It was an after work party at a local pub and I’d imbibed more than my share of the local brew. My tongue was loose and my self control less then. I’d migrated over to a group of co-workers discussing office politics when a slightly off-color remark caused me to deliver a quick pun filled one-liner. The group fell apart in near hysterics. As we slowly recovered what little dignity we had left I ordered a fresh pint. I had to reach through the group to get it when I felt a woman lean close to my left ear.
“Pretty nimble with the words there. That was amazing.” Her voice was pitched low and conspiratorial. I spoke out of the side of my mouth to her before I looked at her.
“Amazing? That’s nothing. You should see what I can do with my nimble tongue when I’m not talking.” I worked my drunken smile into a drunken leer and turned to see that I was talking to a most beautiful woman. I was temporarily stunned and so inadvertently held her gaze far longer then usual (for me at least). Her eyebrows rose a millimeter then relaxed.
“You seem a bit drunk.” Had I been sober I would have been apologizing profusely at this point. Of course, had I been sober I would have never made the comment in the first place. I wasn’t sober, I was drunk and so like a drunken fool I stayed the course.
“Well that’s not really a problem. Unlike other parts of the male anatomy, good drink simply loosens the tongue allowing increased performance not to mention the inability to monitor the passage of time.” That got a laugh from her as well as a shake of her head.
“You are quite the confident one aren’t you, maybe a little cocky.”
“Alas and most unfortunately a lack. For in my case through absolutely no fault of my own my cockiness comes with a small ‘c’. Perhaps I overcompensate with my linguistic predilections.” I was so far out of my depth that I did something so uncharacteristic that I surprised me. “Just to show you that my intentions are strictly pleasurable…” I fished a pen out of my pocket and flipped over a Guinness coaster.