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For years we've been hearing about one of our friends' infamous former roommate. They became roommates, the story goes, when our friend answered a classified ad for a roommate that ended, "must like beer." He responded back with, "Hey, I'm looking for a place to live, and I like to drink beer." And this is how he became roommates with the guy that became known as Spaghetti Pete.
Spaghetti Pete is the sort of guy who likes to have a good time: when he's not working, he's either at a party, or throwing a party. You'll always be offered a beer. And every now and then Spaghetti Pete gets ideas about something that sounds like fun.
Spaghetti Pete (his real name being neither Peter, nor Pete) got his nickname when, the story goes, he ran afoul of customs trying to arrange the delivery of large quantities of spaghetti into one of the states south of us. The reason for this, he explained, was sexy ladies' spaghetti wrestling. I don't actually know whether the event went forward, or if he got caught up in customs and it never happened. But the nickname stuck around those who knew him, because, you know, given the circumstances, how could it not?
Spaghetti Pete looks like a Spaghetti Pete. He's small and slight, always seems to have a half-smirk, has a neatly trimmed beard, and wears a pair of dark sunglasses. He very much looks like a guy who likes to have fun. And after years of hearing stories about this guy secondhand, I was delighted to have finally met him this afternoon.