Roy Horn, of Siegfried & Roy, passes away...

[Cohiba]

Didn't see a discussion but he passed away from complications of COVID-19.

Of all the times my wife and I have been going to Vegas...about 1987 to now, we never saw Siegfried and Roy's magic show. I think in the back of our minds we thought it would be kind of hokey. After his incident with the white tiger my wife and I wished we'd just seen one show...just to say we did it. Who knows...we may have loved it. Vegas icon ...gone.

This image was on the billboard of the Mirage casino for years: RIP Roy.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Random true story...

Took a vacation years ago to Vegas with the family. We spent time walking around, seeing all the stuff to see and what not because we're not partiers/drinkers/gamblers/etc... Ended up at whatever casino had this show at some point. This was after they were forced into injury reserve status.

So we're standing there, looking at the white tigers behind the glass, surrounded by strangers, and I kid you not... this guy, scraggly beard and old OU hat pipes up and says outloud "So which one mauled the queer?"

Gasps from most of the crowd, I got in trouble for losing my s**t laughing. Funniest thing I've ever seen on a vacation.

 

[Cohiba]

Back in the mid-1980's (waaay before I was married)I was playing poker out there with some guys I knew.

I had two -10's in my hand and the river...last cards...was showing two-jacks. So I had two pair..10's/Jacks.

It was down to me and one other guy and I knew he was slow playing me with his raising but he didn't raise so much that I folded...I had to see what his hand was...just out of curiosity.

Dealer said...."Show 'em". I turned over my cards...showing 10's and Jacks on the board.

Old buddy....slowly turned over two queens. As he raked in the chips he told me..and the table....I got beat by the Siegfried and Roy Hand.

2-Queens. Now when I hear that at poker tables with "old" guys sitting there playing...I know what they mean when they say: Siegfried and Roy at a poker table.

 

[Glock 40]

Random true story...

Took a vacation years ago to Vegas with the family. We spent time walking around, seeing all the stuff to see and what not because we're not partiers/drinkers/gamblers/etc... Ended up at whatever casino had this show at some point. This was after they were forced into injury reserve status.

So we're standing there, looking at the white tigers behind the glass, surrounded by strangers, and I kid you not... this guy, scraggly beard and old OU hat pipes up and says outloud "So which one mauled the queer?"

Gasps from most of the crowd, I got in trouble for losing my s**t laughing. Funniest thing I've ever seen on a vacation.

I laughed because you laughed.

 

[Toujours Pret]

I was going down an escalator which had a poster of Siegfried and Roy, when I heard an elderly lady behind me say: "Oh, they're not brothers are they?"