Debauched - A Vegas Story
According to The Associated Press, Las Vegas tourism officials have decided to stuff almost half the population of Cranfills Gap, Texas into a jet and fly them to Sin City for a free five-day vacation. Up to 120 residents of the small, Texas town (pop. 358), including anyone who is under twenty-one and able to get the time off, have set aside December 13-17 for this momentous occasion.
The citywide vacation is part of a marketing effort to lure more of middle America into the deserts of Nevada to promote self-indulgence, debauchery, and legal prostitution. Tourism officials looked all across the nation for the right town before deciding to extend their generous offer to “The Gap.” This particular marketing ploy is going to be a part of the “What happens in Vegas, says in Vegas” campaign, and in order to prove their slogan wrong, a camera crew will be following the Cranfills Gappians around to record everything they do. (Note: Amazingly, the word “Gappians” does not have the little red underline beneath it that denotes a misspelled word.)
With half the town gone, I can’t help but wonder what the other half (made up largely of minors) is going to do with their time. Perhaps they’ll practice a little debauchery of their own. With Ma and Pa off gallavanting in Vegas, perhaps the kiddos will have a chance to turn Cranfills Gap into Sin City, Part 2.
Everybody wins!