[pct-l] One last joke..

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

That's a cute one.

What's the deal with Switchback? Why is he always the star of all  
these jokes?


On Mar 3, 2011, at 1:11 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> One last last joke.
>
> Switchback pulled into Kennedy Meadows and went to the General  
> Store for some hard earned beer. He sat at a table by himself. The  
> waitress came over and asked, "What'll ya have?" Switchback  
> replied, "Bring me three beers." The waitress came back with the  
> three beers. Switchback drank the first beer, then the second, then  
> the third. The waitress came by again and asked, "What else can I  
> get for ya?" He replied, "Bring me three more beers, please." The  
> waitress said, "You know I can bring you those beers one at a time.  
> That way they'll say nice and cold for ya."
>
> "Well," he said, "I usually hike with my two hiking buddies,  
> TrailTrollop and KrustyThong. We hiked the AT together, the CDT  
> together, and the Colorado trail together. They couldn't come on  
> this trek, so at every town I order a beer for them and drink it  
> for them in their honor." The waitress says, "That's real sweet,"  
> and gets him the three more beers.
>
> After drinking the last of those three beers, Switchback gets a  
> call. After the call he looks all down and depressed. The waitress  
> comes by and asks, "Anything else?" He says, "Bring me two more  
> beers, please." The waitress notices how sad he looks and notes  
> that he only wants two beers now. "Oh no", she exclaims, "That call  
> you got. Did one of your hiking buddies die?"
>
> Switchback looks up at her sadly and says, "No, that was my doctors  
> office. He wants me to give up drinking."
>
> TrialHacker
>
> "When my feet hurt, I can't think straight"
> Abraham Lincoln