Saturday, May 5, 2007

Nights with the Browns - by Tim



My favorite Tony memories were the nights when John and Prue brown would come over to visit our parents, and their sons Johnny and Bobby would hit the streets with us looking for excitement. One of our routines was the "water balloon bombs" where we would stalk the neighborhood looking for easy or not so easy targets for the harmless toss of a water balloon. Standout targets: the perfect chimney toss that extinguished one homes fireplace; the over the wall barbeque drop; the water balloon that jammed uninvited with a bar band; and best of all - the time cousin George took things a little too extreme and threw a balloon through someone's front window. The sight of his lanky frame riding away on a bike 10 years too small for him is one I will never forget.

Runner up: filling a car with old Christmas Trees. Good times brother. Happy Birthday.

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