Just a funny pool hall yarn...

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Originally Posted by Tramp Steamer View Post

pt, that was one great story, but I can't say as I see a grain of truth in it. Here's one that I've told before, but there's enough newbies here to make it worth tellin' again, and if it ain't true it ought to be.

Many years ago, while in the service of my country, I lived aboard on old WWII vintage LST, tied up at one the piers in Little Creek, Virginia and during my off time would frequent a nearby poolroom in one of the strip centers just outside the main gate. The owners name was Bob and he was a retired Marine First Sargeant and since I had been coming there for the better part of a year we had become friends and were on a first name basis.
One night, just before closing time, Bob comes over to where I'm practicing One Pocket breaks and just stands there for a couple of minutes watching.
I look over at him and say. "Hey, Bob. What's happening?"
"Not much." He says.
"Got somethin' on your mind?" I ask.
"Well, yeah Mike, I do." Bob says. Scratching his chin. "I was wondering if you could do me a favor?
"Absolutely." I said. "Name it."
Bob scratched his chin a little bit more and said. "I don't think I ever told you this but I have a daughter about your age and, well, she doesn't date much on account of her being in this wheelchair and all, and I was wondering if you might take her out on a date. It would mean a lot to me if you did. I would lend you my van and pay for everything. What do you say?"
Bob was just too nice of a guy to say no to so I agreed. As long as he was paying, I thought, how bad could it be.
That next Saturday night I show up at Bob's house. He let's me in and I sit down on the couch and wait for his daughter to finish getting ready.
It isn't long before Bob pushes a wheelchair into the livingroom and sitting in it is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. Her hair is long, and golden. Her skin is soft and white with a hint of blush on her flawless cheeks and her eyes are as blue as a morning sky in Summer. I was speechless.
Bob introduced us. Her name was Sarah and she had just graduated from high school this past spring. I told her I was in the Navy but was unsure as to what I wanted to do after my enlistment was up. We left shortly after that and started what would become one of the best Summers of my entire life.
Sarah and I had been dating for the better part of three months when one night as we were setting out in her back yard, talking and listening to music on a portable radio, she asked me to do something very special for her.
Like I said, we had dated for a while now, and sometimes late in the evenings we had held hands and kissed, but to night was much different. Tonight had become more passionate. More intense. As we sat, she in her wheelchair and I in my patio chair, she put her lips to my ear and asked if we could make love.
Although shocked, I to was excited, and asked her how. She suggested that I push her over beneath a nearby tree and help her out of her chair where she could grab onto a low hanging limb. I couldn't help myself and did as she instructed.
No sooner had we finished making love and I had gotten her down from the tree and settled back into her wheelchair, the porch light came on.
I could see Bob's outline in the shadow of the light and he called for me to come to the back door. I was scared to death.
When I got to the porch he said. "I saw what you did."
"You saw us?" I said. "Bob, I don't know what..."
"I saw what you did." He repeated. "And I just wanted to say thanks."
I was dumbfounded. "Thanks for what?" I said.
"Thanks for putting her back in the wheelchair. Most of the guys just leave her hanging in the tree."