Here are the pics from the last Rat Ride:





Emily on "Ann Margaret".




Digging for treasure. On the right, I'm preparing myself for my favorite part about the Rat Rides- tossing old shoes up onto the phone lines.




Nathan falls victim to one of the Rat's most feared enemies- the dreaded Nocturnal Alley Yak.




Alley Yaks fear but one thing: Chopper-riding Alley Panthers.




Behind one house we found a bunch of mirrored furniture and a bunch of stuffed animals. It looked like the result of a marital compromise: "I'll throw out my stuffed animal collection if you'll get rid of all that damn mirrored furniture! Our house looks like a coke dealer's!"




Emily said, "Better not touch that bear, I can almost guarantee it's been humped." Then she proceeded to demonstrate how it might have been humped.




I tied a string from one of its arms and we dragged it through the streets.




Eventually it was "bombs away!" as I cut the string in the middle of a busy intersection.




This baby wasn't looking too good after a rousing game of Kick the Baby. I left one of its hands in a water fountain and chucked the head in somebody's pool.




"Hey kids! Be cool, stay in school!"




Me: "Hey, look, an electric organ! Let's plug it in!"

Craig: "I could take it home! It's the best in the city of Chicago!"

Me: "This chunk o' shit? Come on, Craig!"

Matt: "I mean, really Craig, there's no action left on this piano."

Craig: "Excuse me, I don't think there's anything wrong with the action on this piano."




Craig: "Well I heard about the fellow you've been dancing with
All over the neighbourhood
So why didn't you ask me baby
Or didn't you think I could?

Well I know that the boogaloo is out of sight
but the shingaling's the thing tonight
But if that was you and me a now baby
I would have shown you how to do it right
Do it right (U-huh)
Do it riiight (Do it right)
Dot it riiiiiiiiight
Do it riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
Do it riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...."