Tom, as you might imagine, alcohol was heavily involved in the original event, as you might well imagine.
I believe the fellow with the cup on his head is the other guy, but I could be wrong.
No riverboats were injured in the production of this event.
Of course, It is entirely possible that I have everything I just said wrong. It's been a long time since I thought about the details.
A side note to this event. Years ago at the Coeur d'Alene rendezvous, probably in the 1980's somewhere, I decided to put on a Mike Fink shoot. Instead of using a paper target, I fashioned a "body" out of 2x4's, put a 1" dowel in the top crossmember with a styrofoam wig head on the dowel. I dressed the guy with an old flannel shirt I had and drew a face on the wig head with a magic marker. Oh yes, I put a wig on top of the head as well. I thought it turned out pretty good for a person of my limited artistic abilities. Instead of going broke buying tin cups, I just used old canned vegetable tins for the cup. Unbeknownst to anyone at the shoot, I had hollowed out the head and filled a plastic sandwich bag with tomato sauce and canned tomatoes and placed that into the cavity. The can was filled with water, to simulate whiskey. I just waited for someone to miss the can and shoot low. To my great disappointment, nobody did. Rats! Going to prove, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
I really wanted to shoot at it with my Brown Bess, but it was my novelty shoot so I couldn't participate. I had that guy standing in my garage for quite a while. I guess I finally took it apart and used the lumber for something else. But that doesn't mean you guys couldn't duplicate this and have fun with it at your rondy.
John (Bigsmoke)
