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Ahhh… Yesterday was the first day of Spring. Good bye to the cold and snow (which we haven’t had all year). On comes the spring, the season of love, which leads to engagements which leads to that sacred, holy ritual gathering of friends and family….of course I’m talking about the bachelor party!

Ah, the bachelor party…since I can only remember bits and pieces from a drunken haze I can only assume that they are fun. In fact let’s pause in memory of the great times we must have had. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ok that’s enough. Don’t get all damn sentimental on me. But truly bachelor parties have got to be one of the greatest inventions of modern man. The sacred “Code of Men” prevents me from providing specifics, but I’m sure your imagination can fill in the blanks. But truly this is what all of life should be like…fun, exciting and no cameras allowed.

Now as a few male co-workers of mine and I were remembering some past bachelor parties, something struck me….a hand across the face from one of my female co-workers who had overheard our conversation….pity, we had forgotten she was sitting next to us. Of course that knocked another idea into my head…

Why should Bachelor Parties only happen before weddings?? Why must we reserve our fun, until just before our untimely deaths?? We all agree they are fun…so what’s the argument against this???

I propose that Bachelor parties have a new meaning. Instead all bachelors should have a Bachelor Party every year as a way of confirming that they are still a bachelor. Now this would work out great, even for the married guys. It is true that over time in any group of friends, bachelors will disappear due to simple attrition. However, there will most likely always be one bachelor in each group of friends, and his yearly Bachelor parties provide fun for all.

Not only is it good clean fun, but the profits of the liquor and strip club industries would probably triple overnight….although I suppose so would liver cancer….oh well…

So who’s bachelor party is it this weekend?