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I'm on a river! Never thought I'd see the day...big blue watery way.

There are few things in the world that are more Dudely besides heading out into the wilderness for a weekend with nothing but your balls, beers, booze, and ambition to get completely annihilated with your friends. If you are brave enough to take on a country excursion then heed some words of wisdom from your friendly Dudes.  

Recently the Bohemian Dude and 10 of his Compadudes headed to the Shenandoah River Valley to camp, fish, play poker, cornhole, and bring the DDO to a whole new level. We set up camp right next to the river; most of the dudes brought tents but some were adventurous enough to bring tent cots and hammocks. The weather was perfect, 75 and clear skies. After setting up camp we started a fire, threw some dogs and burgers on the grill and cracked some brew dogs to start it off. Not only is it necessary to bring an obscene amount of beers and hard liquor, camping also is kin to its organic friends, so make sure you have plenty. 

After a few rounds of drinking corn hole; losers take 2 shots and winners take 1, each round the losers drink the difference of the score. We all decided it was time to get in the river, not only to relieve our bladders, but to float and relax in the cool current. Now the river provides not only cool, crisp refreshment, but also serves as a source of nourishment. If you run out of water stuck out in the woods, you can boil some river water and treat it with a water treatment program, again found at your local outdoor store. There’s also plenty of wildlife in the water, fish, crayfish, mollusks, etc. Make sure you bring a fishing rod and some bait, or it’ll be a long weekend of berries and the runs!  

Once the night falls, break out the flashlights and lanterns so that you can play cards and other drinking games until the fire is out and you’re seeing triple. After you’ve taken all your friends money in a drunken haze, it’s either time to shoot off some guns (potato guns in this case) and cause a bunch of ruckus until you all pass out. It’s pretty routine to fuck with the wildlife at night, just be careful you know how to handle the primal retaliation that may come with it!  

Dudemandude…hopefully this has inspired you to get in touch with your dude roots and get out in the wild blue yonder with your compadudes to get completely destroyed. You never know what nature may throw your way, but at least you know you can DUDE with the best of them! 

It's Wedding Season. Dude it up!

Its that time again.  Country Clubs and restaurants are booked solid, stretch limos  and Escalades are lined up outside churches of all denominations and normal women every where are transforming into Bride-zillas.  It’s Wedding Season and you’re on your way back form the dry cleaners with that old suit you’ve had since college.  You know the one with the stains from the numerous White Russians and other mixed drinks that you wouldn’t drink usually – UNLESS you were at an open bar.  The Good Old Open Bar – sometimes the one determining factor whether or not you decide to put a check mark on the line next to “Attending” on the RSVP.  Now weddings for your friends, your family, people you converse with regularly that’s a different story.  You’re usually somewhat involved in the wedding and depending on how well you know the family or if it’s your own, there’s usually a level of “self control” that is expected of you because Great-Grandmother Agnes still thinks of you as a “sweet little boy”.  Bouncing around the room like a pinball and grinding on the mother of the bride isn’t exactly the way to keep that status in her mind – let alone set yourself up for that portion of her inheritance you’re due to get after the old broad croaks.

Nope, I’m talking about…

weddings for people that are friends of friends or the infamous friends or family of your current girlfriend / significant other.  These are the weddings that you’re not sure if you should go or not cuz “I don’t know anybody”.  The fact that no one knows you there isn’t always a bad thing! Dudes, don’t get me wrong, it could be an awkward situation the more you contemplate it – but as long as theres an open bar at the reception you can fight those early nerves by knocking back a few Dude-ly cocktails.  But who says you have to wait til the reception to start pounding brews and mixed drinks???  And who says the Booze-fest has to stop after the reception ends?  Since I’ve found myself in these situations several time over my Dude-ly career I thought I’d share some tips on how to turn this potentially awkward and boring situation into a Duding Story for the ages.

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Dude, I won an Oscar.

It is our job here at dudemandude.net to respect and praise our fellow dudes when something awesome happens. Thus, when we discovered that Jeff Bridges AKA The Dude, star of the dudliest film of all time The Big Lebowski won an Oscar for the movie Crazyheart, we felt obliged to honor the dude of all dudes. Read the rest of this entry »