January 26th, 2006
Trust the Deuce Baish!
Every once in a while the gods align to provide evidence in a higher power, the jesus christ in a tortilla, the crying of blood from a statue of the virgin mary, and what happened on January 22nd, 2006 in Las Vegas. The Suburban Home crew were once again in Vegas for the annual BYO Records bowling tournament. This is always one of the best times of the year for us and this weekend was no exception. I might even go so far as to say that this was the most epic weekends of my life and I feel like I have done some pretty incredible things. I will provide an account of the single most amazing thing that happened over the weekend.
Joey from Suburban Home and some of the guys we were sharing a hotel room with had all decided to watch the Seattle Seahawks game in the room and maybe get a little bit of shut-eye. At some point during this game, nature called and Joey had to drop a deuce. As he sat there, he thought to himself just how tired he was while holding up his head with one of his hands. Something compelled him to take a look at what lay beneath him and he could not believe his eyes. Joey had just pooped a two. He began giggling to himself which caused the guys in the hotel room to wonder what the hell was going on. Joey decided that he had to show the guys and even went so far as to postpone the paperwork as he was afraid of compromising his prized work. Having lost his voice from the late night shenanigans the night before, he could only get out a half-hearted, “Hey guys, I pooped a two.” The guys didn’t know what he had said so again, this time with a little more umph, Joey announced, “I POOPED A TWO!, SOMEONE GRAB A CAMERA.” Nobody volunteered to help out in what would surely be a difficult task so Joey grabbed Scott’s camera(after Scott insisted Joey wash his hands) and took a photo of THE DEUCE himself. He brought out the camera, showed the guys, and the crew could not believe their eyes. Scott suggested someone take a photo with Joey and the Deuce Deuce, but would not do it himself as to avoid what he was sure was a very rank smell inside. It was at this point that Kyle offered his assistance to photograph Joey with his miraculous accomplishment. Enclosed is the resulting photo. thedeucedeuce Note that Joey had not wiped his ass at this point and note again that after the commotion was over and Joey did wipe, it was a clean swipe. For the rest of the Vegas weekend, we would go up to perfect strangers and ask, “Would you like to see the most incredible photo of your life?” and people would shrug their shoulders and say, “sure”. Their reaction afterwards usually depended on if they were female or male. Females for the most part were absolutely disgusted while most Males looked on in amazement and envy. This photo also inspired the term, Trust the Deuce, which we define as the appearance of a deuce from the black jack dealer’s hand and having the confidence to beat this less than stable card. Word had spread so much through the bowling tournament that at one point a perfect stranger came up to Chris Fogal and asked, “Hey, aren’t you friends with the guy who pooped the two?” It hadn’t occured to us til after the flight back home that the deuce deuce was actually born on the 22nd of January (get it? 22 =s two two or as we call it the deuce deuce!) which we hope will become some kind of international holiday. And in a perfect world, Joey would receive fame and fortune for his amazing accomplishment.
Needless to say, we had an unbelievable weekend and from this point, we will Trust the Deuce! - Virgil
p.s. I just purchased the domain name, www.trustthedeuce.com, and would be willing to sell it for TWO MILLION DOLLARS!
Written by Virgil Dickerson
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On January 26th, 2006 at 10:40 am
Kyle said:
Virgil, I think you captured this epic event spectacularly. What an amazing story from an amazing weekend!
On January 26th, 2006 at 11:14 am
Joey said:
99.9% correct. Forgot the part where strippers woke us from their window across the Sam’s Town Atrium
On January 26th, 2006 at 11:36 am
Traci said:
AMAZING!!!!
That’s really all I can say….
On January 26th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Foghat said:
I have now seen the deuce deuce photo 526 times. It is burned into my brain and every time I shit I will feel like my poo is somehow inferior. That is until I poop the roman numeral II.
On January 27th, 2006 at 10:00 am
Dr. Dude said:
And to think that it was only a few days ago that I thought Joe Boo was never going to amount to anything……and now look at him…….(tear)….He will be forever immortalized as the “Dude who pooped a two”….I’m so proud of little fella
On January 28th, 2006 at 4:32 pm
robin said:
Lucky guy!! I have pooped some GREAT things but I will be damed if I coild get anyone to look never mind a picture… Guess I am hanging with the wrong people…(I’m jealous)
On January 29th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
Brady said:
I would call it fucking amazing but knowing that it came from Joey it does not suprise me at all! Good game Joey!
