Our amigos at CagePotato have disseminated a tribute piece to legendary actor Patrick Swayze, who passed on yesterday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Swayze starred in a handful of key roles that molded my youth, much to the dismay and chagrin of my parents and parole officer, such as Red Dawn, The Outsiders (from which my moniker is derived), and of course, Road House.  CagePotato illustrates the "ten most important fighting lessons you can take away from Road House":

1. That dude probably has a knife blade in his boot. 2. And he is too stupid to have a good time. 3. Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee, and he'll drop like a stone. 4. If things get really hairy, call Sam Elliot. 5. Be nice.  Until it’s time to not be nice. 6. If you're gonna have a pet, keep it on a leash. 7. When a man sticks a gun in your face, you got two choices.  You can die, or you can kill the motherfucker. 8. Pain don’t hurt. 9. Being called a cocksucker isn’t personal. It's just two nouns combined to elicit a prescribed response. 10. No one ever wins a fight. Although not smoothly spoken by Swayze's character "Dalton" in the movie, Road House did provide me with one very eloquent line of scathing trash-talk that I would only pull out as a last resort when engaged in vehement competition, when things got really intense, during pick-up basketball games, badminton tournaments, and games of checkers with family members:  "I've fucked guys tougher than you in prison." R.I.P. Patrick Swayze, and thanks for the memories. Full article at CagePotato.com

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