say something too
Moon: Yeah. I got up there after BBM. Coach, I was just pissed man, you know the SWJ tent got me fired up and then I come back home and Crockett is yelling about how awesome his coloring is and shit
Crockett: You're a fucking liar! My coloring is the best!
Moon: Oh yeah, well you're a prick and the sky isn't brown!
Coach Steve: Gentleman! Please, for the love of God will you just shut the fuck up
BBM: Um Coach, now might not be the best time but could you please not say the "F" word and God in the same sentence?
Coach Steve: Sorry brother. Anyways, how did the fucking soapbox break?
IRISH: For pete's sake, I'll tell him. Moon, Crockett and BBM were fighting over who got to use the soapbox next and each one of them had a hand on trying to pull it away from the other.....and it just...broke
Coach Steve: Fucking children. You know that was my grandfather's soapbox? It had a special significance to me because he never used tobacco in his whole life
Moon: Coach, I'm so sorry...
Crockett: Maybe you should've gotten a better soapbox that didn't suck?
Coach Steve: Really Crockett? Now is not the time!
Crockett: You're right
[Crockett makes his way out of the living room and into the front hall to begin working on his incredibly offensive list of accountability]
BBM: Well brothers, I gotta run. My flock really needs me this time of the year. It's like a Christian Super Bowl
IRISH: Me too, gotta go look after some school children and then pump some iron
Coach Steve: Later fellas, thanks for the honesty
(BBM and IRISH exit the house and leave Moon and Coach Steve standing in the living room)
Moon: Maybe we can glue it together or something?
Coach Steve: Don't worry about it. We'll just use a chair or something from now on I guess
(The faint sound of Crockett scribbling on a chalk board can be heard in the glass house of April. Cbird is still roaming from room to room asking if anyone has seen Otter?)