Tom @jetbets17 - Twitter Profile

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about 4 years ago

Congrats to Rich Strike…. Thank you Santin/ Mira Mission! Turf W’s every big day. Speak of the Devil… Stolen Base/Balknikov

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1 day ago

Herb Dean is wild man….

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3 days ago

Shakespeare wasn't real (debatable), but this guy is.

NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依

@japan_nobunaga

4 days ago

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving. Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free. I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these." "They just come with the table, man." They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner. This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat. I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared. "Did we…?" "Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless." Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined. My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude." Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most. Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

japan_nobunaga's tweet photo. USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

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3 days ago

@BarstoolBigCat I’m going to add to that with a cup of Peanut butter ice cream. Anyone else?

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UncleChris

@TheChris213

GirlDadx2, Louisville Fan, Horse Racing, Cigars. Probably eating a hot dog at Churchill Downs.

Beer drinker, debtor, and degenerate gambler. I'm looking for a place where I can settle down with my peculiar habits and the women that I frequent with.

Tom @JetBets17

3 days ago

Big DOOM for Rocco’s

CWS Jello Shot Challenge

@CWSShotBoard

4 days ago

That escalated quickly! @WVUBaseball is now top ten all time and they haven't even played a game yet! Special shout out to @PatMcAfeeShow for coming in and leaving the largest tip Rocco's has ever seen. Helluva guy. Let's play ball! #roadtoroccos