LAMINATE YOUR OWN OFFICIAL-LOOKING I.D. NIGHT!

(or anything else you can fit through the laminator)

Are you too young-looking to get into a bar? Have you ever wanted to pass yourself off as a government agent, but all you had access to was Photoshop and a color printer? Did you ever wonder what a cockroach looks like after it's been sealed inside a stiff plastic laminated cover? Then this Happy-Hour is for you!

Dave, one of our regular dive-bar patrons and the man who single- handedly exceeded all Yahoo group service limits with his haikus, has graciously offered to bring in his laminating machine so that we can pass all sorts of questionable material through its rollers. So search around for magazine cut-outs, business cards, bogus IDs, bounced checks, embarrassing photos, etc. so you can seal them up for posterity. The capacity is around 3" by 5" so think out your design accordingly.

One practical but boring application is to make up a phone index on a card and then laminate it for durability. A more interesting piece might include something clever that you printed out at work, or a collection of your favorite pornographic images reduced down to a convenient wallet-size card. Or even laminate a dollar bill and give it to the bartender as a tip!

Depending on how many people show up, everyone will get at least one 3X5-ish plastic cover, maybe two if there aren't too many attendees. If anyone can find a source for more covers and bring them in they'd become heroes for the evening and get free drinks! (Sorry I didn't research this earlier and post some info but this idea came together, as most dive-bar activities do, at the last minute.) Other items to bring are 3x5 cards, glue of some sort, scissors, and flat material to work with. Remember that your workplace (and its laser printers) is always a good resource for this kind of stuff.

In honor of Dave (the owner of the laminator), we'll be meeting at Dave's (the bar) on 3rd Street. So that makes this a Dave-Bar Happy Hour, which is exactly the sort of crappy pun that Dave would make if he had thought of it first. But buy him a drink anyway, for being a sport.

Tuesday, August 7
5:30 to 7:00 (give or take)
Dave's
29 3rd Street (at Market) in S.F.

Montgomery BART station
Muni lines: just about all of them (the bar is staggering distance to
Market Street, really.)