More breif Vegas notes

[Phat Mack]

Being overweight is no excuse for not having a stylish tattoo on the small of your back, nor is it an excuse for failing to display it by wearing low-rider jeans and a halter top.

If you have ten kids, half of them in strollers, the best way to show them Vegas is by taking them for a walk on the Strip on a Saturday night.

Although vehemently opposed to registering the owners of firearms, I think it is time for the government to step in and license the owners of high heels. Such registration should be contingent on demonstrating an ability to walk in them.

Hints for those contemplating the demonstration of such an ability:

1) No matter how satisfying the ensuing "clomping" sound might be, having the heel and toe strike the pavement at the same time is not acceptable.

2) Leaning way backwards, as though in memory of some long-ago limbo contest, is not as strikingly fashionable as first might be imagined.

There used to be threads on this forum years ago about the disappearance of poker rooms from Vegas casinos. Poker rooms have staged a comeback, but another institution has not: the casino cafe/lunch counter/snack bar. Gambling joints need a place where a gambler can walk in, sit down at a counter, get a quick sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then, after finishing their repast, get back in action. I am amazed at the number of casinos that no longer offer this simple amenity. They seem to have been replaced by food courts, slot machines, and foo-foo joints too horrid to mention.