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Apparently, Weds == Good luck!

Posted on 2007.12.30 at 01:02
So, we spontaneously went to a casino.

It was easy enough. We were in Gatineau to look for some stuff that Quebec does better than Ontario, and on the way back there was this casino, and we were curious.

So we went, and wandered around. And noted who was apparently a prostitute vs. who was just dressed like one.

We cashed in ten dollars into quarters, and that was our gambling bankroll. Other than that, we had a couple of drinks (well, I was driving and am a frightening lightweight, but on the night Weds had a couple of drinks), and we spent the ten bucks on slot machines here and there.

We left with our ten bucks having become twenty-six dollars and twenty five cents.

We attribute our good luck to Fand, she who disguises herself as a sea bird and trains celtic ninjas in the art of urban infiltration. And also to our deciding to actually just play ten bucks regardless of result, but I digress. In Fand's name, we offered up some kind of chocolate martini girl drink thing, because... well, because.

Also, one woman wore white tights that had a built in sash in front of her pelvis. Well, sort of tights -- at the bottom, they flared into drapey bell bottoms. She looked like she had a day job as a 1970's kickboxing eyecandy bodyguard for a Bond villain.

And someone at one of the bars sang the acoustic cover of Layla. In French.

So, you know. A good time.

Except for the guy singing Layla. Jesus Christ.

Comments:


Mason Kramer
[info]masonk at 2007-12-30 06:11 (UTC) (Link)
The guy singing Layla was Jesus Christ? Man. You see all the cool stuff.
Petie
[info]petie_s at 2007-12-30 12:47 (UTC) (Link)
We have five casinos in town (one of them also a horse/dachshund race track), and they intrigued me ever since I moved here. There's a kind of phony opulence that, though tacky, I dig. Also, I love the pictures of "big winners" on the wall who look as if they're about to go jump off the roof.
DrS
[info]docstrange at 2007-12-30 15:28 (UTC) (Link)
(one of them also a horse/dachshund race track)

My money's on the horses. How do they set those odds, anyhow?
Petie
[info]petie_s at 2007-12-30 17:20 (UTC) (Link)
They put really long stilts in the dachshunds. :D

There's a charity dachshund race every year. It's about as crazy as you'd expect.
Darth Paradox
[info]darthparadox at 2007-12-31 19:03 (UTC) (Link)
Was it Lac-Leamy? I went there once when I visited Ottawa for a friend's wedding. All I remember is it being in Gatineau...

I've never seen another casino with an electronic horse-racing setup. It was a lot of fun, and I finished up $2.25, which I promptly blew on slots to break even for the evening.
Demiurgent
[info]demiurgent at 2008-01-01 20:47 (UTC) (Link)
It was indeed Lac Leamy!
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