Jawbox wrote:
I think it was the Oily Dischargers....
Let me tell you the tale of how I came to choose the name: The Oily Dischargers. It's more than just a clever play on the San Diego Chargers, and is a story which is very close to my heart.
When I was a teen, I would work various jobs when summer came. Often I would gain employment with a buddy who's father owned a roofing company. They lived over the pass and in the mountains, and rather than make that commute every day, I would often just stay a week at their house. It was nice and relaxing, full of stoney moments, drunken hikes and lots of guns.
One evening, after a hard-day's work, I found myself toking with his mother, and a commercial came on the television for one of those herpes medications. They started going through the list of potential side-effects, and the list included headaches, upset stomach, listlessness and, finally, an oily discharge.
Well, I laughed and proclaimed: "I'd rather have herpes than an oily discharge!"
"You have herpes?" She quizzed.
"No, no I was just-"
"I've struggled with that horrible disease for the last thirty years," she went on from there, but I really couldn't believe what I was hearing. It made sense, though, as I had always wondered why they were so big on making sure your towel got put into the hamper right after use.
Anyway, my friend's mom has herpes.
Edited, Sep 25th 2006 at 12:13pm EDT by Barkingturtle