Before there were the boys of Jackass, there was the Texas Rodeo. Everybody from the surrounding ranches gather round, drinking lone star beer and try to coerce a poor sap through double dare or a lost bet to get on a bull, and is told, “all ya got to do is stay on for 8 seconds and you can get off”
Then again, there is the Rodeo Romeo, who is looking to impress the prettiest Cowgirl in the crowd, or was pressured by their girlfriend/wife. That was the case when Dan’s wife, Puspa, wanted him to show how much he loved her through bull riding.
Everybody watches, half snickering, others held in shock and awe as Dan TIES himself to the wildebeest and gets ready for the ride of his life. They spring open the gate and the bull goes into Mike Tyson mode, wanting blood from the unnatural object on his back. You shake your head when you see a relatively healthy body get hurled, kicked, stomped and any other horrors that can be inflicted by a bull. “Serves him right, the damn fool” you hear from the crowd; and as Dan is carried off on a stretcher, Puspa goes for another beer and the rest of the crowd gets closer to the rail for the next cowboy. This one makes it to the 8 and jumps off in time and all yell “Yeeeee Haaaww!!!” then they pack a fresh batch of dip in the lip.
There’s something morbid about the human condition, it is shown in the Roman arena all the way up to NASCAR, people want to see crazy crashes/clashes. And Texas is proud to carry the torch between them.
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