I’m sure everyone has had a situation in his/her life that, in some way, seemed like a scene out of the movie Clerks. “Oh man that’s like when Dante blah blah blah!” “Dude!” Well I can’t recall ever having a moment like that until this past weekend and I’m glad 1) it made me chuckle a lot and 2) it involved Thin Lizzy.

So I’m buying beer in Gator Beer in Gainesville, Florida in preparation for fun times at The Fest VI. I’m wearing a shirt depicting the art for Thin Lizzy’s 1976 masterwork — Jailbreak.

I go to pay and there’s three guys behind the counter. One comes to ring me up and the other two are just chillin [a la Dante and Randal]. I didn’t get their real names, so I’ll just call them Dante and Randal. Anyways, Dante notices my shirt:

Randal: Jailbreak. Cool shirt. [to Dante] You know tonight there’s going to be a jailbreak…

Dante: (singing opening guitar riff) Dun-T-Dun-T-Du-Nu-T-T-Ti-Dun-Dun-Dun-Dun Oh yeah really?

Randal: Yeah. Somewhere in this town. I never understood that. Somewhere. How the fuck can’t they figure that shit out? It’s like, where? I don’t know, probably at the jail ya know?

Me: (Much chortling and snickering)

Dante and Clerk #3: (laughing like Beavis and Butthead)

Anyways, I’m sure Phil has a plenty good explanation for what he meant, but he isn’t alive anymore so I can’t ask him. Any insight, guesses or conjectures are welcome in the comments section.

Breakout!