Post #330162 by Billy the Crud on Tue, Sep 4, 2007 3:09 PM

I think the rules should be more like "guidelines". We're all adults and we all know how to govern ourselves appropriately, although we joke that we don't. I never would have brought my daughter to the parkchop, had I not planned on a sitter.....unfortunately, I got flaked on. I'm not going through that again(or putting her through that, either), that's for damned sure. I'll be leaving her with my sister every time from now on, or I simply will not be able to make it.

Drinking while chopping? Hmmm.......If I want a cocktail or a beer while I'm chopping, I'm going to have one, although I normally prefer not to. I had a half of a beer while chopping at Oasis and immediately cut myself twice in 30 minutes. Chopping drunk? Like I said before.....we're all adults here and should know how to behave as such. You start making "rules", you start having to enforce them and I'm not getting involved in any of that. How about we all just agree to use our freakin' heads, eh? If a chop host wants to lay down some guidelines then that's their prerogative.......It's his or her house, and we should respect that. I'm sure Bill would have no problem asking someone who is "out of line" to quit or split if they disrespected his house and I think we're all on friendly enough terms that the lines of communication should be pretty open between us. We're all "friends", right?

Safety equipment? Up to the host. Safety requirements for your house may be chaps, goggles, gloves, etc, and that should be respected. At Cammos house, you take off your shoes and at Buzzys house, you wear steel-toes......and you don't smoke in my house.

These are just my thoughts, I could be wrong.

Has anyone ever thought of having a beach chop? Like maybe at OB or something? Was thinking about that after the Parkchop. We should do it in the fall, man.