On January 31st, 2006 at 4:00 pm
ANTIROBOT » Blog Archive » Trust the Deuce said:
[…] My friends Virgil and Sean have started a new indie music website called Indie HQ. Be sure to check out their deuce photo. It is amazing and may change your life. […]
On April 21st, 2007 at 5:07 am
State of the Union Volume 3 at Suburban Home Records said:
[…] In regards to Suburban Home’s immediate future, we have a little over one week left at our offices. Today, the folks from Mania TV (Jessica and Alisha) stopped by to do a small feature on Suburban Home for their indie music show. I am pretty excited about this and look forward to seeing how it turns out. I took the film crew on a beer run as every Friday, we go to the liquor store and stock up on beer. We shared stories with ManiaTV and I even shared the story of the deuce deuce in graphic detail. We also introduced their viewers to the greatest game on the planet, Washers! Washers is not unlike Horse Shoes, but instead of horse shoes, you throw weighted washers. Our only rule is that you have to have a beer in your hand at all times. You are awarded points for the various places the washer lands in the box and that is it. I hope to see it become an Olympic sport by 2020, but if it doesn’t, I will still play this amazing game. Next week, we will be packing and packing and packing and eventually moving, moving, moving. I have mixed feelings about the move and I am sure all next week I will experience a wide range of emotions. I love the people that work at Suburban Home and hope to be in their lives after they are no longer working at Suburban Home. It is tough to admit that your business is struggling and definitely a humbling experience to explain that you are downsizing an already small operation. […]
On April 21st, 2007 at 5:07 am
IndieHQ [State of the Union Volume 3] said:
[…] In regards to Suburban Home’s immediate future, we have a little over one week left at our offices. Today, the folks from Mania TV (Jessica and Alisha) stopped by to do a small feature on Suburban Home for their indie music show. I am pretty excited about this and look forward to seeing how it turns out. I took the film crew on a beer run as every Friday, we go to the liquor store and stock up on beer. We shared stories with ManiaTV and I even shared the story of the deuce deuce in graphic detail. We also introduced their viewers to the greatest game on the planet, Washers! Washers is not unlike Horse Shoes, but instead of horse shoes, you throw weighted washers. Our only rule is that you have to have a beer in your hand at all times. You are awarded points for the various places the washer lands in the box and that is it. I hope to see it become an Olympic sport by 2020, but if it doesn’t, I will still play this amazing game. Next week, we will be packing and packing and packing and eventually moving, moving, moving. I have mixed feelings about the move and I am sure all next week I will experience a wide range of emotions. I love the people that work at Suburban Home and hope to be in their lives after they are no longer working at Suburban Home. It is tough to admit that your business is struggling and definitely a humbling experience to explain that you are downsizing an already small operation. […]
On April 21st, 2007 at 5:08 am
State of the Union Volume 3 » Vinyl Collective said:
[…] In regards to Suburban Home’s immediate future, we have a little over one week left at our offices. Today, the folks from Mania TV (Jessica and Alisha) stopped by to do a small feature on Suburban Home for their indie music show. I am pretty excited about this and look forward to seeing how it turns out. I took the film crew on a beer run as every Friday, we go to the liquor store and stock up on beer. We shared stories with ManiaTV and I even shared the story of the deuce deuce in graphic detail. We also introduced their viewers to the greatest game on the planet, Washers! Washers is not unlike Horse Shoes, but instead of horse shoes, you throw weighted washers. Our only rule is that you have to have a beer in your hand at all times. You are awarded points for the various places the washer lands in the box and that is it. I hope to see it become an Olympic sport by 2020, but if it doesn’t, I will still play this amazing game. Next week, we will be packing and packing and packing and eventually moving, moving, moving. I have mixed feelings about the move and I am sure all next week I will experience a wide range of emotions. I love the people that work at Suburban Home and hope to be in their lives after they are no longer working at Suburban Home. It is tough to admit that your business is struggling and definitely a humbling experience to explain that you are downsizing an already small operation. […]