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jeremywilhelm · 12-23-2008, 02:59 PM

Not sure if this is something weird that happened to me, or more something weird/stupid i decided to do.

So i was in Greece in 2003 for the world university championships. The competition was over and me and two other team mates had stuck around for a couple days after the rest of the team left.
We had to leave the next morning so we decided to go for a wander to find some Canadian whiskey (R and R, Canadian Club, Gibsons, whatever) we end up getting completely hammered wandering around athens. So we get back to the hotel around 2 am (our flight leaves at 6 am). Now, outside our hotel there was construction going on for the 2004 oympics, so there was a bunch of scaffolding going down the outside of the hotel to the ground. Earlier on in the week I joked about how we should skip out on the bill and just crawl down the scaffolding. Knowing the guys sticking around with me would never do it.

Anyways we get back to the hotel at 2 am and my two teammates are like, "OK, lets do it!" I was skeptical, but i packed my stuff and got ready and BAM! all of a sudden, im hammered, crawling down scaffolding 60 feet up from the ground with a 80 pounds duffelbag in my hands. We are about 20 feet off the ground when the bag slips out of my friends hand.
Clang clang clang it falls almost to the ground, but gets hung up on the scaffolding. Us, being the genius's that we are, just continue on down. I get about 8 or 9 feet from the ground and jump. My friends jump down beside me....

And the hotel manager is standing at the corner about 20 feet away staring at us.

So... of course, I yell "run!!!"

We get around a corner into an alley and i jump behind this large dumpster while one the guys keeps on running ahead down the dark alley. I look back, and the third guy is just standing at the mouth of the alley with a deject look of having given up on his face. (im hidden behind the dumpster). So the Manager walks to the end of the alley and yells "please come out, and i will not call the cops"

I of course am thinking, "bullcrap!"

but seeing as how my one friend was already caught, I wait about 5 mins and then just walk out of the alley. The guy takes us back into the hotel to the lobby and starts rummaging behind the desk. Im thinking, "ok, great, greek jail, this is gonna be one mulleted sodomy freak show".
So i reach in my pocket and ask him how much it will cost for him to not call the cops.

He looks at me and says "please, just pay your bill"

I look at him with incredulousness, hand him the 200 euros and we jump in a taxi to leave.

At which point my friend who got away shows up out front of the hotel. He jumps in and we head to the airport, scott free, and laughing histerically.

I guess its not the weirdest thing, but i thought it was a little strange that all the guy wanted was for me to pay my bill.

12-23-2008, 02:59 PM	#30
jeremywilhelm Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Americas hat Exp:	Not sure if this is something weird that happened to me, or more something weird/stupid i decided to do. So i was in Greece in 2003 for the world university championships. The competition was over and me and two other team mates had stuck around for a couple days after the rest of the team left. We had to leave the next morning so we decided to go for a wander to find some Canadian whiskey (R and R, Canadian Club, Gibsons, whatever) we end up getting completely hammered wandering around athens. So we get back to the hotel around 2 am (our flight leaves at 6 am). Now, outside our hotel there was construction going on for the 2004 oympics, so there was a bunch of scaffolding going down the outside of the hotel to the ground. Earlier on in the week I joked about how we should skip out on the bill and just crawl down the scaffolding. Knowing the guys sticking around with me would never do it. Anyways we get back to the hotel at 2 am and my two teammates are like, "OK, lets do it!" I was skeptical, but i packed my stuff and got ready and BAM! all of a sudden, im hammered, crawling down scaffolding 60 feet up from the ground with a 80 pounds duffelbag in my hands. We are about 20 feet off the ground when the bag slips out of my friends hand. Clang clang clang it falls almost to the ground, but gets hung up on the scaffolding. Us, being the genius's that we are, just continue on down. I get about 8 or 9 feet from the ground and jump. My friends jump down beside me.... And the hotel manager is standing at the corner about 20 feet away staring at us. So... of course, I yell "run!!!" We get around a corner into an alley and i jump behind this large dumpster while one the guys keeps on running ahead down the dark alley. I look back, and the third guy is just standing at the mouth of the alley with a deject look of having given up on his face. (im hidden behind the dumpster). So the Manager walks to the end of the alley and yells "please come out, and i will not call the cops" I of course am thinking, "bullcrap!" but seeing as how my one friend was already caught, I wait about 5 mins and then just walk out of the alley. The guy takes us back into the hotel to the lobby and starts rummaging behind the desk. Im thinking, "ok, great, greek jail, this is gonna be one mulleted sodomy freak show". So i reach in my pocket and ask him how much it will cost for him to not call the cops. He looks at me and says "please, just pay your bill" I look at him with incredulousness, hand him the 200 euros and we jump in a taxi to leave. At which point my friend who got away shows up out front of the hotel. He jumps in and we head to the airport, scott free, and laughing histerically. I guess its not the weirdest thing, but i thought it was a little strange that all the guy wanted was for me to pay my bill.