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Drunken Brawl

It was a Friday in the middle December and an early blizzard was forecasted.  I was at work, it was my first job after graduating from school. We got a call from the company's headquarters at 3:30 to close the office down early and send everybody home because of the storm.  One of my co-workers, Mike and I had our pay checks cashed and found our first bar before 4:00.  I was also able to secure a hotel room for the night about a mile and half away that my father managed.   Eleven hours and a few bars later Mike and I were both very drunk. I don't know how much we had.  A lot of it is a blur.  We left the bar and walk out into the aftermath of the blizzard.  The city was the quietest I had ever seen it.  We saw only a few people and no cars which was unusual even at this late hour.  We started out on foot towards the hotel.  While we are walking a taxi cab came down the street towards us.  We wave him down and he stopped in the middle of the street.  As I