MEGA MAN

This is the story I was told. I wasn't there, so I don't know if it's true or not, all I can do is relay what I was told.

When my little brother was about 8 years old (and I wanna say this was 1987?) he used to go over to a friends house and they would have what is now known as "play dates". That's what the parents call it today. Back then they weren't called play dates. Back then you just jumped on your fuckin' bike and rode over to your friends house.

Regardless....

One of the "hottest" toys at the time was of course the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) and this could pretty much spell the end of all outdoor activities. Didn't matter if it was Super Mario Brothers, The Legend Of Zelda, Contra, Mike Tyson's Punchout. A new game presented new challenges, and those new challenges would eat up an entire Saturday afternoon.

On this day the game was "Mega Man".

The plan of attack was pretty basic. Everybody would sit around with a 2 liter of "Orange Crush" eating "Doritos" and taking  turns playing "Mega Man." As with anything, the more you play the better you get. Sometimes these kids would put in 6-7 hours a day playing this one game, reaching new and much more exciting levels of "Mega Man" in hopes to eventually conquer the game.

Well, legend has it that one time, in the midst of achieving a landmark new level (Level 9), one of my brothers' friends would introduce a new, unorthodox style of play.

You see, instead of pressing the "pause" button on the NES controller, this kid would get so excited about the endless possibilities of Mega Man Level 9 that he once waived off a trip to the bathroom and broke one off in his pants, right there in the living room.

Oh yeah. Where most kids would be like, "Hey I gotta take a crap..." then press pause. This little savage "ain't got time for that." No need to keep everyone waiting, homeboy just decided