Do you bite your thumb at me, sir? (Costa Mesa mix)

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There's this Del Taco in Costa Mesa, California at Newport Boulevard and 17th Street. It's open 24 hours a day. It's near a couple of record stores, some bars, and Café Ruba, which is the coffee joint for unhappy teenagers.

So a lot of kids and young adults hang around this Del Taco and raise heck. It used to be a big straightedge hangout. For some reason it's where fights happen in this town.

The drunk bro dudes at shorescrew.com have documented one pretty good Del Taco brawl for us: Del Taco Fight (page with embedded Quicktime video).

It's almost identical to a fight I saw in fourth grade except everyone's in their 20s and a vintage car is vandalized. Special attention to the really cool ape noises the guy in grey makes near the end of the barely visible second half of the battle.

Comments

[trinx.livejournal.com]

y'know, all i had to read was "there's this del taco.."

[the1withtheeyes.livejournal.com]

::speachless::

Couldn't finish it for some reason.

[odradak.livejournal.com]

So my first thought was something like "Gosh, I spent a fair amount of time there, I think I'll follow the link just for shallow nostalgia". Second was "Gosh I'm glad I've never been around for that kind of idiocy". Third was "Gosh, I am so glad I live in Southeast Portland I could wet myself".
Then I really wanted a 69¢ red burrito with a really greasy quesadilla and fries.
Oh man that sounds so good.

Re: Couldn't finish it for some reason.

[odradak.livejournal.com]

Do you realize that there are NO Del Tacos in Oregon?

Re: Couldn't finish it for some reason.

[brianenigma.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes I know. There are plenty of Taco Bells and Taco Times, but neither compares.

We had to make a 40 minute round trip to Vancouver last summer to fulfill a jones for Del Taco.

[threepunchstuff.livejournal.com]

That was embarrassing. Doubly so when I thought I saw my sister walk into frame.

Gorillas with the Mist/Supersized!

[nebris.livejournal.com]

I loved their MySpace account. [you linked it a while back] Very Tribal. =)

~M~

[porcinea.livejournal.com]

The sheer raw power of the American male. Huh.

[frobisher.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to think that The Sheer Raw Power Of The American Male(tm) is the best reason I've heard yet for me getting a sex change.

:-/

[halfjack.livejournal.com]

Evolution doesn't work nearly fast enough for my tastes.