Jimmy Tingle’s Uncommon Sense

On April 27, 2005, in Latest News, by The News Staff

Jimmy_tingle_in_front_of_the_theater_300_2 You’ve been warned; Get beer, wine, 1-day chip at JTOB

As you may know our theater, Jimmy Tingle’s OFF BROADWAY, got a beer and wine license in December which everybody is thoroughly enjoying. No problems, no hassles.

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I love the warning labels alcohol companies are required to put on their products to help encourage people to drink responsibly.
Warning: Do not use this product if you’re going to operate heavy machinery.
Well we know that!
No one is going to have a few beers at the theater and then take the fork lift out for a spin, unless of course you’re with the Big Dig.
I would love to see even more honest and insightful warning labels on alcohol products.
Warning: This product can lead to delusions of grandeur. It can make you think you are better looking than you actually are. It can make you think the other person is better looking than they actually are. You may all of a sudden think you can dance.
Warning: Under the influence of this product you may start a fight with someone twice your size. You may have an urge to tell the Police how you think they should do their job You may say things you don’t really mean and then repeat them over and over and over again.
Warning: This product may be harmful of taken during pregnancy–and this product may lead to pregnancy. This product may lead to a hastily planned marriage and a long drawn out divorce. Child support, a broken home. This product can destroy families and ruin careers Wreck cars and poison your liver Put you in jail and even end your life.
Pursuing a beer and wine license was always a dilemma for me because I quite drinking 18 years ago and I still work with a lot of other guys who are also trying to stop drinking.
The night of the 6:00 meeting with city officials to get the beer and wine license, I had a conflicting appointment with another man I was supposed to help quite drinking that same evening at 6:30. I was hoping to be called before the board at 6:00, but at 6:00 they didn’t call me. AT 6:15 they didn’t call me and  at 6:30 they still hadn’t called me.
So then I faced a moral dilemma.
Do I help the sick and suffering alcoholic who is trying to stop drinking or do I get the beer and wine
Well, as I indicated, we got the license.
At 6:35 p.m. Divine Intervention. The Clerk approached me and said “congratulations Mr. Tingle you’ve been approved for the beer and wine license; you are free to go now.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I met the man 20 minutes later at St. Anne’s on Medford Street, and the man is doing fantastic, he’s still sober.
So the moral of this story is, if you have a drinking problem, you can come to Jimmy Tingle’s OFF BROADWAY Theater in Davis Square, have your last beer, and we’ll take you to rehab. We are a full service entertainment and social improvement establishment.

 

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