There's a lot going on in this photo, so let's break it down. Normally, Mark does not have his first beer prior to 9:00 am. Normally. It has happened a few times, but only under unusual or awesome circumstances. For example, maybe it happened once or twice while tailgating before football games. Maybe once or twice after long plane trips where Mark's body and the local time were not in Sync. And once after a concert (ironically, he thinks that it was N'Sync).
Anyway, on Saturday in Rio, Mark got his first beer in at 8:54 a.m. This was not part of the plan, but circumstances conspired to make it happen. First, the event started at 9:30. Mark was still terrified that lines would be long, so he arrived early. He was at the venue and completely through security at 8:45, a full 45 minutes before kick off (or whatever they do to officially start off a day of track and field). So, Mark decided to get some refreshments. He found a food stand which served pizza, some weird stuffed bread thing and popcorn, but the line was prohibitively long (we're talking 5-7 people). Right next to it, however, was a beer stand with a line of 1 person. So....yeah.
Plus, the beer cups had the Olympic event logos on them. I am told there are 42 different cups (collect them all!). Mark made it back with 5.
And not only that, but astute fans will notice Mark's Minnesota Vikings cap (this is the year!!!). Really astute fans will notice the logo on the beer cup is for Skol beer. Yep, Skol beer. As in "Skol!" - the phrase Vikings fans yell when the mighty purple make a play.
So, short line, cool cup, Skol beer and I wasn't driving anyway? Kind of had to do it.
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